peasantburner:
I'm at a loss trying to work out whether it's Ferrari's relative lack of one lap pace and Massa therefore being on pole because of lighter fuel load that the Mclarens or whether the pace was always there and is carrying as much/ more than Heikki or Lewis.
Also watching Raikkonen come through will be interesting - if he gets a good start and takes a Mclaren at the start I reckon he could have a shot at Massa - but it all depends on fuel loads. I suspect he'll be carrying one lap more than Felipe - as he did in Malaysia, so it will be crucial to get ahead of the McLarens asap - if he becomes mired behind Kovalainen he could lose 5/6s to Massa by the first stop and will need to do his famous 'charge'.
All-in-all should be fascinating - in a way it's better for the neutral observer to have a clearly dominant driver on race day being down the grid slightly. Kimi was peerless in Spain but it wasn't the most exciting race because he was streets ahead of the opposition.
I think Kimi is fuelled slightly heavier than Massa, I just hope he stays out of any possible trouble at the first corner. Heikki seems to be well fired up, and might fancy a crack at passing Massa.
Hamilton wasn't very happy at the press conference, so might just have put pressure on himself, they do say your biggest opponent is your team-mate, and he'll want to get past Heikki sooner rather than later I think. He's still yet to win other than from pole, and being closest in points to Kimi, I think he'll maybe push a little to hard.
Kimi can come from behind, but I dont doubt that if he thinks there's a good chance of nicking a place or two at the start, he'll go for it.
As you said, it's a mix that might see some interesting manouvers. 