Kimi of course was unlucky two weeks ago. He was the star of the day up until things went wrong. He was in a class of his own and although Massa kept him in check time wise, it looked like the 'iceman' was more or less on cruise control.
I think they have got as good a chance as each other to take the laurels this Sunday. It is just who comes out of the blocks sharpest.
What is clear is that when
Ferrari are running around and are a second a lap quicker than the McLarens and nearly two seconds a lap quicker than the middle of the pack, it just really shows what kind of performance the F2008 has.
Silverstone should again be good for the Scuderia and I don't believe there will be many other teams that will trouble them. But saying that,
McLaren will be in contention and I think
BMW will be strong there too - and I wouldn't be surprised to see
Red Bull poking their noses in as well.
France definitely didn't suit the BMW and that is a problem for them. It may not be quite as bad for them at Silverstone but it may well be that the ultimate pace is not as strong as it should be. Kubica was basically wringing the cars neck lap after lap and got the best result possible two weeks ago - but still he was only fifth.
He is right up there in the championship battle at the moment but its going to be tough for him to stay there. I don't think the outright pace of the BMW is enough for him to win any more races unless circumstances come his way, as they did in Montreal.
Nick Heidfeld hasn't been doing quite so well in the sister
F1.08 and so far is 18 points adrift of Kubica. He is struggling in qualifying and his ultimate race pace as well seems to be a bit off.
Kubica seems to be pushing the car more, getting more out of it and getting more pay back. Heidfeld on the other hand is very smooth in his application and doesn't seem to be loading the car up and getting the most from it. That is the difference. But Heidfeld does have a lot of experience and maybe that is where he is contributing most - behind the scenes.
