WIth the rules undergoing a pretty major reworking next year, could this be BMW’s really big chance at being up there competing with the big boys consistently and on merit - and perhaps beating them to be the best of the lot?

They have done incredibly well so far this season so it’s not outwith the realms of possibility that this will continue and they could still be in with a shout at the title come November, but this is by no means a certainty.

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 :

Imagine someone asks you to draw a racing car, just gives you a blank piece of paper and a pencil - what would be the first thing you’d draw?

Me, I’d probably start at the nose and do a nice sweeping line back then a little dip to symbolise the cockpit (they have raised sides now, but I’m kinda old fashioned!), before rising up to the airbox and then sloping back down over the engine cover to the rear wing.  That wing would be next before adding in the wheels and a line along the floor of the car.

Two races in and it’s hard to really assess how this season is going to pan out given that the two races have led to six different people on the podium, but already there are some clear winners and losers among the teams.

This is how I think the teams have faired in the season openers:

Ferrari :  Last year’s champions, but they are going to struggle to retain the title if they carry on as they are.  Uncharacteristic mechanical failures have resulted in a lot of the drivers’ time being spent off the track.  The drivers haven’t covered themselves in glory either, with both falling off the track in Melbourne before Massa repeated the mistake in Malaysia.

Last year I was full of hope and praise for Lewis Hamilton coming into F1 after having seen him drive in GP2 at Silverstone last year, but his first year in the top formula wasn’t all plain sailing.

From a results point of view, last season would appear to have gone almost as well as it could have, however the history books don’t tell the full story.

Not since Michael Schumacher have we had a driver who has divided opinion into two camps so far apart - the lovers and the haters. For some reason, neither driver has many people who are simply indifferent towards them.