After seeing Ferrari and Bridgestone steal the thunder from Michelin and Renault in France, the circus is heading to Germany and then Hungary for back-to-back races at the Hockenheimring and Hungaroring.
The forthcoming races, whilst not dipolar, will certainly stretch the teams in different directions: before challenging the specifics, the broader questions that need to be asked are, has Michelin dropped the ball and let Bridgestone back in to the game? And who has been getting the most from their in-season developments?
Judging by the pace of Ferrari in France, it seems that the tyre equation has been changed: certainly the softer tyres that Bridgestone had available proved to be ideal for Schumacher, whilst Renault were too aggressive with their option, and too conservative with their prime tyres.