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Kamui Kobayashi is such an intelligent driver, it's almost unbelievable. He managed to keep those tyres alive and the much faster McLaren behind him for 30 laps, and when it came to overtaking Alonso and Buemi he didn't have a look at every corner, he just waited for their guards to drop and he pounced. It was wonderful.

To be fair I was just in a bad mood yesterday - apologies for my angry tone, and thanks for not snapping back. +1 respect points to you sir!
To be honest, this season is a mixture of things. The 09 Brawn was developed by 800+ folks with a huge budget behind them, this 2010 Merc was done with almost half of that in less than half the time. It was always going to be a bit of a struggle for them. There are some really, really good people there though, and they should be back sometime soon hopefully.
From what I understand, Red Bull have approx 600 staff at the moment .

I don't think so, he said he was defending. Either he was very aggressively defending or he was caught in two minds, and both are quite dangerous

Mark said there was about 80 m braking distance. He's probably exaggerating but it just goes to show the difference in quality between these cars - the Loti are actually quite decent in a straight line, faster than the Red Bulls in quali in the speed traps, but if Heikki really had to brake that early for the corner, that just shows why he shouldn't have been defending his position that aggressively. As Mark has said, there was no need for him to do that, because he would've passed him soon after anyway (and equally Mark shouldn't have rushed into passing Heikki if he knew that - but then that just leads down the old "Damon should've waited until the next corner at Adelaide" line of argument which is just stupid). Gascoyne's on crack if he's seriously comparing this to Gilles at Jarama

So I guess you guys are pretty stoked about the tumors, then

Ferrari could face action from the FIA following their claims that Sunday's European Grand Prix had been "manipulated". A number of officials from the sport's governing body are known to be angered by the Scuderia's intemperate response after the penalty drive-through awarded against Lewis Hamilton for overtaking the safety car did not prevent the British driver from finishing second in Spain and doubling his lead in the title race to six points.

The world "scandal" appeared on Ferrari's official website, the team principal Stefano Domenicali said he was angry and Fernando Alonso, who finished eighth, claimed that it had been a "manipulated race".

Replays did show that Hamilton was guilty of breaking the rules – though it was a hairline decision – but FIA officials were at pains to point out that the delay in implementing Hamilton's punishment was a mere seven minutes and not the 20 laps claimed by Alonso.

Yesterday they were still seeing red at Ferrari. The team's vice-president, Piero Ferrari, said: "I am incredulous and bitter, not just for Ferrari, but for the sport as a whole, as this is not the sort of thing one expects from professionals."

But there is a widespread feeling in the sport that the pressure is beginning to get to Ferrari. The pre-season favourites have been a massive disappointment since winning the opening race in Bahrain. In Valencia, on Alonso's home soil, they were expected to regroup and much was expected from their upgraded car. But Alonso again finished down the field and Felipe Massa, who is showing signs that he is not the driver he once was, was back in 11th.

When Red Bull's team principal, Christian Horner, was asked if the race had been manipulated he said: "No, I don't think so. I think the safety car rules have not played out for Ferrari, and McLaren was perhaps a bit naughty with the way it worked it, but it got a penalty for that. Arguably it didn't cost them, but that's just the way it worked out. I don't think it was manipulated. The FIA just need to look at the safety car rules in the future."

"I think that a lot of people like to speak," said Domenicali when asked by AUTOSPORT about the testing situation. "If I have a problem I use my mobile phone and I call personally. This is my style; I don't use [the press] to say something".