I will finally be driving the new Jordan car, EJ15B, this weekend. In Monza, we had only one new car and my teammate Tiago Monteiro had won the toss to drive it.

This weekend at Spa, both of us will be racing in this highly improved car. As mentioned before, this new car is far more stable and excellent while braking. It really suits my driving style and I can afford to be more aggressive while racing.

My last race at Monza was disappointing. It all ended for me in the first corner of the race when Albers, in his Minardi, hit me from the back. The lap at Monza is pretty long.

So, by the time I could complete the lap and get my car to pits, I had already lost a lot of time and I was pretty much out of the race.

The Spa-Francorchamps circuit is the longest circuit in the Formula One calendar. It is almost seven km long and has some of the world’s most famous Formula One corners.

The Eau Rouge corner, the bus stop chicane are some of the exciting parts of the circuit. Almost all the drivers in the paddock love this circuit.

It has a mix of long straights and challenging fast corners and the whole setting is very picturesque. It’s definitely the most exciting circuit in the world. I have had some fond memories of this circuit and have won on this circuit in my years with Formula 3.

My practice session on Friday was pretty good. I had a decent showing in the first practice. The second practice session was called off because of the heavy rain.

One of the Red Bull cars had a heavy crash in the rain so we all avoided going out.

We didn’t want to risk the cars. I would have, however, wanted to put more miles under my belt in this new car.

The weather conditions at Spa are very unpredictable. The circuit lies in the middle of the valley and this nature makes any weather condition possible.

Historically, most of the races at Spa get rain and that makes things very interesting.

The Bridgestone tyres perform better in the wets so we will be hoping for some rain this weekend.

There’s not much I have done in the past week. I trained a bit but not as extensive as my earlier sessions. Also we drove down from England to Belgium instead of flying.

The usual runners look strong again. Alonso has a very strong chance of clinching his first world championship here at Spa.