As the European leg of the 2012 F1 season comes to an end in Monza, Italy this weekend I fully believe that will be on for another incredible weekend of racing. The race is a crucial one for all the top team's. RedBull Racing are currently street's ahead in the Constructors championship, however they are by no means assured victory in that title.
The current momentum is with McLaren as they have won the last two races in Hungary and Belgium and as we head to Monza, there are four team's who could potentially be in the running for the win. RedBull, whose last win came in Silverstone, will be extremely eager to get back to winning ay's this weekend.
Ferrari will be looking to win in front of their home crowd as the Italian media and Ferrari fan's will expect nothing less. We also have the possibility that we could find out the 2013 driver line-up for the Scuderia. Alonso is assured his place, however Felipe Massa's future at the team is a lot less certain as he has had a very difficult season scoring only 35 points so far this season compared to Alonso's 164 points.
Ferrari usually announce their line-up over the course of the Italian GrandPrix weekend or shortly after it so we shall have to wait and see what happens.
McLaren will be looking to continue their success with a third race win in a row. The team are still reeling after Lewis Hamilton leaked confidential team information on Twitter to vent his anger over a wing issue on his car at the Belgian GrandPrix he has since apologized for his comments while team mate Jenson Button was saddened by Hamilton's comments.
I feel that this could be start of a rift between the two driver's as just before the GrandPrix in SPA when asked if he would support Hamilton, Button said that he was going to fight for the championship for as long as he could and until it became mathematically impossible for him to win it. He then proceeded to take his first pole position for McLaren and wen on to in the race. He is now only 16 point's behind Hamilton in the championship. So I definitely think that there is a bit of tension behind the scenes at the team. Bearing in mind the fact that Hamilton is yet to sign a contract extension with McLaren
The Lotus team will be looking to continue their run of podium finishes as they have scored four podium's in the last three race's three of which have come from Kimi Raikkonen who finds himself in 4th in the championship just 9 point's off second placed man Sebastian Vettel so what better way to celebrate the end of the European leg of the season by taking his first win since returning to F1 this year and bringing his team their first win under the Lotus name. I for one, certainly believe that it can happen this weekend.
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