After the traditional four week August break, the 2011 F1 World Championship will travel this weekend to Spa-Francorchamps in the Ardennes Forest of south-eastern Belgium to contest the 12^th round of the season. Red Bull Racing, and their championship leading drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, will face serious challenges from Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in the Ferrari, as well as Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in the McLaren/Mercedes. With only eight races to go, both teams need a good result in order to seriously challenge RBR for the title.

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Famous for failure: The U.S. Grand Prix might work ... in Austin?

Formula One in the United States is now just over 50 years old. The first Formula One U.S. Grand Prix was held at the now famous Sebring International Raceway in southern Florida in 1959. The circuit had already established itself as an international racing venue with the Twelve Hours of Sebring, first contested in 1952, and the promoters hoped to further their international credentials with the introduction of the F1 World Championships.

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