It was great to see The BrawnGP lads take the win on their first time out.

The drive from Lewis was special, he keep his nose clean and drove a great race. I have a feeling there will be a bit of head scratching in the Ferrari garage over the next few nights as they try and sort out how to finish a race.

Oh how these rule changes flip things around….

I totally agree with you about Eddie Jordan. I reckon BBC will have to make quite a few adjustments. I wouldn’t mind to see JA going back to where he belongs.

Great race and great story for the Brawn team , hope they can keep it up. Always liked Button and a big fan of Barichello. Should be a good season….

He annoyed me yesterday when he dismissed KERS before the first race. I though KERS worked great in the race and certainly helped overtaking on a track that is very difficult to do so. I think the graphics have to be improved to show who is using KERS when we are watching the live feed and not just the in car footage. I loved watching Kimi and Lewis use there KERS and how they both used it at different times.

My feeling is that once KERS develops it will be a fantastic tool for the drivers to display their race craft. All I would say is that the FIA should increase the power to say 100 BHP or more, or increase the time allowed on KERS. This would mean that the disadvantage of weight would be even more negated. It seemed that most of the KERS cars were at the back of the grid. Something I hope will change soon.

I don’t think Legard is a bad commentator, ‘rubbish’ seems a bit uncharitable. When it comes to putting words to the racing action he certainly does a lot better than I would.

Where James beats him (IMO) is with the ability to embellish the factual information with incidental observation and anecdotal blurb. That added layer of detail was missing today, and it all felt that bit less immersive for the lack of that.

Still, I imagine there’ll be other threads for this in due course. The main thing… F1 is back, and despite all the politics it’s NOT disappointed!!

Given Max revealed wheel nuts cost $4,000 each I find it hard to believe someone has not made a fancy $50 seal to sell to the teams….

If all the non ‘diffuser 3′ teams are rapidly developing new diffusers, what are the relevant issues ? Renault are whining about their rear suspension being situated in the wrong place for this, so have more work to do than most, McLaren may be able to make one first, but a car’s performance is not just simply a factor of bolting on fancy bits. The diffuser is just a part of the whole Aero performance design of the car, bolting on a trick one like Brawn-Toyota-Williams will work for some more than others.

I would also echo danf1 above, I did find myself missing your commentary, I think you and Martin worked well together. Legard is alright but he doesn’t seem to know what he’s talking about sometimes. You always seemed to get more into the ins and outs of different fuel loads and strategies etc. I sound like I’m kissing your backside now so I’ll stop.

Eagerly awaiting your views on the race James, I’m sure you’re bashing away at a keyboard as we speak.

I thought Legard improved from yesterday, I think the call on Kubica’s pitstop was fair enough, although a bit hasty.
I’m not sure if the 5Live commentary is available on the re-run later, if it is I’ll watch that and see how it compares (a bit sad to watch the same race twice I know, but it’s worth it I think).