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 :

  Driver Points
1st Lewis Hamilton 14
2nd Kimi Raikkonen 11
3rd Nick Heidfeld 11
4th Heikki Kovalainen 10
5th Robert Kubica 8
6th Nico Rosberg 6
7th Fernando Alonso 6
8th Jarno Trulli 5

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

…how many colours did DC manage to beat out of Massa?

Coulthard is thankfully keeping up his blog on his own website this season and has posted an update following the opening race in Australia.

As with everything in life, there seems to be more to this story than meets the eye and he gives us an explanation as to why he was so angry at Massa’s move which many had blamed on DC, claiming he should have been able to see Massa in his mirrors.

First of all, congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for getting his season off to the perfect start - he not only drove well to win, but was lucky enough that those thought to be his main competitors for the title all stumbled and failed to finish, although Raikkonen did eventually manage to claim a point.

However, Lewis has said a couple of things since his win which strike me as odd.  Firstly he claims this was his best ever victory - which is weird given that he was very rarely under any pressure at all from those behind him, and neither did he actually have to pass anyone.  It’s perhaps his most comfortable win, but I doubt it will live forever in the minds of his fans as being his greatest victory.

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