Every yeat they start off promising the world (championship) and every year they fail to deliver – and even when they do have a decent run, they never seem sure exactly why!

Jenson Button always seem to lay the blame elsewhere, ie “the car” – but can it really always been other people’s fault or is he simply not as good as he and others think he is?

The Honda tends to come good towards the end of the season, as they have plenty of cash to throw at things – not sure Aguri will have quite as much to use to keep up with a strenuous development cycle so I fear they will start to lag behind after a few races.

They have had a pretty remarkable start to the season though an should be highly commended for that, and I wish them well for the rest of the season.

As for the chicken explanation, that is such a let down – I was hoping for a camera shot of the mechanics taking off the engine cover in Barcelona to reveal a coup full of chickens underneath. Perhaps their extra speed has been due to chickens running like hamsters on a wheel…

Oh, Pitpass have explained the ‘chicken’ thing.

They were obviously in the wrong section of the animal kingdom with those “elephant ears” winglets they tested last week!

I’ve been watching F1 for a few years now, and I’m not sure I’ve noticed anyone else having a chicken on their cars!

If McLaren had had one a few years ago I’m pretty sure it would’ve broken down on DC’s car at some point – no doubt Hakkinen would have had a goose on his just to be different…