He's back....

...in second place that is. I'm talking of Fernando Alonso, who had the superior car and was constantly lurking around the rear spoiler of Michael Schumacher's 248F1. In the end, experience and a competitive set up was too much for the new World Champion.

To Ferrari's credit, the engine worked, the tyres worked - enough to get past the finishing line - and the man....well, he's always been there. Anyone who had written off Ferrari's chances of ever making a competitve comeback after a disappointing 2005 season should think again.

Renault, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota and BMW are known for their excellent products - dinky V6s or V8s that retired pensioners and immature, pimply teenagers can take for a nice drive in the countryside or potter about on the Autobahns.

And when was the last time Ferrari ever made a racecar with anything less than a V10? When was the last time they made a racecar that wasn't engineered to be driven flat out?

It was bound to take a team time to come to terms with building a car that wasn't....really a car - and still win a race! With the kind of rule changes the FIA brought about last year, it was bound to hit Ferrari where it mattered most - how do you build an er...ummm...un-car? Besides, Bridgestone really struggled to deliver a race-worthy tyre last season. Perhaps the one serious decision tha