Ferrari back in the hunt

Lots of aero updates on many cars and in fact, a completely new chassis for Raikkonen's Ferrari in Spain this week end. Kimi's car is now, among other things, some 10kg/22lbs lighter allowing for better ballast placement. Massa is lighter than the Finn so he will only get aero upgrades including new rear end diffuser and floor. Given that the two car's performance was essentially equal in final practice, I would say this is further evidence that the minimum weight of cars should be raised.

In any case, Ferrari giving a 1/2 second to the Brawns is interesting, especially since Brawn and Toyota were also doing qualifying setup runs.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time               Laps
 1.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:20.553           18
 2.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:20.635  + 0.082  22
 3.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:21.050  + 0.497  19
 4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:21.163  + 0.610  17
 5.  Kubica       BMW Sauber            (B)  1:21.239  + 0.686  21
 6.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:21.256  + 0.703  23
 7.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:21.346  + 0.793  16
 8.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:21.377  + 0.824  26
 9.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:21.424  + 0.871  19
10.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:21.499  + 0.946  17
11.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:21.519  + 0.966  15
12.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:21.594  + 1.041  20
13.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:21.629  + 1.076  19
14.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:21.649  + 1.096  19
15.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:21.685  + 1.132  18
16.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:21.689  + 1.136  18
17.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:21.909  + 1.356  19
18.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:22.043  + 1.490  19
19.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:22.232  + 1.679  19
20.  Heidfeld     BMW Sauber            (B)  1:23.457  + 2.904  8

And here is the rest of it.