So close you can almost smell it...

"In two weeks we know. There is no point to guess here. I don't know who's going to be fastest. Nobody knows."

The wise words of Kimi Raikkonen, taking time out from having a shit, to give the world's media an insight, and also to manage expectations of his own performance after two years out.

What we do know, at last, is who's driving for who.

Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes and Sauber have the same blokes as last time.

Lotus, who were Renault last year, have a new line up in Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. Raikkonen returns after two years under-achieving in the WRC for more of the same in F1. Grosjean is another F1 returnee but differs from his teammate in actually having won something while he was away, the 2011 GP2 championship.

Force India retain di Resta and promote test driver Nico Hulkenberg, who let's remember started his last race, Abu Dhabi 2010, on pole, to a race seat. Former no 1 driver Adrian Sutil is, as we've said, the new Bertrand Gachot, and finds himself without a race seat.

Toro Rosso have an entirely new line up, with Sebastien Buemi testing for Red Bull and Jaime Alguersuari commentating for Radio 5 Live (!). They've been replaced by Daniel Ricciardo who impressed last year with half a season at Hispania (to the extent that it's possible to impress in a Hispania, ie by not finishing last) and Jean-Eric Vergne. Toro Rosso seems to have been set up to find the new Sebastian Vettel, and they must have decided that neither Buemi nor Alguersuari was going to be it.

Williams, lurking down near the bottom like something Kimi might have left in the gents, have retained Maldonado. Rubens Barrichello, however, starts a new career in Indy after 18 years and more races than any other driver in history - a clear candidate for our new slot on great drivers of the past, I think. His replacement is almost more noteworthy - for the first time since that fateful day at Imola, we have a Senna in a blue and white Williams.

Amongst the new teams, who really must stop being 'new' and start scoring some points, Vitaly Petrov has been a last minute replacement for Jarno Trulli, alongside Heikki Kovalainen at Caterham (formerly Lotus). Marussia, who aren't Virgin any more, keep Timo Glock alongside new guy Charles Pic.

Hispania have got Narain Karthikeyan back after Ricciardo got a better offer from Toro Rosso, and the long list of returning F1 drivers is completed by Pedro de la Rosa, making what must be his fourth or fifth comeback after having replaced Sergio Perez at Sauber for the race after his shunt at Monaco.

As has been said elsewhere, all six world champions of the 21st century will be on the grid. Kimi and Schumi will be sharing a grid for the first time since that legendary incident at Brazil 2006.

Excited is not the word.