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10% into the season already. I can tell this year is going to absolutely fly by...

Q1) In the past two races we have seen four different constructors on the podium. With the recent break do you think that any teams in particular will have made a large improvement or will this only occur by the European leg of the calendar?

A: I said in my last post that I don't think we'll see any major improvements until everyone brings updates to the Spanish GP, but then I remembered that Ferrari are giving Felipe Massa a brand new chassis for the Chinese GP. So we could well see a big improvement from them if Massa responds well to the new car, which I hope he does as it's been quite sad seeing him flounder in the lower-midfield up to now.

In the meantime, I think we'll see some improvement from Lotus. The only reason they don't have more points is because of sheer bad luck, with Kimi Raikkonen's gearbox problem in Malaysia and Romain Grosjean's bumper-cars in both races costing them chances of podiums. Whether they can keep up in the development race come mid-season is another matter, and one which they didn't seem to cope well with last year...

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Q2) This weekend has seen the 'kick off' for some of the lower series, including BTCC, Clio Cup and (during the Malaysian race weekend) IndyCar. Have you watched any of these series, and if so why and how?

A: I've watched all the above, bar the Clio Cup, as I just happened to be busy when they were on the TV! This year I'm trying to make more of an effort to get into other forms of motorsport that are on TV - as fun as single-seaters are, there's many more series out there that give the same, though usually rather different, thrills when you watch. BTCC in particular was brilliant and it was great to see it back in it's carnage-ridden, controversy-fuelled glory, while I've only really been watching IndyCar because of Rubens Barrichello's recent move there. The race from Barber was a great watch though, so much overtaking! I'll be keeping an eye on the Indy Lights series too, as local lad Oli Webb makes his American debut this year.

Q3) With the Crazy Chinese Grand Prix fast approaching, it will be the first Grand Prix that the BBC will have live and be in direct competition with Sky. Who do you think will be the channel that the majority choose and which will you be watching live?

A: The BBC will win hands down - free-to-air will always win over pay-per-view, no matter how different the channel's approaches to presentation, analysis etc. are as it's just easier for the majority to access. Personally I'll be watching the race on the BBC, as I miss the more laid-back camaraderie between Jake, David and Eddie and I'm warming towards Ben Edwards' commentary with every race.

BONUS) Vettel referred to Karthikeyan as a 'cucumber' after the Malaysian GP but if you could represent a driver of your choice as food, which food would it be and why?

A: I wasn't observant enough to notice this myself, but a few weeks ago @theFakeVettel was comparing Romain Grosjean to a croissant. Not only are they both French (well, one's from Geneva but I think we'll let him off) and quite warm and lovely, I think the likeness between them is rather uncanny...