Obviously I'm delighted to see a competitive car from Maranello. A lot has to go right but maybe this won't be the first decade in the team's history that they fail to win at least one championship. It's was looking like it would happen after 2016. It's time for Raikkonen to go. Ferrari need a number 2 who can occasionally take points off Hamilton when he has a bad day. At the moment Raikkonen can't beat Bottas so he has no chance of getting anywhere near Hamilton.

Mercedes are under external pressure for the first time and it's been very interesting to see how they react. They're a championship team so they won't fold fold like a pack a cards. If Ferrari are to wrest the championship away from Mercedes this year it will take a Herculean effort.

Red Bull will probably play the role of spoiler behind the top two. I can't see them challenging for the title given the their deficit to the front but I can see them taking points away from the top two on occasion which will no doubt have an effect on the title race.

The rest are making up the numbers. Williams have settled into a position in the back half of the top ten and seem unable to do anything to get closer to the front. You can throw a blanket over Haas, Renault, Force India and Torro Rosso they're that close together on pace. Sauber are a tenacious bunch but are going nowhere fast. And then there's McLaren. WTF has happened there? The Ferrari fan in me can't help but take, admittedly petty, delight in McLaren's struggles but I genuinely miss the Ferrari vs McLaren battles of the past. It added a certain spiciness to the action that isn't there today.