After the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was a battle royal from lights to flag, I was looking forward to the rest of the season.
I thought if any team could just close that little bit more on Mercedes, it would have to start glancing over its shoulder, and when that happens, that's when the silver team starts to make a few small errors.
So batteries fully refreshed and bored with F1's August break, I sat down to watch Friday's first free practice session. I was very quickly brought back to reality with a thud.