[WSR Fan]

Right, with collective testing at Monza already underway I thought I'd get this thread up and running.

Here is the timetable for the weekend:

Thursday 24th April
10:00 - 13:00 - Collective Testing
15:00 - 18:00 - Collective Testing

Friday 25th April
10:10 - 10:55 - Free Practice
17:40 - 18:00 - Qualifying (Group A)
18:10 - 18:30 - Qualifying (Group B)

Saturday 26th April
15:26 - 16:15 - Race 1 (24 laps)

Sunday 27th April
10:46 - 11:35 - Race 2 (24 laps)

It will be interesting to see just how fast the new car is in race trim. Several people, including Kurt Mollekens, have complained that the car has too much downforce, which is obviously not what you need at a track like Monza. Although saying that, several teams ran a special low-downforce rear wing during last years' event so that could well be a possibility again this weekend.

Any predictions for this first round then? After his consistent points scoring last year and good pre-season form, I think Giedo van der Garde could be the man to beat this weekend. He seems to have settled in extremley well at P1 Motorsport and with Roly Vincini by his side I think they are in for big things this year.

For an outside bet, I'm going for Fabio Carbone. Ultimate Signature may be a new team to the series but with Fabio's vast experience I think he might pick up a good result or two.