"I’m not allowing myself to think about the championship just yet… it’s too early for that. Basically, I’m just going to go out and run my races and hope to get as many points as possible. If we do that, we’ll stand a good shot. It’s not about aiming for Heikki, it’s about doing running our races our way. But I’ll be attacking from the very start and, at the end, we’ll see where we are.”
The teams’ championship remains equally tense, despite Rosberg's ART Grand Prix outfit having opened up an advantage as it leads Kovalainen's Arden squad 115 points to 92. Once again, it is far from being a two-horse race, as Super Nova International sits third on 62, with iSport International, Racing Engineering and Coloni all queuing up behind.
The thought that a completely new venue could open up the weekend to those outside of the title battle will be good news for the likes of Speed who, despite his lofty position in the overall standings, has yet to win a race this year. Indeed, the American remains the only one of the title contenders who has yet to sample to top step, after Jani finally opened his account with a lights-to-flag win in Hungary, and Premat followed suit by completing his climb from the back of the grid with victory on Sunday.
While Speed will be looking for a little good luck to propel him to the front, both Bruni and Carroll will be hoping that their early season form and fortune returns after a disappointing run of results.
All three, however, could be upset by a handful of drivers making a greater impact on the series during its middle part. Like Speed, Giorgio Pantano has yet to win a race, but has become a more consistent threat to the podium with three appearances in as many races. The Italian will also have been boosted by the announcement that he is to finally get his break in America, having been signed up by Chip Ganassi to contest the remaining road course events for his IRL team.
