may have with his but he wasn't the only driver fighting for a brighter Formula 1 future at Spa.
Out of the top eight finishers on Sunday, only knows for certain who he is driving for next season after in Valencia.
Speculation over the fate of race winner , said to be on his way out of Ferrari despite having a contract for 2011, McLaren incumbent , McLaren-linked and veteran Brawn driver - all out of contract at the end of the season - kept the Belgium paddock humming.
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's sent shockwaves through Formula 1 by - but it is Toyota's who on paper has the best chance of winning Sunday's race.
Once the is taken into account, Trulli - who qualified second - was the fastest man at on Saturday. Fisichella was fourth behind Red Bull's and BMW Sauber's - still a stunningly good result for a team more used to being at the back of the F1 grid.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport fuel-adjusted Belgian Grand Prix grid, with predicted first pit stops, is as follows:
1 Trulli (lap 12)
2 Vettel +0.156 secs (lap 15)
3 Heidfeld +0.157secs (lap 12)
4 Fisichella +0.211 (lap 10)
5 Kimi Raikkonen +0.290 (lap 12)
6 Mark Webber +0.341 (lap 13)
7 Robert Kubica +0.454 (lap 10)
8 Nico Rosberg +0.495 (lap 16)
9 Rubens Barrichello +0.538 (lap nine)
10 Timo Glock +0.562 (lap 10)
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There are just two words needed to sum up the magic of Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps circuit - .
The left-right-left combination sweeps down from and then steeply uphill to a blind summit which Michael Schumacher describes as "seeing a big mountain in front of you".
But just how steep is that famous slope? The ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV team and put their heads together and came up with a unique solution - plonk a on the crest of the hill and watch him fly back down.
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The Mole welcomes ´óÏó´«Ã½ pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz to the blog to give his inside line on the European Grand Prix at Valencia
McLaren's pit stop
I hate to spoil a good story, but McLaren were correct when they said they would have lost the European Grand Prix even without .
The key piece of information gleaned from the Brawn team at Valencia on Sunday night was that Rubens Barrichello pitted three laps early.
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Lewis Hamilton undoubtedly did a splendid job to - but the fastest man in qualifying was actually Brawn's Rubens Barrichello. And Hamilton was actually slower than team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, who qualified behind him.
The cars in the top 10 shoot-out are not allowed to refuel between qualifying and the race so their pace in qualifying is determined by the amount of fuel they are carrying, which in turns defines when they have to make their first pit stop.
So once the it is possible to work out who was actually the de facto fastest man.
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When the , there was no need to guess who Renault would choose as his replacement.
has long been waiting in the wings and this weekend the 23-year-old is making his bow on the biggest stage in motorsport.
The flame-haired driver has been a constant presence in the corner of the Renault garage all season and, as reserve driver, he has also been clueing up at the driver meetings and post-race debriefs.
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The Mole welcomes back ´óÏó´«Ã½ Formula 1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz to the blog as he reports from Switzerland on Michael Schumacher's aborted return to F1.
Had his injured neck allowed him, would have spent large parts of this week lapping the Mugello track in Tuscany in a two-year-old Ferrari.
Instead he was in the ballroom of a smart hotel near his home in Geneva, answering questions about one of the lowest points of his Formula 1 career. Alongside him were his long-time manager, and his doctor of nine years, .
Michael looked miserable. He started by saying how frustrated and sad he felt and how disappointed he was that he wasn't able to help Ferrari by standing in for the injured Felipe Massa. He then explained why.
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Formula 1 looks to be heading back to North America, possibly as soon as next season, after commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said the Canadian Grand Prix could be reinstated in 2010.
- which was popular with teams and fans - was shelved for 2009 after a financial disagreement between Ecclestone and the race promoters.
But now Ecclestone has told that "we'll be driving in Montreal again in 2010" and further reports have suggested that a seven-year deal to stage the grand prix is on the table.
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The Mole welcomes back ´óÏó´«Ã½ F1 pit-lane reporter Lee McKenzie to the blog with news of an initiative to inject some extra showbiz into F1.
Thanks to Beyonce, , , and , F1 really will rock in Singapore this year.
Bernie Ecclestone to combine the thrills of F1 with those of rock music.
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After six grands prix victories this season, watching cross the finish line has become a familiar sight in Formula 1 but on Sunday the Brawn driver was a little bit harder to spot.
With a final burst of adrenalin, the flashed past the finish in a blur of grey shorts with his hair slicked flat to his face.
Was that him?
The watching Mole couldn't be sure because Button was just another face among 6,000 amateur athletes testing their mettle in the .
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