I’m not sure I agree that the Toro Rosso is the worst car on the grid. They have more-or-less the same chassis as Championship-challenging Red Bull, and they have a Ferrari engine in the back of it. I think the poor performance of the Toro Rosso is largely down to the drivers, which is why I put Bourdais last (at least Buemi has the excuse of being a rookie).

I hear what you’re saying about the fact that Bourdais has scored points. But it is so easy to score points these days. Bourdais is actually 16th in the Constructors’ Championship, above only the Force Indias, Piquet and Nakajima.

I wasn’t sure if I should place Nakajima above or below Sutil. In the end I decided Sutil should be lower because Nakajima has at least done a couple of interesting things (such as qualifying 5th) while Sutil has more than an extra season under his belt.

You bring up an interesting point about Buemi’s performance at the Asian races. I wonder if the fact that he is familiar with the European circuits is actually putting him off. He will have learned how to drive these circuits with a GP2 car, which may have given him a false idea about the requirements of these circuits in an F1 car.

We saw something similar with Lewis Hamilton in his first season. He was good in the European rounds, but it was only when he visited tracks he didn’t know — Montreal and Indianapolis — that he started winning races.

Speaking of Toro Rosso drivers, it’s curious that Buemi had a decent start in the asian races (better than anyone expect actually) and has being very underwhelming now that we hit the european tracks he supposedly to know better.