IMO, it doesn't matter. No sports event will ever survive if there is no business/marketing/making money involved.
From a business point of view, a long time client is always appreciated, and no one wants to lose a client such as ferrari. They have their own fan, selling hats and t-shirts and supercar alike, Ferrari depend on their F1 pedigree, while F1 depend on ferrari for their fans. Mutual interdependency.
Try imagine EPL without MU? or world cup without Brasil? there will always be hater, but thats part of the equation.
Or maybe think Ferrari as a "seeded player", as in badminton or tennis, thats the all-star, the standard setter and/or standard upkeeper.