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1958 Grand Prix de Francorchamps: Lister - Jaguar 18 Chris Bristow: 19 June 1960 [2] Burnenville 1960 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1960 Belgian Grand Prix: Cooper - Climax T51 19 Alan Stacey: 19 June 1960 [2] Masta 1960 FIA Formula 1 World Championship 1960 Belgian Grand Prix: Lotus 18 20 Piero Frescobaldi 25 July 1964 Malmedy
Three drivers died in the intervening years while driving former Formula One cars (two from the 1960s, one from the 1990s) in vintage racing and other events not associated with World Championship Grands Prix. [12] [13] [14] Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Senna in 1994 ...
The lap record of the old triangle-shaped track is 3 minutes and 13.4 seconds, held by the French driver Henri Pescarolo, driving a Matra at the 1973 Spa 1000 km World Sportscar Championship race at an average speed of 262 km/h (163 mph), but the fastest ever recorded time of the old Spa circuit was the pole position time for the same race—3 ...
After the 1923 success of the new 24 hours of Le Mans in France, the Spa 24 Hours, a similar 24-hour endurance race, was run at the Spa track. Since its inception, Spa-Francorchamps has been known for its unpredictable weather. At one stage in its history it had rained at the Belgian Grand Prix for twenty years in a row.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa 24 Hours: Race Went off the road and rolled [202] Joe Fry (GBR) 1950-07-29 Freikaiserwagen Blanford Circuit Blandford Hillclimb Practice Crashed off of road [203] Yukio Fukuzawa (JPN) 1969-02-12 Sports car Toyota 7: Fuji Speedway: Testing Car went off-road and crashed into sign [204] Ross Fyfe (AUS) 1991-12-28
The 1960 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1960. It was race 5 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 4 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix 2004) [2] was a Formula One motor race held on 29 August 2004, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. It was Race 14 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.
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 ...