After a small pause another thread from me. We have almost one-month-long F1-racing-free period to go and we have to fill that time with something. A lot of questions will rise during that period and one of them is in the title of the thread. At the moment teams seem to be in the following groups in terms of competitiveness:

Ferrari, McLaren

BMW

Renault, Toyota, Williams, Red Bull

Honda, Super Aguri

STR

Spyker

Between Albert Park and Sepang races we had a 3-week-long brake, but quite little changed - Renault dropping backwards marked one of those rare changes. Now we have four weeks to go. What will change? Most of the teams have announced some kind of aero update.

One of the most interesting questions is about Honda. It's tough to believe that they are going to be so crap for the whole season. Sooner or later they should be capable of driving into the points, but will they manage to make such development during the next month? For example in 2005 BAR was quite crap in first three races, but bounced back in Europe at Imola by finishing 3rd. A podium place at Barcelona would be probably overoptimistic in current situation, but what about points?

Another question is about Williams. A privateer, who has probably put much effort into winter testing to be successful at the start of the season, but do they have funds to keep that development and stay in Top6 in the WCC?

What about Red Bull? They seemed pretty quick at Bahrain, but it seems that they took too many risks and gained speed losing in reliability. Can they find the right balance and also start rising in the WCC?

What about others?
The start of European season has often marked some important changes, which have been vital for the title race. In 2005 McLaren became the fastest car at Imola and in 2006 Ferrari achieved winning form since Imola. On both occasions they started chasing Renaults after the start of European season. At the moment McLaren and Ferrari are quite close in the standings, so there is not much "catching" to do, but can anyone of them find some advantage to start easing away to win the title?

BMW has looked secure third in all three races so far this year. Will that trend continue for the rest of the season?

Can Renault get more used to Bridgestones and start finding its top form again?

Toyota is one of those teams, who has announced a "big aero update for the European season". Will that enable them to continue catching Renault or will they have to start defending their 5th position?

Will Spyker become at least some threat to the teams in front of them?

It's your turn to try to find an answer to those and other questions.