For now, however,
Williams will continue to face the likes of RBR,
Renault and engine partner
Toyota in a four-way scrap for 'best of the rest' supremacy, with
Jarno Trulli again adding to the latter's tally. The Italian could have been on Webber's tail had he not been forced to to make an addition - and unnecessary - pit-stop in Barcelona, and will be looking to redress the balance this weekend. Team-mate Glock continued his re-education in
F1 by claiming eleventh place, but not before clouting Coulthard's
Red Bull and requiring attention as a result. While his position isn't likely to be under threat, the German will want to start pushing for points before long.
Glock's indiscretion allowed
Force India and Fisichella to record their first top ten result of the season - and the team's first ever - as the VJM01 continued to show improvement. While there will be no new parts on board for Turkey - as the team prepares for Monaco later in the month - technical chief Mike Gascoyne sees no reason why the team cannot continue to press for the top tens. Qualifying remains the team's bugbear, however, with practice pace not being carried into Saturday afternoon in Spain, and all concerned know that this needs to be addressed sooner rather than later.
Adrian Sutil, meanwhile, also needs to focus on the opening phase of the race, having reverted to type and notched a first lap retirement after making a risky move on Coulthard and wiping out fellow German
Sebastian Vettel into the bargain.
Vettel's third opening lap retirement in four races continued
Scuderia Toro Rosso's miserable start to the year - the team has actually lost at least one car on the first lap of
every race so far in 2008 - and will be something it hopes to address as the STR2B makes its final appearance. The uprated 2007 car had originally been due for pensioning off after Barcelona, but
Sebastien Bourdais' testing accident with its replacement has meant that the STR3 will not now make its debut until Monaco.
