1.   His confidence was boosted at Spa by matching times with Schumacher when both were on slick tyres on the wet track.

2.   But both the Williams and McLaren teams gambled on a passing shower, starting all their drivers on slick tyres.

3.   Villeneuve also started on slick tyres, and ran at the back after changing to wets.

4.   Jos Verstappen in a Footwork Hart was an accident waiting to happen when he gambled on going out on slick tyres.

5.   Panis was one of the first to stop for slick tyres as the track dried, setting a string of fastest laps which put him into fourth place.

6.   On the damp track, the only team other than Ferrari to risk slick tyres was McLaren Mercedes.