Last year’s fall off by Kimi was due to the team’s inability to set up the car to his style in the early part of the season (at least that’s what’s been written).

I hope we have a seesaw battle between several teams, it’s what’s been missing from the sport for many a year. (Thanks Schumy!)

Ferrari had a brock weekend, both drivers were awful, they may well have cost the team a championship.

I loved seeing Ron Dennis punch the air when Kov overtook Alonso, pity we didnt see Flavio’s reaction when the reverse happened……funny moment of the race!

It’s difficult to peer through the fug but it seems that McLaren may have a slight edge in raw pace, which has to be worrying for Ferrari, especially given how Kimi cantered to victory at Albert Park last year.

Sepang will provide a lot of answers — and no doubt many questions.

There are no set rules, I of course see Ferrari’s worst result in Melbourne for a while a minor set back, but as a top team they will not give up -and that’s the fiery instinct that earn some fans…their history will never die so easily.

Bear in mind last year Raikonnen won the first GP but could’ve slipped out of contention the way he was going – and eventually won the WDC (by whatever means people interpret it).

Hamilton could easily slip all the way down in the classifications from this point on and still win the WDC in Brazil.  So nothing’s a given.  There’s a lot of progression by various teams, and conversely a lot of falling behind a bit, in F1 during the season – so the rate of development is more the key race (especially given more restrictive rules nowadays).

However, unless Ferrari get their act together, driver-wise and reliability wise, it could be plain sailing for Hamilton.  I didn’t expect much from Kimi in Australia, but I didn’t expect him to fall asleep the couple of times he was made to look like a fool.  I just hope he’s not trying to readjust to whatever factor’s causing him problems, but at the same time he’s got the experience that he knows he can’t give up.

The one point he "earned" in Melbourne could prove vital to the championship, it’s the difference he won it by last year from both drivers of the main rival team.

I’ve still got my money on Kimi.

Just wondering.