Bridgestone's soft tyre carried Giancarlo Fisichella to Force India's first ever pole
position for tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps.

Fisichella completed a 1min 46.308secs lap for his first pole since the Malaysian Grand Prix
in 2006 and tomorrow will see an all Italian front row after Jarno Trulli (Panasonic Toyota Racing) qualified second.

BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Nick Heidfeld used Bridgestone's medium tyre in the morning
practice session to go fastest. Weather conditions were quite variable today and the performances of the Bridgestone medium and soft compounds were very close.

Q&A with Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development

What was significant about today's running?
"Today was fascinating from a tyre perspective and it was also a wonderful day for Force
India and Giancarlo Fisichella for their pole position. Choosing between the two tyres here has been very temperature dependent, making it difficult for teams to decide which to use. This was particularly true in qualifying, as track temperature changed considerably. The soft compound worked very well with the lighter fuel loads of Q1 and Q2, however the heavier cars of Q3 tended towards the medium tyre."

What are the tyre strategy considerations for tomorrow's race?
"The tyres are very close together on ultimate lap time, with the soft giving better grip,
but the medium giving better stability. Just like Friday, we could not find any graining today and this means that both compounds are working well. Because of the close performance of the tyres we believe there will be a wide range of strategy possibilities for tomorrow's race, and we will be interested to see what happens."

Stats of the Day 
Practice Three 11:00 - 12:00
Driver             Team                    Time       Tyre
Nick Heidfeld 	   BMW Sauber F1 Team 	   1m 45.388s M 
Jarno Trulli 	   Panasonic Toyota Racing 1m 45.462s S
Adrian Sutil 	   Force India F1 Team 	   1m 45.677s M

Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
Driver             Team                    Time       Tyre
G. Fisichella      Force India F1 Team     1m 46.308s S
Jarno Trulli 	   Panasonic Toyota Racing 1m 46.395s S
Nick Heidfeld 	   BMW Sauber F1 Team      1m 46.500s M

Compounds used: Soft / Soft Super
Temperatures 	 Ambient   Track    Weather
AM - Practice 3  14C-15C   18C-20C  Sunny / Partly cloudy
PM - Qualifying  16C-20C   20C-27C  Cloudy / Sunny