For Mattek-Sands, the French Open represented a strong return to competitiveness after a spell of injuries.
This year Britain not only returned to competitiveness in certain long-neglected areas but also showed the world how to watch sport.
However, any return to competitiveness and profitability in just a few years could rub salt in the wounds of some 150,000 Rock investors who lost all their investment – estimated to have been worth over £3 a share at the time – as a direct result of the Government's intervention.
"We had an episode of a return to competitiveness, of hard work, and now we see the result of this hard work," Mr. Trichet said in Frankfurt on April 7. "It is good for Germany and good for the euro area as a whole".
McLaren have unveiled the new car they hope will see them return to competitiveness this season.
"I will dedicate myself to the team and to ensuring that we return to competitiveness while respecting the ethical standards with which Williams has always been synonymous".
The recruitment will have been expensive - Red Bull are very protective of their leading players - and it underlines McLaren's determination to return to competitiveness in time for the start of their engine partnership with Japanese giant Honda in 2015.
Alonso, six years older than Vettel, feels the passage of time in his career more keenly and, after five frustrating seasons, he has lost faith that Ferrari can return to competitiveness in time for him to win a third world title.
Dennis added that the shareholders had "a common objective and everybody is supportive of this initiative, which is to diversify and grow the company but not to the detriment of our F1 objectives, which are to return to competitiveness as soon as possible".
Alonso - who at 32 next month should be at his peak, and has arguably been the sport's best driver since mid-way through 2010 - will hope Canada marks an immediate return to competitiveness and points-scoring, on a track where he has been strong in recent years.
