Formula One is back after the mid-season break as the teams head to Spa for the Belgium Grand Prix. Join The Roar for a live commentary of qualifying at 10:00pm (AEST).
After a four week break for the mid-season, Formula One returns at one of the most historic events on the calendar.
Spa has been around in the calendar since 1950 but it hasn’t been a part of the calendar for every single year of the championship.
From 1972-1984 – apart from 1983 when it was held at Spa – the Belgium Grand Prix was not held at the famous circuit.
It was also not held in 1957, 1959, 1969 and 1971.
Since 1985 though Spa has been part of the calendar and it has seen some greats of the sport win at the venue.
Michael Schumacher has won at the venue six times, Ayrton Senna has won in Spa on five occasions, and Jim Clark has won it four times.
Of the current drivers in the field, Kimi Raikkonen is the most successful, with four wins at the venue. His last win was in 2009 when he was with Ferrari. He will be looking to repeat that feat this weekend after a horror year for the Finnish driver.
Other current drivers who have won in Spa include Vettel (twice), Massa, Button and Hamilton.
Hamilton will be looking to repeat what he did in 2010 this weekend as he battles with his team-mate for the championship.
The margin is just 11 points between the two and Hamilton has done well in the last two rounds to bounce back from horror qualifying sessions.
Qualifying tonight looks to be a Mercedes affair after dominating this year. They have taken 10 of the 11 pole positions on offer with Rosberg winning 6 of them.
If practice is anything to go by then it will be a Mercedes 1-2 for the race. In practice 1 and 2 yesterday, Rosberg was quickest in P1, with Hamilton the quickest in P2.
In both those practice sessions the team-mate finished second when one of the Mercedes drivers topped the session.
The only thing that looks likely to stop the duo is mechanical problems or rain. Rain is forecasted for the session and that could be a nuisance to the teams and drivers.
Others in contention for pole position include Red Bull, Williams, and Ferrari. Williams look the most likely to do it but will need to be quicker than what they were in practice.
They were over a second behind the Mercedes duo in practice and need to improve significantly to be a shot at qualifying.
If it rains then the Red Bulls are a chance to cause a surprise. Daniel Ricciardo finished 2nd in Australia in qualifying when it was a wet session.
He will be one to look out for if the skies start to open.
It could be a big session if it rains in Spa with plenty of drivers in contention for pole.
If it doesn’t then Mercedes will look to continue their dominance of qualifying this year.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
So Mercedes dominate again and take their 11th pole position for the year. It is Rosberg's 7th pole for the year and his fourth in a row. Hamilton is in second and it sets up a big battle between the two for tomorrow's race. Vettel was solid in third and Ferrari were good with Alonso in fourth and Raikkonen in 8th. That is all from me in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. I'll be back tomorrow for the race. Until then it is bye from me.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q3 - RESULTS: TOP TEN: 1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull 4. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 5. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull 6. Valteri Bottas - Williams 7. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren 8. Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari 9. Felipe Massa - Williams 10. Jenson Button - McLaren
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q3 - 0:00 Ricciardo goes off the track but still does a quick time. He does a 2:07.786 to move to 4th. Nico Rosberg does a 2:05.591 to land pole for the Belgian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton does a 2:05.819 but it isn't enough. Alonso takes 4th from Ricciardo with his final lap of 2:07.786.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q3 - 0:00 Hamilton starts his final lap but has a poor entry into turn 1. Raikkonen and Alonso move past Bottas for 4th and 3rd respectively.
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Q3 - 0:45 Vettel improves his time and does a 2:07.769. He remains in third position behind the Mercedes.
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Q3 - 3:00 Hamilton pits to put on another set of tyres. He will only get one shot at this. Rosberg, who did one less lap earlier, will get two timed laps if he wants it.
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Roar Guru
Q3 - 4:00 Alonso and Massa have gone into the garage. They will only complete one more lap if they get back out onto the track.
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Q3 - 5:20 Hamilton does a 2:06.395 and moves to second. He is still about a second behind his team-mate.
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Roar Guru
Q3 - 6:00 Ricciardo moves to 5th with his first lap. ORDER: Rosberg, Vettel, Alonso, Bottas, Ricciardo.
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Roar Guru
Q3 - 7:00 Rosberg then sets an incredible lap time of 2:05.698. The track is drying and the time reflects that. Alonso moves to third and Massa moves to fourth with their first laps of the session.
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Roar Guru
Q3 - 7:30 Vettel sets the first time with a 2:08.141 Hamilton, who has a mistake riddled lap, sets a 2:11.947
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Roar Guru
Q3 - 9:50 Drivers start their first timed laps of the final qualifying session.
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Roar Guru
Q3 - We have 2 Red Bull's, 2 Ferrari's, 2 Williams, 2 McLaren's and 2 Mercedes in the final session of qualifying. Impressive effort from all 5 teams. The final session is 12 minutes.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q2 - RESULTS 1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes 3. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 4. Valteri Bottas - Williams 5, Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari 6. Felipe Massa - Williams 7. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull 8. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren 9. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull 10. Jenson Button - McLaren BOTTOM 6 11. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso 12. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso 13. Sergio Perez - Force India 14. Adrian Sutil - Sauber 15. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 16. Jules Bianchi - Marussia
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q2 - 0:00 Magnussen does a 2:08.901 to push his team-mate Button into the bottom 6. Ricciardo does a 2:08.989 to move to 9th. Button then does a 2:09.272 to push Vettel in the bottom 6. Vettel does a 2:08.868 to push Kvyat into the bottom 6. Hectic finish to the session. Kvyat started it but couldn't do a time that was quick enough. The final laps of Vettel, Button, Ricciardo and Magnussen was enough to stay in the ten.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q2 - 0:30 Vergne does a 2:10.108 and moves to 11th. Not enough for the top ten but he has another lap. Hamilton does a 2:06.609 and keep himself in first position. Rosberg does a 2:06.723 to remain in 2nd.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q2 - 1:00 Kvyat does a 2:09.377 and moves to 8th. He pushes Magnussen into the bottom 6.
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Roar Guru
Q2 - 3:00 Vergne moves to 12th with his first timed lap. Not enough to move him out of the bottom 6. The bottom 6 is still Kvyat, Vergne, Perez, Sutil, Grosjean and Bianchi.
Shane Jones
Roar Guru
Q2 - 4:30 Rosberg does a 2:07.494 and remains in second. He closes the gap to 3 tenths to his team-mate.
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Roar Guru
Q2 - 6:00 Ricciardo moves to 7th. Those in the bottom six include Kvyat, Perez, Sutil, Grosjean, Bianchi and Vergne.