I know plenty of people have been leaving comments on the blog asking whether we have decided on driver pairings for the enduros yet, but I can’t say until the official release is put forward naming our pairings.

That release will come after the Winton round, during the six week break, which if you asked me is too long, but that’s the way the schedule is.

Speaking of the enduros, Brad sent out a press release asking for irregular drivers to be given more time to test the cars before the big races. I think it’s a good idea, especially with our test days being cut from six to four this year.

I would be interested to know what the fans think about this so feel free to leave your comments.

It was my 28th birthday yesterday and I was quite spoilt on the day. I spent a bit of it with Mish (who is now off work) and then headed to BJR where they had a decadent chocolate mud cake in waiting for me. I think the sugar is still flowing through my system.

I spent some of the night at the local playing trivia as we do every Tuesday and we had our best result finishing second. It was good to get on the podium!

I watched the French F1 Grand Prix on Sunday night and was pleased to see Felipe Massa come away with another win and the lead in the Drivers Championship. To me the race showed the continuing dominance of Ferrari.

It is now three race weekends in a row they have had the best cars, highlighted by Kimi Raikkonen busting an exhaust and yet still managed to finish second. I think they had the best car in Monaco as well, but conditions got the better of them.

I thought the other great drive of the weekend belonged to Jarno Trulli, who got on the podium in his Toyota. I think Trulli is a guy who seems to work incredibly hard and never get the credit he deserves. Hopefully this is the beginning of the rise of Toyota after a few years of trying to get the car right.

I also feel like Trulli proved something to commentators who have said he can only qualify a car. Sometimes you can get a great lap out of a car by going really hard, but getting the car to race well can be an entirely different proposition.

Mark Webber once again performed well and I would say Red Bull have come a long way from their countless DNFs last season. Webber, despite not getting on the podium, would be happier with the car and I think he might be looking a couple of years into the future, especially with legendary designer Adrian Newey on board with the team.

Jenson Button reckons he is crashing too much and needs to take a good hard look at himself. I hope some good performances are to follow because he does have talent.

Continuing on my motorsport Tour de Force it was great to see Marcos Ambrose qualify well at the Infineon raceway. He looked like he may have got pole instead of 7th until the last corner of qualifying when he had to fight understeer.

He performed admirably in the race until he hit Juan Pablo Montoya, who as usual got hot under the collar about the incident. You have got to love the fiery Columbian and his personality!

I think it may be just the tip of the iceberg for Ambrose though as he seems to be highly thought of in the US.

This week The Driver’s Poll will be coming out in The Sunday Telegraph with our thoughts on most overrated, most underrated, who will win the Championship and who will win Bathurst. So make sure you have a read. I know I will.

Mish is going well and is due on July 10, so just a couple of weeks to go. I hope ‘Nacho’ doesn’t arrive during the round in Darwin, because I really want to be with Mish when our child arrives.

As an interesting aside, I found the Derryn Hinch/ Mick Gatto verbal quite interesting and wonder if there will be any follow up, aside from Hinch’s ratings spiking.

Jonesy

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