Not just Vasseur's departure, Ferrari considers another shocking move

It is no coincidence that all F1 teams are based in England, or have at least a branch there. Audi is the next team to open its own department in Great Britain. This is where the best engineers and technicians reside, and if you want the best people, you need to be present in this environment as a team.

According to Nico Rosberg, Ferrari has also come to realise this. On the Sky F1 Show, the former world champion said: “I’ve seen a little bit of inner workings there at Ferrari, and you can see that the level of excellence that they’re at is not comparable to the British teams, and especially to someone like Mercedes, in many areas, whether it goes from marketing, to other areas,” said Rosberg.

According to the German, it is difficult for Ferrari because it is based in Italy and not in England. “So you can just see there, the whole culture, the fact that they’re in Italy, it makes it a lot more difficult to them. For example, at Mercedes, whenever Lewis had a thing, he would just go to Toto, and Toto would be able to make the decision, call the shot immediately, done."

Perhaps that's why Rosberg has managed to catch a rumour: "There’s a couple of ideas that I heard going round. I think Ferrari has been exploring to perhaps open a kind of subsidiary in the UK, because that’s where the F1 ecosystem is."