MONZA, Italy -- Ferrari's loyal fans -- the tifosi -- will arrive in Monza's royal park on Sunday expecting victory. It's been nine years since Fernando Alonso stood on the top of F1's most famous podium to celebrate a Ferrari victory on home soil and, on paper at least, Sunday should be the team's best chance of ending its Monza drought.
The circuit's long straights play to the inherent strengths of this year's Ferrari car, which has the most powerful engine and the least drag of the top three teams in Formula One. At the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks ago, the traits of the SF90 saw Charles Leclerc hold off Lewis Hamilton for the team's first victory of the season and that is very much the target again on Sunday.