Regarding Ferrari v Lotus. Yea, Alonso will outscore Kimi over a full season. Also considering Kimi's comments about steering issues as the car may not be to his liking/he is still re-adapting to F1, etc. So getting top performance out of himself may take time. But it must be added that beating over a full season doesn't mean Lotus couldn't be able to beat Ferrari early in the season. Flashback to 2011. From the first two races Renault got two podiums, Ferrari zero. Going by the points accumulated by the end of the year one wouldn't have expected such start!

But beating Lotus over a full season is not Ferrari's priority, WDC is. However, this is where they are most likely going to fall short, even more so than in 2011 if testing is anything to go by.

Quote Originally Posted by DazzlaF1
I know qualifying pace is not the focus but if it was then this is worth noting, putting all 7 days at Barcelona together, we have 18 cars separated by less than 1 and a half seconds and less than 6 tenths separating the top 12

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I think especially Red Bull and McLaren are most probably capable of doing times in the 1:20's, so top teams shall have a fair amount in reserve. But I have to say Caterham's 1:22.6 was an impressive effort and they may not be as far behind midfield as they initially seemed.