With just a week to go until the race in Belgium, the end of the one month long summer break for all teams is almost over. At the halfway point in the season, Sebastian Vettel leads the driver championship with a 38 point lead over Kimi and Red Bull also have the lead in the Constructors' with Mercedes and Ferrari rounding out the top 3 respectively. It hasn't been quite the season Ferrari were hoping for. By Ferrari standards, third place isn't considered massively successful and with the competition these days, it doesn't look very easy for Ferrari to be successful. Fernando Alonso is third in the drivers' championship, however, teammate, Felipe Massa, has had a nightmare of a season and sits in seventh. Despite being only seventh, much of the bad this season for Felipe is not his fault. Ferrari have not given him the most reliable car and it seems race after race Massa either crashes, breaks down or gets a puncture. In order for Ferrari to turn this season into the completely right direction, changes to the cars are going to have to be made. For Massa's car, it's simple, make sure it can complete a race and keep pace with the heads of the pack. Massa has the capability to be a winning driver, but he's going to have to have confidence in himself which comes from having confidence in his car. Alonso seems to be able to work his car up to par with the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull, however the car can lack grip when not on the correct
tyres and tyres also seem to wear quite quickly. What Ferrari is the best at, is starts. Off the line, no one can keep up with a Ferrari. This can be taken as a great advantage if Ferrari can have some good qualifying sessions and have both drivers start near the front.
The next race in Belgium this coming weekend will be a very difficult one. It's a very technical track with the legendary "swoop" at turns 2,3 and 4. There's no clear-cut favorite for who can win this Grand Prix as only 6 different drivers have won at this track more than once. It can potentially be a fantastic weekend for Ferrari or a disaster of one as well. Either way, Ferraristi and F1 fans of all teams and drivers will just be happy that Formula One is back!
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