The 2008 Formula One season is fast approaching, so it’s time for my season predictions:

• Hamilton will get close again, but he won’t win the WDC
• Maclaren will win the WCC
• Kimi Raikkonen will win the WDC
• Ron Dennis will retire, but not until the end of the season
• Super Aguri F1 will fold or change hands
• Toyota will get their first race win
• Timo Glock will claim that win
• Alonso and Hamilton will continue to slag each other off in the press
• Red Bull will outpace Honda
• Jenson will complain that Red Bull are outpacing Honda and repeat his mantra “We just don’t have the pace”
• Force India will be the surprisingly successful underdog
• Gearboxes won’t last the mandatory four races
• Wet races will be farcical
• James Allen will forget that both Toro Rosso drivers are called Sebastien
• Then he’ll remember and feel the need to explain the situation in detail
• The “spy” scandal will refuse to go away
• Martin Brundle will be asked to explain the lack of traction control during every race
• The Singapore race will be the highlight of the season