Formula 1 is back after a 4 week long summer break and there is no better track to get us going for the second half of the Formula 1 World Championship than the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
Teams and drivers will be well rested and ready to go all out till the end of the season. No doubt that the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will be itching to get back in their cars. Rosberg goes into the Belgian Grand Prix 11 points ahead of team mate and rival Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton on the other hand is hoping that his reliability problems are behind him in order for him to concentrate on winning the title.
The dark horse, Daniel Ricciardo, will be waiting in the wings and will keep a close eye on the Mercedes pair to pounce on any opportunity he is given. With the double points rule at the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi, Ricciardo may have a slight chance of taking the championship.
Williams are hoping to carry on with their good form they’ve shown before the summer break. With the long straights and very fast nature of the Spa circuit, the FW36 will be a worthy opponent for the very quick Mercedes.
Ferrari and McLaren will hope for some improvement to the season after a rather lack lustre first half of the season.
Here are your broadcast times for the 2014 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix
Free Practice 1: Friday 10:00
Free Practice 2: Friday 14:00
Free Practice 3: Saturday 11:00
Qualifying: Saturday 14:00
Race: Sunday 14:00
All times are GMT+2. As always we’ll have updates for you during FP1 and FP2 with live updates on our Twitter account (@F1_Madness) throughout FP3, Qualifying and the Race.