Source: CCTV.com

05-09-2007 10:48

Round four of the Formula One world championship, the Spanish Grand Prix, takes place in Barcelona this weekend with Ferrari seeking their third race win of the season. While Heikki Kovalainen and Renault are also hoping to prove they have the means to challenge for the Formula One championship this season.

There are plenty of promising signs going into the Spanish Grand Prix for Ferrari. The Italian team are second in the constructors' championship, five points behind McLaren.Kimi Raikkonen shares the lead in the drivers' standings with McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, whilst Felipe Massa won in Bahrain four weeks ago to move to within five points of the championship lead - and the Brazilian will be looking for his second consecutive victory on Sunday.

It is yet to be seen how the cars will cope with the alterations but, if all goes according to plan, Ferrari will be leading the constructors' championship with one of Raikkonen or Massa at the head of the drivers' standings at the end of the Sunday's race.

Heikki Kovalainen looks ahead to Spanish GP

In replacing world champion Fernando Alonso among the Renault driver line-up, Heikki Kovalainen joined a team that had become accustomed to success. However, he arrived just as the French manufacturer found itself unable to provide a car capable of matching their main rivals - namely McLaren and Ferrari.

There have, though, been signs of improvement since then.The teams have been testing at the Circuit de Catalunya since the start of May.

Heikki Kovalainen said, "Well, the main focus was obviously to improve our package, to try and bring in some new parts for the car and just carry on with the normal development, like we always do with our cars."

The Circuit de Catalunya is also renowned for being one of the most challenging tracks on the F1 calendar and Kovalainen says that the drivers will need to take a little more care on the new surface.

Editor:Liu Fang