With the first Superleague Formula race at Donington Park this weekend, things seem to be falling into place.

TV coverage was announced yesterday, generally on networks which hold club football rights – Setanta Sports in the case of the UK.

I thought A1GP would be held back by being on Sky Sports, so I’m not as sure as I might have been that this is a problem. Setanta is a much smaller operation though, so it remains to be seen. Of course, my issue is that I won’t be able to watch it – and presumably that’ll be the case for many motorsport fans, so in that way it is going to limit the audience.

More drivers have been announced, and fittingly given the football connection, they’re by no means all from the same nation as the club they’re representing. Tristan Gommendy (France) for FC Porto (Portugal), Adrián Vallés (Spain) for Liverpool FC (England), and Robert Doornbos (Netherlands) for AC Milan (Italy). To be fair, though, there are plenty of more fitting drivers: Ryan Dalziel for Rangers FC (Scotland), Antônio Pizzonia for SC Corinthians (Brazil), Borja García for Sevilla FC (Spain).

But there are still a lot of gaps though: we’ve only got 17 of the mooted 20 clubs confirmed, and we only know the driver for 14 of those 17. Will it all be in place for the weekend? I doubt it, but I’m sure the races will go ahead.

My prediction is that AC Milan will come out of the weekend leading the championship, simply because Robert Doornbos has been driving the car longer than anyone else. But there’s a pretty strong field of former GP2 and World Series by Renault drivers, so it could be quite competitive.