"We are missing a bit." - Kubica

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Indeed, both the Ferrari and the McLaren cars are faster than the BMW cars. When you look at the three cars from afar, you’ll notice that there isn’t much difference. But if you look closely on each car, you’ll see that the difference is on the small details of its aerodynamics. Apart from the engine, aerodynamics has played a major role in keeping a F1 car highly competent. As far as I can see it, both the Ferrari and the McLaren cars have an edge against the BMW team with regards to engine and aerodynamics technology. So, what’s kept the blue team in a much better position? The answer is the steadfastness of their cars and the persistence of their drivers. No other team has showed a lot of consistency than the BMW team and that resulted to Robert Kubica in number one and the blue team just three points behind the infamous Ferrari team.

As Kubica has said, defending his spot in the driver’s standing will not be easily at all. Who would find it easy anyway? If in each and every race, you know that you’re racing with Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, and Lewis Hamilton. Every race is as exciting as ever because of the ace drivers of Ferrari and McLaren. The Polish also said that you can only win the world championship if you’re the leader after 18 races. Certainly, being a leader after seven races is not enough. Besides there’s still 11 more races to go and a lot of things can happen during that span.

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Kubica also expressed that he feels good being at the top of the standings and his team right behind the Ferrari team. But there’s still that worry with regards to defending his position and adding that the Ferrari and the BMW teams are not on their best during the previous races, saying that “we are missing a bit of performance to Ferrari and McLaren.” He sure does have a point there. We’re definitely missing a lot from two of the elite teams in F1 and that’s mostly because of the technical difficulties and the unfortunate events that take place during the race. One of the funny things that the Polish has said is that he found the Montreal race “boring.” Well, that’s his case since he was not the one caught under the red light during the pit lane. If Raikkonen and Hamilton were not caught in that blunder in the pit lane, the Canadian GP wouldn’t have felt boring for the Polish driver.

What I admire most about Kubica is he stays humble despite the reality that he’s on top of the race and could possibly bring his team the world championship. But it’s too early to say that he’s got it all in his bag because I’m pretty sure Raikkonen and Hamilton don’t like the idea of being next best thing to the BMW driver. I know, though that they’re happy with what their fellow F1 drivers have accomplished. But they’re definitely not willing to give up their chances of the being the world championship.

What I’m really beginning to like about this season in F1 is the fierce competition between the teams. There’s definitely a rivalry between Ferrari and McLaren. But with the additional threat from BMW, the perspective of having only two teams battling for the world championship has changed. And what I’m sure of is that in the upcoming races, the standings will change radically and that change involves not just the Ferrari and the McLaren teams but also the BMW team. So, have I got my podium finishers? Hmmm. I haven’t got a clue which to choose for the next French GP.