Silverstone Is Here !

Days are moving too fast to keep up with, esp. as far as updating this blog goes !

So, with that disclaimer out of the way, let us see what this weekend at Silverstone has in store for us. With little over half an hour remaining for the qualifying, it is interesting to see the practice 3 times.

Michael is on top of course, and Massa's third position confirming the Ferrari's pace on this aero dominant track. The cars currently regarded as having the best aero package, Renault, find themselves in P5 and P6. Kimi managed to get his McLaren into P4, but JPM was down in 15th with some problems. Nothing surprising there, really.

What is surprising really is the performance of BMW-Sauber. Yesterday Kubica put in a storming lap to take the honours in free practice 2. Many dismissed it as a 'Friday driver anomaly', but Nick Heidfeld confirmed BMW's pace with P2 in the third practice session, and Villeneuve was in P8, not too much off the pace. Having been used to seeing BMW's consistently outside top 10, this is a big boost for the team, and they will be looking to do here what Red Bull did in Monaco.

The other teams to have impressed are Torro Rosso and Midland. Both STRs (in P9 and P10) got the better of their Red Bull counterparts, while Monteiro took his Midland to P13 above both Coulthard and Montoya.

Now, its only a practice session, but things are fairly indicative. Dont be surprised to see Christian Albers into round 2 in qualifying, or both BMWs into top 10. An interesting qualifying is in store !