Kimi still needs to get himself on top of the car though and get a bit more understanding of it. Once that happens though, he will be very difficult to catch. That combination when it completely gels together will be strong – mark my words.
One person that already looks very strong, especially given this is his first year, is
Lewis Hamilton. The fact he leads the championship really is quite amazing.
At the start of the season I definitely wouldn’t have put money on Lewis being title leader at this point in the season. That is something everyone is a bit shocked about. But the case is: there is a rookie at the top of the standings.
He is sitting in a grand prix winning car of course and so he does have the best of machinery. But he is doing a fantastic job and long may it continue. It is going to be tougher and tougher as the season goes on however and more pressure builds on his shoulders.
Alonso his team-mate is a two-time world champion and he knows what it is like to grind through a whole season and how deep you have to dig to pull a world championship out of the bag.
That experience may tell a little bit further down the line. As we sit here today though we haven’t seen any chinks in Lewis’ armour.
After the two top teams,
BMW have been doing great, even if Spain was a bit mixed after
Nick Heidfeld retired. I am sure they will be a bit concerned that they had some reliability issues and it would be good for them to have both of those cars scoring points.
They have shown though that they are next in line in terms of performance. Whether they are going to be able to step up and compete on an even platform with McLaren and
Ferrari I think will be very difficult.
But they are a thorn in the side in certain places and they can get in the way and that’s something that will always be in the back of the mind for Ferrari and
McLaren. Maybe we will see some big progress, but I think it is unlikely.
