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Hopefully Henrik will do a better analysis of this but this is how I see it after race 1:

1. Brawn. Dominant here, Button seemed to just drive from Point A to B here with minimal effort. 3 tenths clear of anyone else. Pretty dominant.

2. Red Bull. Very surprised at their pace all weekend. Webber was damaged from turn 1 onwards but Seb was running a good pace all race. The fact that he did so without KERS and the diffuser makes me think this is quite a design from Newey.

=2. BMW. Kubica was on for a possible win and was nailing it in the final stint. Looked a wee bit shaky on soft tyres though.

4. Toyota. Consistent and good on both types of tyre. No KERS but were running a diffuser. Still one to watch for a win this year, finally.

=4. Williams. Very fast but undone by poor soft tire compound pace. I'll have to see later if that was simply setup or a trait of the car (or simply the driver).

6. Ferrari. Solid pace but unreliable. Case of the shenanigans happening here.

7. Renault. Pretty Anonymous today, Alonso seemed to grab 5th without major luck, seemed to be a solid drive.

8. McLaren. Good drive by Hamilton today, perhaps fortunate may mask the actual race pace of the car.

9. Force India. No comment.

=10. Toro Rosso. Lack of development time didn't stop them helping themselves to 3 points today, they wouldn't have done so without circumstance though.