Nico Rosberg deserves a mention and seventh was another great performance from him. He has matured no end this season and he looks very much at one with the
Williams now.
Considering Williams started the year with a new engine partner in
Toyota and had to build up a relationship, they have gelled very well. There are times when you think they could do a little better, because I think they deserve it, but they are just lacking a bit of overall performance.
For sure though things are improving there and they seem to be improving steadily, which is great to see.
Of the rest there isn’t much to say, although
Jenson Button had a great race charging up from 22nd at the start to finish 13th. Hopefully
Honda can take something away from that.
In race trim they seem to have a car, that to a degree, is user friendly and it seems to be fairly competitive. It is just qualifying that is still the problem and when they try and get that extra bit from the RA107, it just seems to go wrong. That is a big issue and it is the same one they have had all season long.
They must get on top of it by the end of the season ready to go into next year and come back. That is the worry for them now. I think if they carry on and don’t learn then they could be a similar position in 2008 too.
Toyota are another one of those teams in a bit of a struggle and especially so with
Ralf Schumacher.
Jarno Trulli would probably have had a more entertaining race in the sister TF107 had he not been clipped at the first corner by
Giancarlo Fisichella.
Davidson also got caught up in that and it was a real shame as he did a tremendous job in qualifying and definitely made a mark just missing out on getting through to the top ten shoot-out.
It is always going to be an issue though when you start in the midfield. There is going to be some congestion and some action and if you get caught up in that, nine times out of ten, it will cost you quite dearly, as it did for Jarno and Ant.
