Minardi arrive at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix safe in the knowledge that both Mark Webber and temporary team mate Anthony Davidson have solid experience of the challenging Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

BAR tester Davidson, who made his GP debut at the last round in Hungary, took a victory here only last year on his way to the Formula 3 European Cup. He was the class of the field during wet practice and went on to win the race in style, beating among others then team mate Takuma Sato.

Webber, meanwhile has less fond memories of Spa. His hopes of the International Formula 3000 title ended here last year when he crashed heavily at the entrance to Eau Rouge.

Regardless of their past fortunes at the track, both men will be looking for a strong performance this weekend after another solid, if unspectacular, showing at the Hungaroring.

Webber came home 16th, while Davidson's impressive debut weekend ultimately ended in disappointment when he spun out in the latter stages of the race.

This weekend he should benefit from an improved seating position and hopefully some made-to-measure overalls, after he was forced to borrow those of a somewhat larger mechanic in Hungary.

The man he replaced for that and this weekend's race, Alex Yoong, will doubtless be paying close attention to Davidson's efforts at Spa. However, team boss Paul Stoddart has assured the Malaysian that he will regain his seat from the following round in Italy.

Last year at Spa Tarso Marques finished 13th for Minardi, but the team have not scored a top-finish in Belgium since 1998 when Shinji Nakano was the last of only eight cars to make the end of the race.

The 1994 Belgian Grand Prix was Minardi's most successful, with Pierluigi Martini and Michele Alboreto taking eighth and ninth places respectively, after the former qualified an impressive tenth fastest.