It's only practice, Alonso's just cheering up home fans I think, but Ferrari probably have made a relative gain, he's still in competition, as long as Ferrari get the car up to speed eventually, he'll stand a good chance at winning. I don't see this as make or break, make or break is when (or if) Ferrari claim to have understood the cars problems, release a fix but it doesn't do enough. They don't have to do that now, look at the points, Alonso's consistency and the cars reliability have them in a reasonably decent place.
Personally I'm hoping for a Lotus to win, 5 races 5 different teams to win, then for the next five the team mates of the original five to win, in reverse order.
Benson was right about clarification being wanted from the drivers following the Steward's decisions to not punish Rosberg:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18026807.
The track order is still very open, but I hope HRT benefit from their new HQ, why is investment so hard to get for smaller teams? FIA need to loosen up a bit, let teams put on more promotional events with their cars etc.
