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Its 10 years ago already? Jeez it only feels like yesterday I was watching that pileup.

There should be some kind of Spa 98 10 year anniversary celebration

Yeah, another pileup

When was the last time it rained consistency in a practice session? All i can think of is Spa 2004.

Its 10 years ago already? Jeez it only feels like yesterday I was watching that pileup.

I was there for that and good God the conditions were horrendous. I got absolutely soaked.

This is the one that I've been waiting for. The weekend of Spa is always a certain highlight of the season for me. Usually, I've got a positive result from the Belgian Grand Prix. What has happened there before doesn't help me right now, but, it doesn't make any harm either.

We need that positive result, indeed. The previous race was the one to forget as quickly as possible. It's never nice to be in the middle of all kinds of negative stories, but it just happens. It's not the first time in my life, and you just have to live with it.

Back in the old days at school it was not that nice to bring home a bad grade from an exam. You could only try to do better next time. That's how to react, still.

Since Valencia I've been training a lot in Switzerland and last week we also had a test in Monza. The test seemed to go well. We tried some new parts and I feel the package has improved. Having said that, you can only really judge the performance on Saturday at Spa as nobody knows the fuel levels of your competitors in testing. But it is going to be very close. That won't change in one test.

For me there has only been good memories from Spa. Obviously it would be great to win it a fourth time in a row. I have not won for a few months and it would help to get my championship challenge back on track after that disappointment of the last race.

During the last season we found a good balance that suited my driving style in the middle of the year, and after that, I won many races in the second half of the year.

Obviously I need to try and find a good balance again because with 13 points behind I must start to close the gap. It's not impossible. I was 17 points behind with two races to go last year.

At Spa I took pole position last year and hopefully I can do the same this year. As we've seen so many times this year, a good grid position is extremely important. It will be very decisive at Spa too. Everybody knows it.

It's so crucial to have an aerodynamically good car to tackle those fast corners. It's a long lap and to get the time right, you really need to maintain the best rhythm. But so much depends on the qualifying result. Following another car in a race is very difficult. So I need to find a decent set-up on Friday and Saturday and have a solid qualifying session on Saturday afternoon.

Anyway, it's great to go racing in Spa. You cannot get the same kind of 'pedal to the metal' feeling anywhere else. It's great to race with a modern racing car in a proper circuit which has such a marvellous tradition.

This is going to be a little a bit different weekend for me. In Finland, they will publish a stamp that was designed in honour of my world championship last year. I really value this highly. As a small boy sending a card I would have never imagined that one day I would have a stamp with my picture on it.

For sure, it's nice to show to the grandkids in years to come.

Spa 98 is overrated

If Spa 98 happened this weekend they would spend a good 1/4 of the race behind the SC! :P

Spa 98. When Hill proved himself to be a flaming hypocrite

I cant wait for this. Spa is my 3rd favorite track behind Montreal and Monaco.

That's your list? Wow...