TITLE STILL ANYONE’S AS SUPERLEAGUE FORMULA 2010 REACHES HALF-WAY STAGE

 The 2010 Superleague Formula by Sonangol title race is hotting up as the championship reaches its half-way stage at Zolder in Belgium this weekend, home to round six of this season’s campaign.

Tottenham’s Craig Dolby has been on top of the pile since the opening weekend at Silverstone back in April where the 22-year-old scored stunning victories in race one and the Super Final. But since then he’s failed to taste victory champagne again, although consistent podium finishes had kept him comfortably clear of the chasing pack until Nurburgring last time out.

There, chief title rivals AC Milan became the first team to scoop two feature race wins this season after victory in France, allowing the team’s Dutch master Yelmer Buurman to halve Dolby’s advantage to 30 points after an off-weekend for the Spurs star.

Indeed, Buurman’s outright pace suggests that Tottenham will be looking over their shoulder for the remainder of the season, with a further trio of clubs all within 100 points of topping the league.

That might sound like a lot but with 106 on offer per weekend, just one poor performance could blow the title race wide open.

One such team looking to profit will be home-favourites RSC Anderlecht, who lay fourth going into the Zolder weekend. Italian driver Davide Rigon knows a thing or two about Superleague Formula, having won the championship in its inaugural 2008 season. After a partial campaign last term, he returned reinvigorated at the start of 2010 to score a double victory at Assen, while further podiums and consistent points finishes have kept him well and truly in the title chase.

Max Wissel’s FC Basel have proven quick everywhere this season to stand third, while Olympiacos’ Chris van der Drift is perhaps the series’ most in-form driver having stood on the top step of the last two Super Finals. Despite scooping €200,000 for his trouble, the Dutch-New Zealander will be desperate to recapture his feature race-winning pace last seen at Assen.

But with this season’s ten feature races producing nine different winners, it’s difficult to predict who will triumph in Belgium.