Anyone who saw the French Grand Prix will probably know who I’m talking about.

Briefly, though, I will say that I am glad that Kimi Räikkönen won the race. I think it is better for the reputation of Formula 1 as a whole if Felipe Massa does not win so many races. Ferrari also look as though they have the upper hand now, which is just as well because the championship was threatening to become a little bit one-sided.

Still, even though Lewis Hamilton finished a distant 3^rd, the Brit actually extended his championship lead because his closest rival, Fernando Alonso, had a bit of a hellish weekend. Gearbox woes left him way down the field today.

But Alonso drove very well today. He had a couple of amazing overtaking manoeuvres against Fisichella and Heidfeld. The overtake on Heidfeld, at the Imola chicane, where a move was surely deemed impossible, will surely go down as one of the very best of the year.

But despite pushing hard to make those moves, Alonso still ended up behind both of those drivers thanks to some woeful McLaren strategies.

As for the championship, I was emailed this interesting link by Ken Roberts. It purports to show you the chance each driver has of winning the championship if the rest of the season’s results are determined at random. Hamilton’s chance is astonishingly high — 77%. Wow.

And as you can see, despite finishing 3^rd, Hamilton was the main beneficiary today, while Alonso lost a great deal and the Ferrari drivers made minor gains.

Another point to note is how much Honda seem to have improved. Button scored their first point of the season, and it was a much-needed one. It really looks as though Honda have turned the corner, although they will not be able to challenge near the front for a long while yet.

And now onto the chump. Christijan Albers — what were you thinking?!

How many pit stops has Albers done in his racing career? The lollipop man isn’t to blame for this one, which is the usual excuse. Albers just stepped on the throttle for seemingly no reason, and dragged a fuel rig halfway down the pit lane. Luckily (yet again) nobody was hurt. But that was Albers asking for a massive fire to happen.