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In my opinion, Mercedes, Lotus, and McLaren were fastest cars only at the beginning of this year. However, it seems like they did not quite keep up with Ferrari's and RBRs development through the first half of year. Having said this, I would not jump to say that Ferrari is definitely the fastest car right now. Alonso qualified and run well the last two races, but to say that Ferrari is certainly the fastest car, I would like to see how his car performs relative to competition on a truly dry weekend. Some of recent Ferrari qualifying prowess as well as their first win this year could be attributed to Alonso's skill to drive in changing conditions. At the same time, I never really bought the idea that Alonso can supposedly make the car lap faster than it really is. The justification was that Massa's car was always much slower. However, it is clear that during the last two years, Massa has not been a good yardstick for measuring the raw speed of the car. The truth is probably somewhere in between. Ferrari may or may not be the fastest car, but it definitely has a good pace. And Alonso is a very good and consistent driver.