The week before the first race is always the best time of the Formula 1 year for fans, because it's the last time that all the fans have hope that their teams do well (whatever well means for each team).
That is even more true when there is a change in engine regulations because there is the potential that this time, your team will get it right and the new regulations will lead to an era of glory.Why we still believe this every year, I do not know, when every year the following apply:
1) At least two teams, normally Red Bull and Mercedes, are sand-bagging and not showing how fast they can actually go.
2) Ferrari flatter to deceive by doing well in testing, and the car will then underperform in the actual season.
3) At least one team turn up with a carn't not a car - so far this seems to have happened with Williams and Aston Martin, neither of which were the teams I was expecting that to happen to.
And yet, it is such an exciting time because there is the potential that this time, this time Ferrari might not have screwed up. I don't know why I keep hoping Ferrari will not screw it up in the face of so much evidence.
