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British duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton are pinning their hopes of a late season revival in this year's Formula One world championship on tighter policing of the rules - and a revamped McLaren car.
Both men want to see the sport's ruling body, the FIA, flex its muscles on the controversial issue of 'flexi-wings' and make sure they are on the same level playing field as Red Bull and Ferrari.
Defending champion Button, fourth in the drivers' standings with 147 points behind leading Australian Mark Webber of Red Bull on 161, Hamilton on 157 and Webber's team-mate German Sebastian Vettel on 151, knows McLaren, partly-owned by Bahrain sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat, need a boost to stay in contention.
He said: "We are going into the Belgian Grand Prix knowing that we have some catching-up do to. We didn't have a particularly strong race in Hungary, and the whole team wants to get back to the front again as quickly as possible.
"While we're optimistic that the bodywork rules clarification will close the gap among the top teams, and that both Spa and Monza should suit our package better than the Hungaroring, it's still important that we regain the momentum we'd reached earlier this season.
"While I don't think these two European races will be pivotal to the title fight, it will be harder to introduce bigger upgrades to the car at the end-of-season flyaways - so it's important for the whole team that we score well in both events."
Like Button, Hamilton had a race to forget at the magnificent Spa-Francorchamps track last year - both men crashed out in separate incidents on the opening lap - and he badly wants to put his title challenge back on track after slipping behind Webber.
"We're all really looking forward to getting back into the title fight," said 2008 title-winner Hamilton.
"I'll be going flat out to get us back in the hunt in Belgium. We head into the next two races optimistic of some better results."
Hamilton had held the lead in the championship since the eighth race of the season in Canada, after collecting back-to-back wins in Istanbul and Montreal, but surrendered it after failing to finish for the first time this season in Hungary due to transmission failure. But he is confident that August's summer break, which included an enforced two-week factory shutdown, will help revitalise McLaren's campaign. "The break gave us some valuable thinking time to consider how to improve our car for the remainder of the season," Hamilton added. "We are not only optimistic of better results, but also of stronger pace for the rest of the year. "I head to Spa off the back of a disappointing non-finish in Hungary. We've investigated the causes and are confident it won't happen again. And, for me, Spa is one of the great Formula One tracks and this race is one I'd really love to win."
