What a brilliant showdown McLaren and Ferrari delivered in Abu Dhabi

If ever there was a great screenplay to showcase the history of Formula One, it’s a showdown between the sport’s two longest-established contestants: Ferrari versus McLaren.

Enzo Ferrari’s purist company prided itself on making its own chassis, engine and gearbox. Bruce McLaren’s team who followed Ferrari 16 years later, in 1966, mated a self-built chassis with proprietary engines and gearboxes and achieved similar or better results.