I think it's the experience of Honda and the experience of Maclaren that put together will produce a great team. Alonso's laid back mature approach to the situation as it is now is perfect for the team.
They look like a complete team with lots of financial firepower and a great depth of experience with the best complete driver on the grid backed up by another good solid driver that won't be chucking the car off the track. The feedback they will get back from Alonso is priceless, that's what the team needs and he's the man who can do it, he has driven more cars on the grid than the majority of drivers and to top it off he can put a dog of a car consistently up at the sharp end of the grid, imagine what he could do with a good car.
I think the teams sandbagging are definitely the Red Bulls and the Mercs. The mere fact the Red Bulls have a camouflage colour scheme says to me that they have got 'hiding things' on their minds, otherwise why would you suddenly come up with a colour scheme like that? Mind games and tricks. I think Williams will be sandbagging a little as well.
The times are very fast compared to last year. Has the track changed at all?
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I suppose it's to be expected that they would improve them but they seem to be a lot faster now.
Chris.
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