They are still trying to understand where they go next, although saying that some changes are already being made, some new technical staff have been brought in - and hopefully that will start to have some impact, although it probably won’t be felt until next year.
Of the rest, Red Bull Racing,
Williams and
Toyota also didn’t do much last time out either.
Toyota did do well in qualifying and got both cars in the top ten but we have seen that time and time again over the last few seasons, namely that they can turn in a good time over one lap. It just seems that the car is lot weaker when it comes to the race. We have come to expect that.
The Williams car is still doing a reasonably good job and the pace in the race was pretty good.
Alex Wurz seems to be having a bit of a struggle behind the wheel though – especially in qualifying.
As for
Red Bull, I expected more and it hasn’t quite come together. They seem to be having some reliability problems as well and that must be frustrating for
David Coulthard,
Mark Webber and all concerned.
There’s never usually much to say about the bottom three teams, although Spyker have made some headlines after dispensing with the services of Christijan Albers.
The reason given was due to ‘commercial difficulties’, but I am sure his performance – or lack of it at times – was at the forefront of their minds as well. Maybe they felt it should have been better. Obviously the financial situation will have had an affect too. Ultimately they have done what they have done and they now need to replace him.
Whether that will turn out to be a good move depends on who they put in the car. If they put somebody in the car that has been out of an
F1 car for a season or so and has not been testing an F1 car then it will probably hinder them. If they put somebody in that is current and up to speed with the current cars though then it should be advantageous, especially if they have got experience of driving a different grand prix car or a few different grand prix cars.
