David Coulthard's Italian GP preview
Monza has not been the kindest of tracks for Red Bull Racing, but in his exclusive AUTOSPORT column, David Coulthard explains why things could go the team's way this year
Since Spa, I've been hearing a lot of talk about how this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza is going to give Red Bull its biggest challenge of the year, and that the characteristics of its car are not going to be as well suited to the long straights of Monza as McLaren and even Ferrari.
I'm not convinced, and allow me to explain why.
For the first time, a grand prix is going to feature a pair of individual DRS zones; one on the start/finish straight and another on the long drag out of the second Lesmo and up to the Ascari chicane.
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