The people who know most about what it is like to drive an F1 car are obviously the drivers themselves, so it’s always interesting to hear their take on situations that arise in the sport.

In fact, since the Hamilton incident at the weekend I’ve been looking forward to reading David Coulthard’s next ITV column which should touch on the subject - and of course Mark Webber’s column for the BBC.  The good thing with either of these drivers is that they usually say exactly what needs to be said with no pussyfooting around being overly politically correct.

The Spanish Grand Prix is done and dusted, and it was a strange race with lots of retirements. Kimi Raikkonen is of course the big winner in terms of extending his lead at the top of the Drivers Championship, and his team have now taken control at the top of the Constructors table thanks to another one-two finish. Whether their current dominance can last remains to be seen, but at the moment it would appear they have a bit in reserve should McLaren or BMW bring the fight to them.

Three races into the season and already some people will be feeling the pressure, which will be spurring them on to try for a good result this weekend in Spain.

And how nice it is to be back to having a race to talk about instead of other offtrack shenanigans!

So who needs to have a good race at Barcelona?

To turn the F1 spotlight away from the allegations levied against Max Mosley, let’s have a think about who may be leading the World Championships this time next week after the Bahrain GP is done and dusted.

As things currently stand, this is how the table looks :

In a somewhat frank interview, Michael Schumacher has pointed the finger of blame squarely at Ferrari’s Felipe Massa over his spin at the first corner of the first race last weekend.

Claiming that Massa was in too low a gear for the corner which in turn initiated the spin, he is also quoted as saying both DC and Massa were to blame for their coming together later in the race, but places more of the blame on his ex-teammate.

You have to say that David could have been a little cleverer about it, but there is no question that Felipe was the cause.   Michael Schumacher