Guys, I'd like to point out some things here:
Ferrari & Toyota have been testing at Bahrain prior to this season, so it doesn't come as a surprise that these two teams showed quite some performance there. Massa seems to be a nice guy and is certainly quick if he stays focussed, he just lacks some leadership potential and consistency. It was Raikkonen, by the way being new to the team last season, who finally became world champion. Period.
So far Glock doesn't come close to Trulli in qualifying, he seems to be suffering from this season's conditions to sufficiently perform once you're stuck in traffic.
McLaren will improve in the next couple of races, that is for sure. I am very disappointed, yet far from surprised, that Hamilton had some weak moments. He had a very good season last year, far from any pressure and benefiting from Alonso's development and set-up efforts. He has, in my eyes, a very opportunistic attitude. If you don't believe me, time will prove... On top of that, he couldn't even get past Fisichella in the ForceIndia (what's that vehicle's laptime by the way
). He didn't even have any other option than to take it on himself...
Very curious if BMW can keep up the performance in the next couple of months, I certainly cross fingers for them. Quite a surprise to see Kubica and Heidfeld that far up front, the former seems to have the higher consistency, Heidfeld the higher urge. Afterall both seem to be in a healthy competition and benefit from each other.
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luwalira said:
Alonso has a notorious history for foul play and I would love to see his data from the incident with Hamilton. It wouldn't surprise me if the collision was a fabrication of Alonso. Either way that happens when you do a terrible start. Hamilton can't allow himself to drop several point right into the mix. It's very easy to get into trouble with a Red Bull, Honda or Toyota. He did a far worse start compared with the one he did in Malysia.
Sorry, ridiculous. No doubt one can debate about Alonso's general attitude and especially his behaviour during last season. Yet you have to show me one single incident where he was very uncompetitive. It is funny to see that he was the first to congratulate Raikkonen for his championship victory last year, Kubica for his first pole position and even Piquet jr. stated in an interview that he receives quite a few useful assistance from FA.
Honestly I think Redbull could do with someone of Alonso's calibre to develop the car and push it that extra few tenths. They now have all the right people on board, but they don't have a top driver like Kimi, Lewis, Fernando, Robert etc. Webber is not bad, but he isn't the same level as those mentioned above. Ie. not world champ material.
