Lewis Hamilton will definitely collect more points than his teammate Jenson Button. Michael Schumacher's return to Formula One will be a magnificent success, and Nico Rosberg will be left in his wake. Red Bull's car is so far ahead of their rivals that they could run away with the championship.

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The so-called experts haven't been too accurate with their predictions so far this season, but that is one of the main reasons it has been such a compelling watch.

Admittedly, Hamilton has had a great season, and with each race he is proving himself to be the most marketable personality in the sport.

His aggressive driving style has seen him overtake an astonishing amount of his competitors, and it is the excitement that his nearly-dangerous approach provides the sport that marks him from the rest.

Hamilton pulls off moves that most F1 drivers would not even dream of, and his wonderful steal inside both Sebastien Vettel and Adrian Sutil simultaneously at the penultimate corner of the Chinese Grand Prix was stunning.

He counters this brilliance with sheer recklessness and, in not allowing Vettel to pass when they were side by side in the pit lane in Shanghai, both drivers nearly caused very serious harm to stewards - earning each a reprimand. Hamilton may not be the most likable man in Formula One, but on the track he is box office entertainment.

However, in the overall standings so far this season, Hamilton sits in joint third place on 49 points - eleven behind teammate and championship leader Jenson Button.

McLaren's other driver is a more relaxed character to the tightly-wound Hamilton, and sometimes his smooth driving style can appear lacklustre - a bit like the Dimitar Berbatov of F1. However, three things have enabled Button to rise above the rest of the Formula One field this season.

Firstly, and I am loath to say it, but he and the other title hopefuls this season have had luck - they are all fortunate to still be in contention.

In the opening two races, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel ought to have wrapped up victory convincingly, but technical problems when leading forced him well down the pecking order each time. He did win convincingly in Malaysia, and without the issues in Bahrain and Australia he could be streets ahead in the championship.

The other two factors are within Button's control, and he deserves much credit for each. It has been said that Jenson Button feels the car better than anybody else on the circuit, and this has been demonstrated to tremendous effect in both his race victories this season.

When the Australia Grand Prix began in drizzling conditions, racers began on intermediate tyres. Button himself made the huge decision to change to smooth tyres after just six laps in Australia, and it paid off wonderfully as he made ground on all his rivals before they were forced to do the same a few laps later.

Button's intuitive sense of his car and the conditions set him one step ahead of the rest. This is when Button's other fantastic quality came into effect.

His aforementioned smooth driving style has kept his tyres far fresher than most of the rest of the field, and in Australia it proved the second part of a winning combination. Hamilton's aggressive approach - as effective as it is - shreds tyres faster than almost everyone with his sharp braking and turns, and in Australia he was called in for two pit stops. Button required just one.

Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher is still one of the greats of Formula One, and needs time and races to adapt after three years away from racing, but his failure to even beat his teammate in the same car is a cause for concern for Mercedes GP. Nico Rosberg is second in the championship with fifty points, while Schumacher is joint ninth with just ten.

Mercedes have promised to help Schumacher return to his former glory and the German will drive an upgraded car in Spanish Grand Prix. Schumacher's new model will feature an updated wheelbase for optimised weight distribution, as well as various streamlining adaptations for increased aerodynamics.

If Schumacher does not win a race this season, how much would it blemish his career?

He undoubtedly had the best car throughout his tenure at Ferrari, but his competitive edge toed the line between recklessness and genius in much the same way as Hamilton does now.

The experts and fans both continue to be perplexed by this year's Formula One Championship, but one of the best facets of sport is its unpredictability.

No one really knows who will win the title - or indeed constructor's championship - but watching the action unfold is proving most rewarding indeed.