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Actually, the measure should be the lap times. Ignore the results that catapulted GB up because of pitstops, and ignore the bad results which were due to unfortunate incidents. That's racing, as tiresome folk are wont to say. But the underlying speed is what to concentrate on. And GB are still 5 or 6 tenths off the pace, I think, always have been. That would put us around 5th 6th place on merit, mwhich is probably where we deserve to be at the moment, not down in 9th.
But, ignoring Arden's fabulous pit stops (no-one could touch them in GP2 or F3000 either) it's a testimony to Robbie's driving that he can achieve consistency where others fail. Sean McIntosh for Canada is an example in point - fastest lap 1:18.8. Next fastest 1:19.7. Robbie posts a 1:19.0 and a 1:19.0. You can't really argue with that. Like Ralph Schumacher in F1. It's that sort of ability that can make up a lot of places in a race. That's a good effort by Robbie and the team in anyone's books. And Robbie is claiming he's finally happy with the car balance now, so I think you can expect increasing confidence from him as the season continues, and thus he'll get closer to the pace now.
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