What do Ferrari have that McLaren don't?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Long story short, I was wondering just why McLaren F1 are in the doldrums and whoring themselves to Honda to try and gain Manufacturer status to try and win. When it sort of occurred to myself, hang on, Ferrari have done the whole F1 thing AND supplied and designed their own power train (you know, the really expensive hybrid ones that are simply beyond everyone else).

Yes I know;
1 Ferrari have Fiat money behind them but let's be honest, their best seller (500) hasn't been redesigned in 9 years so I'm assuming they're skint.
2 Fiat have Chrysler/GM?Whoever it is money behind them but some Daewoo dressed up as a Lancia suggests they're brassic as well.
3 History. Well it isn't as if McLaren just started 10 years ago.

So what is it? Are Ferrari really that big?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

charltjr said:

Fairly negative opening statement there. McLaren F1 are "whoring themselves" to Honda because Mercedes will never give a customer team engine parity with the works team, so McLaren decided that they needed to be a works team themselves.

How many Mercedes customer teams have they beaten so far?