Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix is upon us. The stars of Formula One will take to the Monza road course for a second straight week of action. So far, the race looks like it could be Ferrari’s to lose, but will they?

Here’s the race preview.

Ferrari’s Look Fast, Can They Prevail

Charles LeClerc gave Ferrari their first win of the season last weekend in Spa. In fact, Ferrari started 1-2 in that race for that first distinction since earlier this season. Now, can they win two straight?

LeClerc was quickest in both practice sessions on Friday. He finished 11th in this race last year for a different team.

Sebastian Vettel was eighth and third respectively on Friday but does have four consecutive top four finishes in Italy including three of which being podiums. He’s won this race twice but both times were with Red Bull Racing.

The German and his teammate are hoping to give the Prancing Horse’s their first win on their home turf since 2010. Can they go 2-for-2 since the summer break?

Mercedes Has Been Dominant In Past At Monza

Heading into this weekend, Mercedes had to be the team to beat. They’ve won the last five Italian Grand Prix’s and six of the last seven overall. Lewis Hamilton has won four of those trips including a runner-up (2016) in the other.

He’s looking to extend his points lead over his teammate Valtteri Bottas on Sunday as the gap is 65 points. Bottas’ last five finishes in Italy are – 4th, 4th, 6th, 2nd and 3rd respectively. So, you can see he’s pretty good there. Plus, Bottas got back on track with a third place finish last weekend in Belgium as well.

Honda’s Looking Stout

On Friday, the Red Bull’s and Toro Rosso’s were strong. Max Verstappen was seventh and fifth respectively. His new teammate Alex Albon was fifth and sixth respectively himself. The Toro Rosso drivers were sixth and 10th (Daniil Kvyat) and 10th and seventh (Pierre Gasly). That’s four of the top 10 all being Honda powered.

Can that translate into a strong race day?

Verstappen, has to make up for his first lap mistake last weekend. He now trails Hamilton by 87 points in the standings. He finished seventh in this race in 2016, 10th in 2017 and fifth last year.

Albon is a rookie while Gasly was 14th for Toro Rosso a year ago. Kvyat has scored points just once.

So, if they’re going to contend for points, they need to keep the current pace up and not revert back to the years past.