“We will return to the medium compound
Bridgestone Potenzas at Spa because lower temperatures, due to the cooler weather conditions, mean less heat is generated in the tyres at this circuit," revealed Bridgestone Motorsport's Hirohide Hamashima, "The set-up of the car is important in Belgium as teams need to find downforce levels which mean they can maintain balance in the high-speed chicane at Eau Rouge and speed on the straights. It’s a very smooth circuit and although it’s fast, the circuit offers slow, medium and high speed corners.
"Opportunities for overtaking are at turn one, under braking at the end of the long straight which follows turn four and the final chicane. Typically at Spa, the left front tyre shows high wear and this is due to the downhill section which takes drivers through turns 13 to 15. When it rains at Spa, it usually continues for a long time, and if we have these conditions at the weekend it will be very important for the drivers to maintain the performance of the GP2 wet specification tyre.”
Third place in the Monza feature, followed by victory in the sprint event, underlined Glock's position as frontrunner in the championship, while di Grassi only managed fourth in the shorter outing - impressive enough coming from 14th on the grid - stretching the pre-weekend gap to almost comfortable proportions for the German. Glock, however, knows only too well what a bad weekend can do for a lead, and will be hoping to leave Spa with at least a decent points haul.
The battle for third place overall - although both can still lay claim to the crown - appears likely to be an all-Italian affair, with Giorgio Pantano closing to within a point of Luca Filippi after adding a third win in as many races to his Monza tally. The pair - on 50 and 49 points respectively - now have a decent gap over fifth-placed
Kazuki Nakajima, the Japanese driver just edging Carroll 36-35 for fifth spot.
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