Let's leave the 2007 season behind us and look forward to what may be the highlights of the 2008 season.

First let’s speak about the new team next year. After a battle for the last team place on the grid, Pro Drive won, and the rumor has been that they will run McLaren cars, and use the McLaren test drivers for their lineup.

This has however come to question, as Pedro de la Rossa has publicly stated that he will be with the McLaren team again next year.

So if the Pro Drive team don’t take the grid, will they sell their place? And if so who too?

There is also all the driver lineup that will without a shadow of a doubt change. Who will be at McLaren next year? Will Alonso stay with the team? Will the rumors of Heikki moving to McLaren with Alonso to Renault come to fruition? Will the 2005/2006 world champion not want to go back to Renault now that Flavio will not be as focused on the team? and hey they have not been the world title team that they were just a year ago this season.

Who will Toyota draft in to replace Ralf? Will they try coax the up and coming Nico Rosberg over to the factory team from Williams? or will Toyota try get hold of a Japanese driver?

Will the Honda team put the 2007 season behind them and come up with a car that Jenson and Rubens can race? After all this seasons car has been a step backwards from their 2006 car that Super Aguri raced so well.

It was announced that the Ferrari squad is staying put, so drivers are not an issue at the Italian team, however it’s highly rumored that Todt is to move on. Will they get Stefano Domenicali to take over, or will Ross Brawn come back? Hey, it might even be Michael Schumacher in the head seat, it would not be that large a surprise.

How much difference will the Indian multi billionaire Vijay Mallya make to the Spyker team? and will we see Narain Karthikeyan back in an F1 seat?

Both the BMW and Williams cars got better towards the end of the season (especially the Williams), how strong will they be next season, after all, it’s not usually long before Williams make a spring back to the front. They have had a season to get used to the Toyota lump and the surrounding management that goes with the Japanese engine supplier. The BMW driver lineup has been concreted, but will their push forward continue, or will the Sauber influence start to wear a little thin and stagnate the team? Who will be the pilots in the Williams cars next year?

Lots of questions to be answered, and from this side of the new season, it looks like it will be another cracker. Lets just hope the politics stay out of it, and we can have a nice clean fight for the 2008 championships.