11.   His teammate, Tony Kanaan, was advised by doctors to miss the race after sustaining a mild concussion in a crash during a qualifying on Saturday.

12.   Maria Butyrskaya began defense of her European title with the top performance in qualifying, despite skating early in the qualifying on Wednesday.

13.   Pedroso starts his long jump qualifying on Thursday.

14.   The Belgian Grand Prix starts with practice on Friday and qualifying on Saturday.

15.   The drivers had blocked or slowed each other throughout the qualifying on the hairpin curves.

16.   The final qualifying on Saturday will determine the starting grid for the race.

17.   There is another qualifying on Thursday.

18.   There was no sign of gusting winds that postponed ski-jump qualifying on Friday.

19.   But he had little time to celebrate, since he was scheduled to play in US Open qualifying on Monday.

20.   The drivers will have two practice sessions Friday and official qualifying on Saturday.