Cooper Tires British F3 International Series leader Daniel Ricciardo will enjoy the benefit of a pole position start in tomorrow [Friday]'s 13th round of the championship at the Belgian Grand Prix circuit of Spa-Francorchamps.
Aston Martin Racing secured its second podium finish of the Le Mans Series season after a fine drive from Tomas Enge, Stefan Mucke and Jan Charouz saw the #007 Lola Aston Martin come through from the back of the field at Spa.
Peugeot Sport celebrated a winning return to action in the Le Mans Series after Nic Minassian, Simon Pagenaud and Christian Klien took victory at Spa in the final dress rehearsal for the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Peugeot will look to fine-tune its preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend at Spa, as the French team makes its first outing in the Le Mans Series this season.
Having proven to be evenly-matched for most of the weekend so far, it was perhaps little surprise to see Sebastian Vettel and S?bastien Bourdais qualify alongside each other for the Japanese Grand Prix - and to Scuderia Toro Rosso's delight, both will be inside the top ten to boot.
Despite seeing both of his drivers miss out on a potential podium on the final lap of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Toro Rosso team chief Franz Tost declared himself happy at the fact that the Italian squad has now moved level with Williams in the constructors' championship chase.
S?bastien Bourdais admitted he wasn't sure where he had even finished in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa after losing out on his maiden podium finish in Formula One on the final lap.
Briton Jonathan Legris stunned the Spanish F3 Championship field once again as he overcame any perceived disadvantage of running an eight-year old car to claim a brace of second-place finishes at the daunting Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Peugeot maintained its 100 per cent Le Mans Series record with a third win of the 2008 endurance season at Spa-Francorchamps, setting the French squad up for its assault on the 24 Hours in June.
Jamie Davies and Johnny Herbert claimed the Le Mans Endurance Series LMP1 title with victory in the fourth and final round of the season at Spa Francorchamps.
1. Kaffer/McNish Audi UK Veloqx Audi R8 2min 13.818secs 2. Davies/Herbert Audi UK Veloqx Audi R8 2min 15.593secs 3. Ara/Capello Team Goh Audi R8 2min 15.602secs
The rain hit Spa at just the wrong time for the BMW Williams team during qualifying for the Belgium Grand Prix, leaving Juan Pablo Montoya and Antonia Pizzonia with work to do when the race gets underway tomorrow.
by Ross Mooney As the F1 circus leaves Hungary in Eastern Europe, the build up begins to F1's eagerly awaited return to the great Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium this weekend.