“What has instructed all of the world’s builders of safe, efficient cars? Auto racing. Any theory, any laboratory experiment needs practical support, and only the race can offer it because during the race the driver submits the car and its parts to intense, unpredictable, unthinkable testing.”  

When he said this, Enzo Ferrari had the car mechanism in mind, but auto racing is not only a test for the car mechanisms. It is also the ultimate test for human behavior. This concerns not only the drivers, but also the entire F1 crew.  

Ganna Pogrebna and Patrick Henz discuss notable cases of competitive behavior in Formula 1, which, in some cases, turned toxic.