Bernie Ecclestone: 'Maurizio Arrivabene needs help running Ferrari'

Bernie Ecclestone has advised Ferrari to install an 'advisor' to help Maurizio Arrivabene run the Italian team.

Having failed to win a title since 2007, the Maranello marque targeted the championship this year but instead fell behind second-placed team Red Bull.

"Ferrari has all the ingredients it needs to win the championship," Ecclestone told La Gazzetta dello Sport, "from drivers to all the technical support.

"Perhaps we are talking about a personnel problem. I saw a similar situation when I suggested that Ferrari should hire Jean Todt.

"It was not easy, because they preferred to have an Italian boss. But I believe this is what Ferrari is missing. And I'm not saying someone to replace Arrivabene, but rather someone who can support him in daily operations."

Ferrari have 347 points going into this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix.