Listen to this article Having emerged from the first pre-season test at Barcelona looking to be Ferrari’s main rival, it then endured a challenging few weeks in the Middle East. A disastrous Bahrain test, triggered by unexpected brake problems, was followed by an equally miserable season opener when it failed to score any points. From high hopes of it building on its best-of-the-rest tag in 2021, suddenly the season looked like it was going to be an ultra difficult one for the Woking-based squad. Signs of progress in Saudi Arabia, and even better form in Australia with a double points haul for Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, were put down to the tracks being better suited to the MCL36. But then at Imola, a circuit where the team had done well last year, No …