I agreed with the penalty assessed to Lewis and Heikki after qualifying. Even though a number of drivers were slow on their cool down lap, only Heikki and Lewis were on the driving line, and they should have known better.

Ferrari is back (just as I mentioned in an earlier post), BMW looks fast, and McLaren had a a good weekend. Truli was excellent in the Toyota. Williams slowed down (I wonder why), and Renault doesn’t look good. Red Bull needs to strengthen their car. Honda is better than last year (which isn’t saying a lot) but needs to improve. Toro Rosso, Force India and Super Aguri all need to improve.

Bahrain is next, and with its track layout, the Traction Control elimination will be very apparent their.