Sebastian Vettel aims to rebound from his Canadian mishap at the European Formula One Grand Prix but the world champion will face stiff resistance again from the McLaren camp.
In addition, Ferrari star Fernando Alonso wants to shake off recent disappointments in front of a Spanish home crowd on the 5.149-kilometres street circuit.
The Red Bull driver Vettel has won five of the seven races contested this season and finished second in the other two for a runaway championship lead.
He is 60 points clear of Jenson Button, but the McLaren driver and his team got a big boost when Button managed to overtake Vettel for victory in the final lap of a spectacular Canadian race after a rare error by the German.
“We’ve proved we can challenge and beat Sebastian, and we know we can fight for this world championship,” said Button on the McLaren website.
“I wouldn’t say that winning in Montreal has given me extra motivation, because I was already totally committed, but I think it will help to sharpen the focus and conviction of everyone in the team.” Vettel readily admitted to a mistake against the charging Button but at the same time was happy that he “got away with second” in a turbulent race. The Hindu
The Spaniard is enduring a disappointing season so far and is already 92 points behind championship leader Sebastian Vettel.
Alonso would need four race wins and four retirements from Vettel to overtake the German.
The Ferrari driver says it is a must for Ferrari to have the quickest car of the field if he is to recover, the two-time champion claiming he has driven the best seven races of his career this year. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos Driver Team Points 1 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 161 2 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 101 3 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 94 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 85 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 69 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 32 7 Vitaly Petrov Renault 31 8 Nick Heidfeld Renault 29 9 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 26 10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 26 11 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 25 12 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 8 13 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 8 14 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 4 15 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 4 16 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 2 17 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2 18 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 0 19 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 0 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 0 21 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 0 22 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 0 23 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 0 24 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 0 25 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 0
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