Red Bull gives you...?

The last of the big F1 teams launched their motor today. Red Bull's new car was actually designed with the smarty-pants double diffuser this year, so no tricky suspension issues to try and work round for Adrian Newey's enormous brain. It did break down today though, and interestingly Webbo put his skid-lid and HANS doo-dah on the ground at the rear of the car to stop prying eyes. Paranoid? Something to hide? Interesting...

Lest we forget, they won the last 3 races of last year, and were a pretty close second to Brawn. Can they maintain that momentum, or was the dip in performance early last year by McLaren and Ferrari the reason for their success? It's an exciting question - like Brawn/Mercedes, it's hard to say if their form will match that of the tradition front-runners, but it should be interesting to see. The only team on the grid to have retained their two drivers from last season, they have consistency too.

Mark Webber is a top bloke. One of the few drivers in F1 who actually says what he's thinking and is brutally honest, he was unlucky last year to be hampered by the broken leg before the start of the season. He's apparently had some bits of metal out over this winter (eww) so should be a bit lighter and less troubling to airport security systems. A good driver, he lost out a bit to Vettel last year. Can he beat him this year? Is he good enough to beat Alonso, Hamilton AND Vettel if the car is up to it? I hope so.

Sebastian Vettel was sensational last year. A likable guy and a great young driver, just like Schumacher was once(except Seb is likable), he flourished last year with a decent car and is definitely a major star now, no longer just "of the future". Should do well again this year and a possible World Champ if the car gives him a chance. Would be worthy of it too.

(NP: Jesus Jones "International Bright Young Thing", disproving the theory that I hated all of the 90's. Not true. Just most of it.)

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