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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. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix ...
The Belgian Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de Belgique; Dutch: Grote Prijs van België; German: Großer Preis von Belgien) is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship. The first national race of Belgium was held in 1925 at the Spa region's race course, an area of the country that had been associated with motor ...
The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem just one year after the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans was run. It debuted in 1924 over a 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) circuit on public roads between the towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot, under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB).
Formula 1 live updates from qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps as Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and the rest of the field target pole position for Sunday’s grand prix in Belgium
Earlier in 1953 a minor sports car race, the Coupe de Spa was the first race held in the lineage of the 1000 km (now 6 hour) race. [1] The first Spa Grand Prix was held in 1954, [2] and in 1963 joined the World Sportscar Championship and was extended to 500 km. Starting in 1966 the name Spa Grand Prix was no-longer used, [2] and the race was ...
The double world champion started sixth but took the lead at Spa Francorchamps on lap 17 of 44 before taking the chequered flag 22.3 seconds clear of his forlorn Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez.
F1 Belgian Grand Prix LIVE: Sprint race results at Spa-Francorchamps. Kieran Jackson. July 29, 2023 at 10:04 AM. Max Verstappen will start on pole position for Saturday’s sprint race after ...
Jackie Stewart. Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart OBE (born 11 June 1939) is a British former racing driver, broadcaster and motorsport executive from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from 1965 to 1973. Nicknamed " The Flying Scot ", Stewart won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held ...