Mercedes GP man Nico Rosberg is 'hoping' for a better result at the F1 2010 Belgian Grand Prix next weekend after a botched pit-stop led to his first retirement of the year in Hungary.

Rosberg has had a brilliant season to date, and has finished on the podium three times, scoring points in ten of the twelve races and currently sits seventh in the drivers' championship with 94 points on the board.

Speaking ahead of the thirteenth round on the schedule, the German added that while he has enjoyed having some time off, he is looking forward now to getting back on track at Spa-Francorchamps.

"It's been nice to have a short break but it will be good to start racing again next weekend," Rosberg confirmed. "Spa is definitely up there as one of my favourite circuits and it's one of the most challenging tracks that we race on.

"The lap is very high-speed with some great corners, including Eau Rouge of course, and it's just a great place to drive a Formula One car.

Mercedes GP team principal, Ross Brawn meanwhile also can't wait for the resumption of the F1 2010 season, although he clarified that the Brackley-based outfit hasn't been able to do a lot with the MGP W01 due to the enforced two-week shutdown.

"The summer shutdown has been a well-deserved opportunity for our staff to have a break in the middle of the season but we are all looking forward to the racing getting underway again with the Belgian Grand Prix next weekend," Brawn continued.

"With the shutdown, we have had limited time to work on the car since the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July, however we will do our best to have a good weekend in Spa to kick-off the final run of seven races to the end of the season," Brawn summed-up.