Second Post of the week F1 predictions at the bottom of the page. But for the half term review of F1 season so far in a twitter way I did last week. I did this early on the season for the F1 Preview this season. So I'm re-donning this via twitter (@Jonnyh5onracing - follow me on twitter). Note I did this via the middle of last week before the announcement of Daniel Ricciardo replacing Narain Karthikeyan at HRT for the rest of the season minus Indian Grand Prix so here is the half term report starting with Red Bull:
Red Bull: best car & best team in the field so far this season, Vettel what more can I say, champion in waiting for his second championship while Webber needs to improve qualify and race pace to match the pace of Vettels.McLaren: started a poor car came back as a winning car, but still needs to match the ultimate pace of Red Bull. Button has show winning pace but not enough throughout the season so far. Hamilton fast as usual, but attitude needs to improve if he wants to win the championship.
Ferrari: another disappointing team this year, car not at it's best, Massa needs to improve to keep his job as soon as. While Alonso has done some brilliant driving this season (Monaco & Valencia) he will get wins sooner or later for Ferrari this season.
Renault: fast car at the car, feel like they going to finish 5th again the constructors championship, and they still missing Kubica still . As for current drivers Petrov has step up this season, while Hiedfied started well, has dropped a bit of pace to Petrov.
Mercedes: tad disappointing from the team, not a lot improvement from last season. Rosberg hasn't been impressive while M. Schumacher has been fast in a few races, his still slow and too clumsy from the former seven times world champion, not the old Schumi.
Sauber: much improved from last season, and a top 6 in the constructors championship is on the cards, Perez has been impressive as a rookie. Kobayashi has been much improve and much exciting as usual, don't forget that De la Rosa replace Perez with 10 mins before 2nd practice at Montreal for Perez's Monaco accident.
STR: same as Force India hasn't impress so far apart from Alguersuari perforances at Montreal and Valencia. Buemi impressive at Melbourne and Istanbul, but the team needs to improve and add more points to the constructors championship.
Force India: in the Middle of the F1 field, nothing impressive yet from Force India apart from Sutil performance at Monaco and Valencia. As for di Resta, some good performance from the current DTM champion, but Force India needs to improve overall for the rest of the season.
Williams: poor car, not a lot of points (only 4 points), needs to improve fast, big disappointment this season. Drivers at Williams, Barichello is trying his best at Williams, While Maldonado has impress at Monaco, a part from that hasn't impressive.
Team Lotus: a big improvement from last season, still needs half a second/second to match the midfield teams. Drivers at Team Lotus, Kovalainen and Trulli fast at race pace, needs to show it in qualifying form, is it last season for Jarno Trulli?
HRT: bad start to the season at Melbourne (DNQ for both cars) the team have been improving throughout the season so far. Drivers at HRT: Karthikeyan need to improve his race pace, Luizzi has been a big help for Hispania is a great gem for the team itself.
Virgin Racing: another disappointing season so far, that won't change with firing of Nick Wirth, so don't expect anything good this season. Drivers at VR, Glock the best you could ask for, D'Ambrosio match Glock in pace sometimes, but needs to do better.
Predictions for the British Grand Prix this weekend at Silverstone with the brand new pit complex in-between Club corner and Abbey Corner. Saw the new pit complex at the MotoGP race at Silverstone last month looks beautiful. So back to the predictions for this weekends race Red Bull one-two (Vettel ahead of Webber) and Hamilton third place. Don't forget Jenson Button or the Ferrari's as-well (note: I got the top three right from last race at Valencia ).
Note on Top Gear this weekend Sebastian Vettel is on Top Gear as a Star in a Reasonably Price Car in a Suzuki Liana (I bet Rubens Barichello will be watching), later in the week a post about Williams Renault for 2012. End of blog now. Third one soon. That is all. Bye.
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