The winter tests are now over and there are only 12 days til the Australian GP. All the teams have more or less test kilometres behind them and everybody has had a chance to try out the new Pirelli tyres and the moveable rear wing... Ferrari has completed the most mileage and the seem to have a very competitive car for the upcoming season. The new RB7 has also done more mileage at the winter tests than ever before and they´ve successful testing sessions behind them. The RB7 seems to be more reliable than its predecessor was.
Some other teams have also impressed me during the winter tests. Toro Rosso has been noticed by its competitors and they seem to have quite promising pace. I hope we´re going to see the young hugely talented Australian Daniel Ricciardo behind the wheel in some race! I´m convinced the F1 world is going to hear a lot from him sooner or later. I hope he´ll get to drive one of the Toro Rossos during the new season! As a Finn I´m also delighted to notice the improvement taken by Team Lotus. Obviously the team has benefitted a lot from the Red Bull gearbox and the Renault engine! Though both the drivers have suffered from some reliability problems during the tests... I hope all the technical difficulties will be history when the start lights go off for the first time! And I have to admit the fact that Team Lotus is lacking KERS makes me wonder a bit... How are the starts going to work without the KERS system and how will Heikki and Jarno be able to defend their positions in a race without the magic button..? We´ll just have to wait and see...
The new rule changes are definitely a huge question mark especially at the beginning of the new season. The reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel has already compared using the KERS and the new moveable rear wing with using a mobile phone while driving. These new rule changes make Formula One racing even more technical than it was before but will they make the F1 drivers and their personal skills matter less? Will they make F1 more dangerous when the drivers have to control several systems at the same time instead of focusing what is happening on the track? I can´t wait to see!
As a huge Red Bull fan I´ve been wondering if we really have seen the true pace of the RB7 yet... I mean reading all those cautious statements by theTeam Principal Horner saying that they really can´t say what the pecking order will be at the beginning of the season and them not knowing the real pace of their new car... Can it actually be true or don´t they just want to say it out loud how outstandingly fast they are going to be...? And in terms of their rivals, will the McLarens really be as unreliable as they have been at the tests lacking of speed, too? All I can say for now is... Can´t wait to get the season 2011 started!
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