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Pakistan have risen to No. 1 in the ICCs Test rankings for the first time. They took the top position from India, following Indias washed out Test against West Indies in Trinidad.Pakistan had moved to No. 2 on the table last week, after drawing the Test series in England 2-2 and after Australia were whitewashed 3-0 in Sri Lanka. At the same time, India had moved to No. 1 after beating West Indies in the St Lucia Test to go 2-0 up in their four-match series; they needed to win the final Test, in Trinidad, to hold on to No. 1, but the match was drawn after weather and outfield issues forced play to be abandoned over four days.Last week was the second time in less than a year that Pakistan had moved to No. 2 on the rankings - the highest they had previously been since the current rankings system was put in place in 2003. They had featured at No. 2 for the first time in November 2015, after beating England 2-0 in the UAE.Their rise to No. 1 was built on the back of a run of unbeaten Test series since August 2014, when they were down at No. 6. Apart from the successes against England, they had also beaten Sri Lanka 2-1 in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh 1-0 in Bangladesh, and whitewashed Australia 2-0 in the UAE. Against New Zealand in the UAE in November 2014, the series during which Phillip Hughes died in Sydney, they had drawn 1-1.Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said he was proud to have his team at the top, but his focus remained on delivering consistently good performances going forward. There is no greater feeling than to achieve the No. 1 ranking in the most traditional and purest format of the sport, Misbah said. This is what cricketers play for and want to achieve in their careers. It is a reward for something we had planned as a group a few years ago and have worked extremely hard to achieve it.I want to compliment everyone who has been involved in the process, including all the players, the support personnel, the management, as well as our loyal fans and followers who remained committed to us and continued to back and support the side through the good and not-so-good days.For us, the No. 1 ranking is not a destination but part of a journey. Our long-term objective and strategy is to remain competitive, continue to challenge the top sides with good cricket and once again become the most followed side like the Pakistan teams of yesteryears.PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, much like former coach Waqar Younis, said credit for Pakistans achievement should go to Misbah. The ascension to the top of the ICC Test rankings culminates an incredible journey for Pakistan, Khan said. This is a historic moment in our rich Test cricket history and the credit for this great achievement goes not only to this team but to all... coaches and support staff members who have represented Pakistan in recent years. Misbah-ul-Haq deserves special credit for his leadership through six crucial years.The No. 1 rank has changed hands several times in 2016. In January, India took over from South Africa after South Africa were defeated 0-2 by England at home. In February, Australia climbed to No. 1 following their 2-0 win in New Zealand. They gave No. 1 back to India following their recent 0-3 loss in Sri Lanka, and then came Indias handover to Pakistan.The ICCs ranking system takes into account matches played over the previous four years, with the oldest matches in the cycle being dropped every May. For the current cycle, matches played from May 2013 to April 2015 carry 50% weightage, while matches played since then carry 100% weightage. 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"His juice; his aggression all night long. Focus on... The resumption of the title raceIt would be easy to look at the tale of 2016 so far and the championship standings and conclude Lewis Hamilton is on course for a fourth world title. Arguably the grids best driver has once again been equipped with a dominant car and has finally found the form which helped him beat Nico Rosberg, his rival again this season, to titles in 2014 and 2015. Love him or loathe him, he looked ominously confident and at ease with himself before the summer break, a stark contrast to his teammate.But the championship fight is far from over. In recent months we havent seen much of the Rosberg who won seven races in a row across the end of 2015 and start of 2016, but that doesnt mean we wont again before the seasons end. Hamiltons imminent engine penalty is a perfect opportunity to turn the tables on his Mercedes teammate and regain some sort of momentum ahead of another gruelling run of races. The start of the season is proof that 19 points is next to nothing when these two drivers are battling each other for every race win and with one facing a likely back row start.Ahead of the weekend Rosberg spoke about the second half of the season being a clean slate and that is absolutely the attitude he needs to make 2016 a proper fight: Hit the reset button and try to get something going. If he cant do that in the next few races it will be hard to see the 2016 title fight going to the final race of the year, let alone going in favour of Rosberg. A first career win at Spa-Francorchamps is an absolute must for the German.In need of a podiumFerrari came into the summer break having lost second position to Red Bull, with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen both ending on the Germany podium. The summer break came at a good time as the team looked to shelter from the fallout of James Allisons departure and its continuing poor form, but there will be nowhere to hide from the tifosi next weekend at Monza. Ferrari must return home with a strong result to ease some of the pressure on a struggling team.In need of pointsHaas is nearing a driver decision on 2017, and Esteban Gutierrez is still without a point. In truth, the decision may not come down to form if Ferrari wants to promote Charles Leclerc or Haas has other drivers in mind already, but Gutierrez needs to prove he is a driver of points-scoring calibre if he wants an active role in F1 beyond the current season.ESPN predictionThis will hinge on Lewis Hamiltons engine penalty. If he takes one, then its advantage and probably race win to Rosberg, but in a straight fight ESPN would back Hamilton to replicate last years dominant Spa victory.BettingFor the first time since Monaco, Nico Rosberg -- at 8/11 -- has shorter odds than Lewis Hamilton for victory that weekend. The bookies appear to have been swayed by Mercedes comments in the press that Hamilton is likely to take an engine penalty this weekend, but dont get too excited as Hamiltons oodds still wont offer much of a return at 9/4.dddddddddddd Both Red Bull drivers have odds of 8/1 to win, which is shorter than Ferraris Sebastian Vettel at 10/1 and Kimi Raikkonen at 28/1.WeatherRemember all those previous wet races at Spa? It looks unlikely this will be another one. The weather looks set to remain hot throughout the weekend, an unusual anomaly for a month which usually has 15 days of rain. Sunday has a 30 percent chance of rain, according to F1 weather service Ubimet, but probably later in the afternoon after the conclusion of the grand prix.A lap with... Romain GrosjeanApproaching into turn one, its a slow-speed hairpin corner which prepares you for the straight that takes you to Eau Rouge. You go down into Eau Rouge which is turns two, three and four. After Eau Rouge is turn five where you go flat out all the way from the hairpin to turn six, which is quite a long distance and takes a bit of time. Through Eau Rouge you have to take a lot of curbs and try to make a precise line going flat out in order to be able to scrub the least speed possible.Going down into turn six its quite big braking. Its a medium-speed corner, right then left to turn seven. That line is very important between those two corners to prepare for turn eight. You then brake downhill. 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