As always, my predictions have been proven remarkably wrong: Robert Doornbos wasn’t alone in suffering reliability problems in the first Superleague Formula race at Donington Park, and didn’t start the second as a result. So he’s not exactly leading the points table.

Davide Rigon for Beijing Guoan is, surprisingly, with a win in the first race, and 6th in the second. He’s done lots in his native Italy, a bit of A1GP, and is racing in the FIA GT Championship – but nothing to really suggest that he should come out on top in a single seater at Donington.

I’m not surprised that Adrián Vallés for Liverpool, and Duncan Tappy for Tottenham Hotspur, follow Rigon in the standings, level on points, having scored a 3rd and a 5th each. Vallés because of his reasonable GP2 career, and Tappy because of his experience of racing in this country – he’s British, of course. Former GP2 racer Borja García for Sevilla sits 4th, having won the second race.

With a good number of drivers with experience of GP2 in the pack, Superleague Formula could prove to be a good opportunity to shine for those with with less international experience – like Duncan Tappy. I’m interested to see how he gets on in the remaining rounds, where he won’t have the advantage of racing on home soil. He has an excellent name, and I enjoyed his Porsche Carrera Cup GB appearance, so I’d like to see him moving up in the motorsport world.

But what impact has Superleague Formula made on the real (online) world? Google News reveals that the Liverpool Daily Post noticed, but otherwise only specialist motorsport sites cared.

It’s a bit rubbish that the BBC and major newspapers haven’t even mentioned it, but I guess coverage can only get better. And for those of us without Setanta Sports, at least YouTube hasn’t entirely let us down.