There is a great deal still to come from him and he just needs to get on top of the car a bit more. He just seems a little bit uneasy with it. His mistake in qualifying two weeks ago was a blow and for him at this level I wouldn’t have anticipated it happening, but it did. Now he needs to move on.
Felipe meanwhile is going from strength-to-strength and is driving very well indeed. His qualifying performances are extremely strong and his race performances now are very strong too. He is not making any mistakes and he is very solid. There is just a growing confidence within him. He has very much taken it to another level from what we have seen over the last few seasons.
As for the others,
BMW are pretty much ‘best of the rest’ behind
McLaren and
Ferrari at this moment. Although people like
Williams are definitely improving and have a very strong little package.
It is worth noting that
Renault was much stronger in Monaco too. Whether that was a case of the circuit just being kinder to the R27 we will have to wait and see, but it did look more promising.
At Honda it looks like a little bit of progress has been made there as well, which is good for
Jenson Button and
Rubens Barrichello.
Like
Honda,
Toyota will desperately be out to produce something, especially with Williams doing so well with its customer Toyota power-plant. The Cologne-based operation really should be doing something more. I have to say though it is becoming one of the teams you look at and struggle to understand just where it is going wrong. If you reflect on
Red Bull Racing as an example, it is slowly making progress and it does look like it will be a stronger proposition for the remainder of the season. Can Toyota turn things around like RBR? We will have to wait and see.
