It’s reliability versus speed as Formula 1 title chase revs up

THE battle for this year’s Formula One world title would appear to have been boiled down to two components – reliability versus speed.

McLaren and Lewis Hamilton have the reliability, whilst Ferrari, and in particular Felipe Massa, have the speed as the championship chase heads into the final six races of another enthralling season.

That was evident again during the course of the European Grand Prix weekend in Valencia as Massa was almost out on his own when it came to pace, with an unwell Hamilton just able to hang onto his exhaust.