Formula One: Monza 2010
The weekend is here and so is the next race in the F1 Calender, Monza!
Formula 1 Gran Premio Santander d’Italia is our stage which is set for Hamilton, Webber, Button, Vettel and alonso to battle it out as the race for the championship continues.
Monza has played host to the GP since 1922 and has always been a battle ground for the greats such as Aryton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Jackie Stewart and Michael Schumacher.
Monza is an anti-clockwise track, is 5.793km in length and the F1 race consists of 53 laps.
Rubens Barrichello set the fasted lap in 2004 with a time of 1:21.046
Monza is classed as a high speed circuit because of its long straights so many teams run less downforce than most other tracks.
McLaren chief engineer Tim Goss said “Monza will be a strong circuit for us, we have a very aerodynamically efficient car so we think we have a good chance of occupying the front row and challenging for the race win.”
Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton is eager to claim his first win at monza saying “I’ve made no secret of my wish to win this race. Monza is an incredible circuit – full of history and stories from the past. It has a special feeling in the air that you don’t find anywhere else in the world. It’s a circuit that inspires you to race at your limit, and I’ll be pushing hard all weekend.”
Hamilton is leading the Drivers Championship by 3 points after his win in Belgium.
Jenson Button still sounds motivated and optimistic about winning the championship saying “I’m still going into every practice session, qualifying and race with the same hope I can win that race,” whose relaxed style has led some to question his application.
“I know I’m just as passionate about it now as I was last year, and that’s because I don’t think there is a driver here who works any harder than me.”
Mark Webber told BBC Three Counties Radio: “It’s probably not the track we’d choose to go and have 17 races at, but we don’t, we have one. “We can still get some good points there and take the fight to the other fast teams.”
Im looking forward to this race weekend as the battle heats up, i support McLaren, i’d prefer Jenson Button to win but Lewis Hamilton deserves my support aswell, his passion and need to go faster in my opinion gives him the edge over other drivers, and this passion is what spirited-driving is all about.
I hope to see Vettel battling it out with Webber again as its always entertaining and it keeps him away from Button (Who he took out in Belgium,Bad times).
Qualifying starts at 12:10pm Saturday and Coverage of the race starts at the same time sunday on BBC1
Enjoy..
