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Europe starts

The European leg of the season kicks off this weekend with the Imola GP. Why is this important? well the European leg of the season usually sees the introduction of the parts that the production and design teams have been working hard on at home while the race teams have been abroad.

We now know from the news and rumours going around already that Imola is going to be an important GP. Renault have admitted to a new evolution on Fisi's engine (Alonso will have to wait a GP or take a 10 place penalty). Toyota admitted before the season started that a team was working on a 'European' car, so expect a step up for them. Williams and engine partner have said they have worked out what the issue with the Cosworth reliability was, and fixed that; and that's already one of the best V8's on the grid performance wise. Honda have put 'countermeasures' in place to solve the exploding engine syndrome that Button suffered. To add to that BMW have increased power to their V8, and Red Bull / Toro Rosso have plenty of money to do something.

Who are we missing? well it's the home team, Ferrari. I can assure you they will be pulling out ALL the stops.