David Coulthard previews the Chinese GP
One thing is clear after the first three grands prix of 2010: Red Bull has the fastest car. It's down to the others, starting in China this weekend, to catch up
Three races into the 2010 season and I have to admit I've still not drawn a total picture in my mind of where every Formula 1 team is in relation to its rivals, apart from one: Red Bull clearly has the fastest car, and goes into Shanghai this weekend as the odds-on favourite.
It has had pole for the first three grands prix, and locked out the front row in Melbourne. It scored a one-two finish in the last race of last season in Abu Dhabi, and three races into 2010 has repeated that result, after a lot of questions were asked about its reliability. Other teams would be quite jealous of a one-two finish every three races, wouldn't they? And don't forget Red Bull was one-two here last year, too.
Share Or Save This Story
Coulthard drives Loeb's Pikes Peak record breaker
Coulthard's verdict on F1's 2012 epic
David Coulthard on the thrilling finale
David Coulthard on the challenge of Austin
David Coulthard on Ferrari's title hopes
Coulthard on Button as McLaren team leader
David Coulthard on Michael Schumacher's retirement
David Coulthard on Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes move
Audi a player, not a spectator, in F1 driver market - Sauber
Mercedes joins Williams and RB with 'quick and cheap' F1 cockpit airflow upgrades
Alpine gets F1 spare car for first time in 2024 as lighter chassis appears in China
F1 Chinese GP: Stroll leads FP1 as small fire causes early red flag
Why F1 2026 worst case fears could be key to new rules success
How the F1 driver market situation sits for each team with 2025 openings
What's been going wrong for Leclerc in F1's tiny margins qualifying game
What the Chinese GP's highlights reveal about its first F1 race for five years
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
