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By Caroline Cheese

From F1NICOF1 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A56417240s_fromedit=1&s_type=15&s_sport=motorsport)"An important day for Brawn GP to see if the tyre heating issues are solved."From mwhitcombe on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/home#searchq=carolinecheese)“Watch out for the Toyotas this weekend - I had visions during the week of Timo Glock doing something special…”

David Croft on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra: "On paper, this is Red Bull’s race, you’d take Vettel and Webber in any order. They should make mincemeat of the opposition."0900: And the green light is on, Seb Vettel making an early appearance under cloudy skies in Belgium.
BBC Sport’s Sarah Holt in Spa: "You know those T-shirts you get; ‘I Heart New York’, ‘I Love Leicester’ (yes, they do exist). Well, I’d like one that says ‘I Heart Spa.’ It’s just brilliant here. First of all, there’s the track; all the history played out on its rises and falls through the pretty wooded slopes of the Ardennes mountains. As if that wasn’t enough, we arrived in the town of Spa itself last night and I was overcome with childlike glee when I glimpsed the funicular, chocolate shops, cafes ringed with fairylights and actual miniature houses. The rest of the BBC team laughed though when I’d said I’d like to come back on holiday. Anyway, enough of that, who’s going to be fastest: Red Bull, Brawn or McLaren"From Phil, via text on 81111: "Looking at the live leaderboard, that’s the only time Badoer will be that far up there!"0853: James, you think I haven’t already pitched that one Another one of my brilliant feature ideas criminally ignored… And I know the video’s not there yet, bear with me, it will be in the next couple of minutes.

From James under the duvet in Rochdale, via text on 81111: "Caroline, I’m shocked. Why not push for a spa at Spa The ultimate race experience."0851: Cripes, do me a favour and give this page a manual refresh so we can all wipe out the memories of the formatting problem in that last entry. You should also be able to see the video if you’re in the UK, so you’re ready to go at 0900 BST.
0847: Pete, haven’t had my first sighting of the circuit yet, but I’m sure Sarah Holt will be in touch soon with a weather report. Meanwhile, this is her latest rather troublingtweet:“Billowing smoke coming from trees on the run down to Pouhon. Seems to be coming from woods & not the track. Hopefully won’t delay practice.”

From Pete in Bath Spa, via text on 81111: "Is it wet or dry there Wet here!"0842: Spa, they say, is a circuit that only the truly great drivers can master. Fangio, Senna and Schumacher are all multiple winners in the Ardennes Forest. So then, Adrian Sutil, looks like your time has come. Or maybe, just maybe, you think someone else might boss it this weekend. You be sure to let me know via text on 81111, on606](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A56417240s_fromedit=1&s_type=15&s_sport=motorsport)or onTwitter.](http://twitter.com/carolinecheese)0836: …I told them: "Well, I hope you mean I’m on live text commentary duties for the Belgian Grand Prix, not three days of having fine champagne forced down my throat and being subjected to tiresome pampering treatments."0830: Now, when they told me they’d booked me in for a Spa weekend..This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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