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F1 Belgian Grand Prix - sprint shootout 10:33 , Kieran Jackson Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of ‘sprint day’ at the Belgian Grand Prix!
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (French pronunciation: [siʁkɥi də spa fʁɑ̃kɔʁʃɑ̃]), informally referred to as Spa, [1] [2] is a 7.004 km (4.352 mi) motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast of Spa.
Eventually the GT race was forced to reschedule, with the 2023 24 Hours of Spa being run in the 29 June to 2 July weekend instead. [4] The Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the 79th running of the Belgian Grand Prix. The weekend was the third of six in the season to follow the sprint format. [5]
In 1925, the first Belgian Grand Prix was held at the very fast, 9-mile Spa-Francorchamps circuit located in the Ardennes region of eastern Belgium, about half an hour from Liege. This race was won by the Italian works Alfa driver Antonio Ascari , whose son Alberto would win the race in 1952 and 1953.
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
The event was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot for the 57th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 26–28 July. [6] The Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 69th running of the Belgian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps: Stavelot Belgium: Grand Prix 7.004 km (4.352 mi) Europe Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: Montreal Canada: Grand Prix 4.361 km (2.710 mi) North America Circuit of the Americas: Austin United States: Grand Prix 5.513 km (3.426 mi) North America Circuit Paul Ricard [N 3] Le Castellet France: Grand Prix (1C–V2) 5.842 km (3 ...
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