Not the game but the real thing.

So the winter testing started today, its looking good so far, Massa has not forgotten how to drive, neither has Schumi.

Provisional times
01. F Massa Ferrari 1:12.574 102 laps
02. P de las Rosa BMW Sauber 1:12.784 74 laps
03. M Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:12.947 40 laps
04. N Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:13.543 39 laps
05. G Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.846 86 laps
06. R Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:14.449 75 laps
07. S Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:14.762 18 laps
08. R Kubica Renault 1:15.000 69 laps

Be good to see what mclaren and red bull do this week (assuming they run) could be a great year this year assuming the competitive drivers all have competitive machinery, I'm looking forward to it.

Times for some of the others, looking a lot closer than some of last years testing, not that you can read that much into it Ferrari are probably running light to make the stories of their cars lack of pace look false and Massa return get some good PR.

Kobayashi is doing well, great that he's got a drive he looked handy last season.

1. Massa Ferrari 1:11.722 124 laps
2. Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:12.056 96 laps
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.256 108 laps
4. Kubica Renault 1:12.426 119 laps
5. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:12.899 119 laps
6. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:13.377 102 laps
7. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:13.823 107 laps

Button and Alonso should get their spin tomorrow.

Alonso killed it, beat Massas times from before, hope Ferrari aren't showboating for the media.

1 Alonso Ferrari 1:11.470 laps
2 de la Rosa Sauber 1:12.094 laps
3 Schumacher Mercedes 1:12.438 laps
4 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:12.576 laps
5 Button McLaren 1:12.951 laps
6 Petrov Renault 1:13.097 laps
7 Hulkenberg Williams 1:13.669 laps

times from today at Jerez

1. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:19.950 103 laps
2. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:20.026 +0.076 121 laps
3. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:20.618 +0.668 83 laps
4. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:20.629 +0.679 67 laps
5. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:20.754 +0.804 80 laps
6. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:21.083 +1.133 124 laps
7. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:21.424 +1.474 129 laps
8. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:22.003 +2.053 103 laps
9. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:22.043 +2.093 99 laps
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:29.964 +10.014 11 laps

And in other news Kimi Raikkonen is doing quite well in todays WRC special stage

This season is looking like its going to be a good one, lots of cars putting in great pace in testing, no one wayout in front of others, or so it seems, roll on 14th March, i'll have to gets some bets on, who's worth a punt I wonder.

Hulk done well today, Webber is also worth backing IMO, Alonso too. It's good to see the smaller/newer teams keeping up with the frontrunners, top 6 cars today all within 1s.

Starting to feel sorry for Vettel, hope his luck changes soon. Good to see Button doing well again this season too.

Opening race was dull and I stopped watching halfway through, last one was much better, much more interesting .

Wow, we really kept this going

Best race of the year so far yesterday, especially that first corner and 3 after race investigations.

Schumi up to old tricks again .

I still think Webber could get the championship this year, he drove superbly all things considered. Red Bull do need to change their engines though as they're getting hammered on the straights. Maybe some Merc or Ferrari engines next year .

Yup, just too busy up until recently to really arse about on the forum, cracking race, how MS never got a penalty I'll never know.

How pissed off did Alonso look after the race he obviously felt robbed, fair play to the mclaren duo, good driving by both.

They did drive well, Alonso too but I do think the McLarens deserved the 1-2.

I'm surprised that Schumi didn't get a drive through or two, maybe that's why I was cheering when the backmarkers started overtaking him .

Boo, Ferrari should get a penalty for team orders, if you can't take the car on the track you have to stay where you are, Massa done Alonso from the start and had him covered, plenty of points left to let it run.

I think they should've stripped Alonso of the win, $100000 fine doesn't seem enough to me. There was enough laps left, not to mention 8 more races this season that the order was not needed. If Alonso was truely faster then he would've overtaken Massa before the end of the race.

What a way for Massa to celebrate the anniversary of his accident.