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BMW are making for interesting viewing at the moment, the former Sauber team looking to be on the verge of their maiden win and thinking slightly longer-term, on the verge of their maiden constructor’s title. But this evening, while sitting in The Blogger’s Dog, it struck me that the team have very similar experience to another on the grid. The other team has gone that bit further and taken a victorious drink of Mumm, but in all honesty, that moment is all but a distant memory among the torrid battles with a woefully uncompetitive car. The other team is of course Honda, and the paths each have followed are quite interesting. Continue Reading

Three races into the 2008 title race and currently the constructor’s championship is very close at the top and the driver’s is pretty tight as well. We have three teams separated by a point from each; BMW lead with 30 points, Ferrari trail on 29 and McLaren have fallen to third, but still have a respectable 28 points. In the drivers; Kimi Raikkonen heads the table on 19 points with Nick Heidfeld in second on 16. Then Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen all share 14 points each. The final real possible contender is Felipe Massa who sits on 10 points thanks to his victory in Bahrain. Continue Reading