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Antonio Ascari, winner Belgian Grand Prix, 1925. 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 official Belgian Grand Prix was held in 1949, but non-championship races were held as far back as 1921. Every Belgian GP was held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, with the exception of the 1980 season when the round moved to the Zolder circuit due to problems with the new asphalt at Spa-Francorchamps in 1979. [1]
Leclerc managed to survive the last few corners to become the first driver to claim a maiden win at Spa since Michael Schumacher at the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix. It was also Ferrari's first victory since Räikkönen at the 2018 United States Grand Prix, with Leclerc the Scuderia's 39th winner and Monaco the 23rd nation to win an F1 race. Bottas ...
With only a single official lap completed, and an official completed distance of 6.880 km (4.275 mi), it is the shortest ever race in the history of the sport, eclipsing the previous records set in terms of kilometres of distance covered at the 1991 Australian Grand Prix (which was raced over 52.920 km (32.883 mi) and 14 laps) [62] and in terms ...
Formula 1 live updates at Spa-Francorchamps as Max Verstappen cruises to another victory at Spa
F1 Belgian Grand Prix LIVE: Sprint race results at Spa-Francorchamps. ... Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Winner. Max Verstappen - 1/5 ... Honestly I think I could have been first or second on that last ...
Ascari died less than a month later in the 1925 French Grand Prix. Start of the Grand Prix, Antonio Ascari leads Giuseppe Campari. Antonio Ascari during the race. The 1925 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on the 28th of June 1925. This was the first ever grand prix held at Spa, and the first ever Belgian ...
George Russell reacts to prospect of Belgian Grand Prix cancellation. 12:15, Kieran Jackson. George Russell has raised the prospect of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix being cancelled amid poor ...