Formula One ( F1 )

Because this year is going to be a rather more cerebral exercise than previously, not suited to Lewis's brain-off gung-ho driving style. That's the theory anyway. I'd imagine that in reality there won't be all that much between them, rather like last year. Also, I'd imagine that Nico does stand a pretty good chance unless he's suddenly forgotten how to drive since last year. After all, he won 2 races last year to Lewis's 1 and outqualified him at 8 races. Hardly the indicia of a no-hoper.

I don't think that the fuel consumption regs will come into things past the first two or three races. Once teams have got their heads round it then it will be down to each driver's race engineer to effectively manage their driver. Expect to see more comedy quotes between kimi and his engineer.

At the end of testing, Red Bull had the highest cornering speed. When they fix their cooling woes (and if Renault can increase their power output), it will be interesting to see if they can catch the other teams - the design philosophy they've gone for with the floor is different to other teams and cant really be copied. I would be very surprised if they are not the fastest car on the grid by the mid-way point of the season. The car is the best looking by a long way too.

This will count for the square root of fuck all if the red bull only finishes 1 race in 4 which is looking possible at present.