Looking forward to what will either be a fantastic season, or one that gets completely dominated by Ferrari...

I can see McLaren being weakened by budget cuts as a result of that big fine AND having to completely redisign their car and can't see any of the other top/middle grid teams making the step up.

The key will be just how good Ferrari's new car, their first with no Brawn-influence is. If it's not that good, we could see a grand old scrap between about 6 teams.

The new McLaren is unveiled. We'll have to see how testing times stack up to see if the new McLaren is any good.

Wasn't surprised about Fisichella being confirmed really, though if I remember correctly, Klien didn't do too badly testing for them. I think it may be another season of being shown up by a younger driver for him though.

And I don't think it's rumours about Toyota having two years to get it together; I think someone quite senior in the team mentioned it...

BMW launch their new car claiming that it is designed to be forgiving in the handling. We'll have to wait and see about that.

Williams and Renault launch their new cars. Not many cars left to be launched and we can get to checking the times to get some impression of where they will stack up.

Super Aguri have delayed the launch of their new car and I really hope we see them on the grid because I hate seeing teams fold. In an ideal world, I'd like to see as many cars as possible race.

Testing delays for Super Aguri now, and still no word about the driver lineup, with contracts still apparently being discussed. I wonder whether there are doubts about Honda's commitment as well as funding now... are we heading for another Arrows-style demise here?

It's a bit more serious. Super Aguri have had to cancel tests to save money and are currently pleading with Honda to help them out. If they don't, it'll come down to the offers they've had, which may see a new team name or a massive change.

Worse case scenario, no Super Aguri.

I take it back!

Despite Schumacher coming back to test again for Ferarri in Barcelona yesterday, Lewis Hamilton managed a 1:22:276 against Schumacher's 1:22:428.

Really looks like another disappointing year for Honda, it'll take time for some change, if any, to come about from their restructuring.

I think Force India may even be a bit surprising; they're certainly performing better than Spyker did. But I'm definitely agreeing about Williams, but I guess we'll have to wait until racing starts to really see who's where. Not sure where Nakajima's inexperience will land him, although he does seem to have much potential.

I look forward to reading it. I'm going to set up another Fantasy F1 league, details to follow....

I take it most have read about the new Silverstone plans. The major changes to the track are a redevelopment of Woodcote and Copse with Club and Abbey also being redone and Club and Abbey will be the new home of the pits complex.

There is a whole lot of other stuff like hotels and business parks etc.

Any thoughts?

Good to hear... hope the latest news from Super Aguri doesn't mean you'll have to change much!

Also rather fortunate that the season starts during my Easter holidays, when I'm at home and have proper access to TV!

Also, for those interested in Friday practice, ITV-F1.com have signed an agreement to stream live Friday practice over their website.

Yeah, I think demand was very high for it last night. It got a bit better around midnight but it'll need significant improvement.

It could well be. I was quite surprised by RBR's pace as well, methinks Webber would have been way up there too were it not for his spin...

Hahaha, if you watched the live show, the Coulthard interview was hilarious. Apparently, it appeared on Youtube and was then pulled by F1 management.

As for the race, it was a crazy race. Raikkonen and Ferrari seemed half asleep at times, Ferrari with their strategy and Raikkonen with some crazy errors.

McLaren were trouble free with Hamilton easily the best and Kovalainen should have been 2nd if it wasn't for the safety car.

I'm gutted for Bourdais. He drove a great race only for his engine to give up. Barrichello really should have stopped at the red light at the end of the pitlane because he should have known that the light was going to be red. No points for him as it is a black flag offence, Montoya suffered a similar fate a couple of years back.

Rosberg didn't look well in the press conference and the other drivers kept looking in his direction when they were talking.

I'm still not sure how Vettel ended up out. He should have been nowhere near the accident at the back.

The gist of it is, Coulthard said he would take responsibility for an accident and he would expect Massa to do the same and if he doesn't, he'd kick 3 colours of (swear) out of the little (b swear).

EDIT: I had a look on Youtube last night and there was another video of it up there. Rush there to view it as it may not survive, although I have got myself a copy of it now.

Interesting practice and qualifying sessions. Red Bull have to be careful that their suspension is good enough. The Ferrari seems to have at least 2 tenths advantage and with the McLaren 5 place drop for blocking, rain really is the only way McLaren can hope for a win.

The race will be about when/if it rains and who handles that situation the best.

Silly season seems to be all year round now. Vettel linked with Ferrari and now Alonso hasn't denied a link to Ferrari.

I remember when Alonso was a quiet driver who got on with winning. How success has changed him.