This week has been an shocking week in Formula One with the news yesterday that Marussia F1's test driver Maria De Villota lost her right eye following her horrific crash on Tuesday and everyone's thoughts are with Maria and her family at this time.
This weekend there is potential for a wet race which could result in an interesting outcome, last year's race winner Fernando Alonso will be hoping for a repeat victory this weekend. Last year's win was Ferrari's only win of the 2011 season however this season Ferrari have two win's to their name as Fernando became this season's first repeat winner when he took a surprise victory in front of his home crowd in Valencia two week's ago following Sebastian Vettel's retirement from the race.
Of course Ferrari and RedBull aren't the only team's in contention for the race win this weekend We also have to factor in McLaren and Lotus who are currently ahead of Ferrari in the Constructors championship in third place despite Ferrari having two win's so far this season as the Enstone based team have been the major surprise this season.
The team are promoting the new Batman film 'The Dark Knight Rises' this weekend with the film logo appears on the car's and both Kimi and Romain's helmets and overalls. I am certainly hoping that the ICEMAN Rises to the top step of the podium this weekend. That may sound cheesey however it is a real possibility if the team can have a great qualifying performance as they have shown that they have the race pace to challenge at the front.
Both Kimi and Romain have been extremely competitive as Romain was competing for victory in Valencia two week's ago until he retired from the race. That promoted Kimi to second. So far this season Lotus have collected five podium's in 8 race's so it is only a matter of time before they get their breakthrough win.
We should also look out for Jenson Button who is hoping to get his championship back on track as he has struggled with his McLaren recently so hopefully he will be up there challenging for victory too.
Mercedes and Michael Schumacher will also be looking to build on their strong performance in Valencia where Michael picked up his first podium since his F1 comeback in 2010.
But with the way this season has shaped up so far ANYTHING is possible. Some people have said that the unpredictability of the sport this year has made it boring however I firmly believe that this is completely wrong. No team has dominated so far this season so we will have to see what happens come Sunday.
The race is live on BBC and Sky F1 as they go head to head at the British GrandPrix for the first time. So it is going to be extremely interesting to how that goes. I will of course be sticking with the Beeb this weekend.
The big question on everyone's lips is will we get our eighth different winner of the season? We will have to wait and see.
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