Armed with a competitive car in 2013, Ferrari have made some fundamental blunders over the first four races. But is it something more than high-end technical gaffes that are to blame? The relationship between anxiety and performance is a thin black art reserved for professionals well-versed in the area of sports psychology, but there are some fundamental ‘truths’ that appear to dictate a sportsman’s effectiveness in the heat of battle. For years, Giancarlo Fisichella was the master of wringing the neck of a mediocre F1 car and lifting it up the grid. You only have to look at his (albeit posthumous) 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix win for Jordan to see his underlying talent. Yet, when...
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