[Jody Barton]

I'm going to throw a little bit of caution into all of this about Charles, because while yes I think he's a future WDC and a thoroughly likeable chap, he still makes little errors. He left the track three times during the Australian GP, which could've been disastrous, and again in Bahrain he took some, shall we say "interesting lines" in Bahrain. Now I know they were all struggling with the wind in Bahrain, yet the truth is he seems to have these lapses in concentration. He had them with Sauber last year, as he did his maiden F2 championship. True, the likes of Hamilton and Alonso were the same as young drivers... but as a cautionary tale so too were Maldonado and Grosjean, both of whom when they hooked it up were / are very rapid. Only time will tell whether he iron's these chinks out like Alonso and Hamilton did, or whether they remain Achilles heels like Vettel. He has the components to be truly great, he just needs to put it all together.

It's a similar story for Max. I think my thoughts on Max are very well known, I truly believe the guy has the chance to go down as one of the all time greats, right up there with Schumacher, Prost, Senna and Hamilton, he too has all the components like Leclerc, but he's more aggressive. I don't think it's a surprise he's not had a pole position by now though, the RBR just hasn't been capable of challenging for poles consistently, the only tracks they're really had a shot at is Monaco, Singapore and Mexico. Of those over the last 2 seasons Max has had issues with his car in qualifying that have essentially meant he's been hamstrung 4 out of the 6 real chances he's had, true, one of those times is because he stuck his car in the wall in FP3 at Monaco, but still, he's only had a real shot two times, and one of those was Mexico last year, where apparently either he, or the engine software accidently put the PU into harvesting mode out of the last corner, which cost him as well. His real issue is controlling his aggression and learning when not to fight. If Max can do that and RBR or someone else can give him a car to challenge he'll become one of the greats.

Other notable mentions must go to Norris and Russell, no one noticed in Bahrain, but at one point in his crappy Williams, on older tyres, he put a move on Stroll and did him up like a kipper. It was a clinical piece of driving that was Prost'esque, Norris is more obviously doing well, but Russell is quietly going about his work at Williams very competently, the trouble is Kubica isn't a great driver to gauge against how well he is going. Still both are impressing me in different ways, Russell ironically might already be the most 'complete' of the lot of them. Norris needs to be less cautious, and show us that ruthless streak we know he has, but hey, it's two races into his career...

And lest we forget Ocon in the Mercedes simulator, I really rate him, I really, really do.