The truth: Alonso and Massa
If Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa’s comments are anything to go by then BMW Sauber will be the team to beat in Formula One in 2007. It seems they speak the truth when you look at the lap times.
However pre-season testing rarely reveals which teams are really fast. McLaren and Ferrari have a tradition of ’sandbagging’ in testing.
Alonso’s comments are even more interesting.. He believes McLaren is running out of time to develop the car before the first race of the year in Melbourne. McLaren certainly do seem to start the season slow with the exception of some years (such as the late 90s).
Alonso also doesn’t believe Honda are going as well as they say they are. Based on how they’ve talked up previous seasons, you’d have to believe him again here.
The only team who almost certainly will make a huge improvement from last year is Williams. After all, they can’t do much worse can they? 
