In a few hours, the second half of the season kicks off, after the midyear break.
At this stage, there are 3 battles, in both Drivers' and Constructors' Championships:
Drivers, for Second Place:
Mark Webber
Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg are sort of marooned in 6th and 7th
Drivers, for Eighth Place:
Nick Heidfeld
Vitaly Petrov
Michael Schumacher
Kamui Kobayashi
Drivers, for Twelfth Place:
Adrian Sutil
Sebastien Buemi
Jaime Alguersuari
Sergio Perez
Paul di Resta
Constructors, for Second Place
McLaren-Mercedes
Ferrari
Constructors, for Fourth Place
Mercedes
Renault
Constructors, for Sixth Place
Sauber-Ferrari
Force India-Mercedes
STR-Ferrari
So, a whole lot of close-fought scraps ahead.