The two McLaren Mercedes drivers are clearly getting closer in their racing and qualifying these days, as Heikki Kovalainen regains his confidence and gets used to the new team. Had he not made a small mistake on his last lap of qualifying he might have got ahead of the eventual pole sitter, Lewis Hamilton. Instead, Heikki finished third.

Indeed, Hamilton is showing that he is out of the little down period he had and his pole position was convincing. But behind him in second is Felipe Massa, who had a disastrous race in Britain two weeks ago. But he looks back in good shape too, while Kimi Raikkonen has dropped down to sixth in qualifying today. I'm starting to wonder about Raikkonen's motivation. I'm starting to lean toward a Hamilton/Massa finale to the world championship. And I see McLaren starting to recover from its third position in the constructors' championship. The series is getting very interesting - and this German Grand Prix tomorrow in Hockenheim will be a key race for the future.