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  • F2 Podium Finishers Plagued With Penalties In Spa

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    Alex Dunne and Arvid Lindblad were plagued with penalties following Sunday’s Spa-Francorchamps F2 Feature Race.

  • Spa’s F1 Return — 1983 Belgian Grand Prix

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    The Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium has a long and storied history in grand prix racing. Indeed, even before the advent of Formula 1 the fearsome track hosted races in the pre-war European Grand Prix championship. Since then, it has become a mainstay of the Formula 1 calendar. The track’s history, combined with its iconic layout,…

  • Sprint Qualifying | 2025 Belgian GP | Piastri Seals Pole as Hamilton Shocks in SQ1

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    Piastri leads Verstappen and Norris for Sprint, as Hamilton and Mercedes fail to make SQ3 in a dramatic Spa shootout. Oscar Piastri continued his strong form in Spa by securing pole position for the Sprint at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver delivered an emphatic lap in SQ3, beating championship rival Max Verstappen…

  • F2 Qualifying | 2025 Belgian GP | A Dominant Dunne

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    The F2 Qualifying 2025 Belgian GP saw Dunne secure his second F2 pole position. Miyata qualified in second with Stanek completing the top three. First set of laps Qualifying for the 2025 F2 Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps started with the entire field heading out at once. Immediately creating heavy traffic and making clean laps hard…

  • A Race To Remember – 2021 Belgian Grand Prix

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    The changeable weather at Spa-Francorchamps always brings a challenge, but in 2021 it brought chaos and controversy. About The Belgian Grand Prix Since 1950, Formula 1 has raced at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. It’s just one of seven circuits that has been used since the Formula 1 World Championship began, and it’s a…

  • History Of The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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    Easily one of the most challenging tracks on the race calendar, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps remains a classic. Circuit Stats Track Length 7.004 km Number of Laps 44 Race Lap Record 1:48.286 (Valtteri Bottas – 2018) Qualifying Lap Record 1:41.252 (Lewis Hamilton – 2020) *Modern layout1:09.820 (Clay Regazzoni – 1974) *Old layout First Grand Prix…

  • Tuukka Taponen to Drive in F3 For 2024 Belgian GP Weekend

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    Ferrari Driver Academy driver Tuukka Taponen is set to drive in this weekend’s F3 2024 Belgian GP Weekend as a replacement for ART’s Nikola Tsolov. The 17-year-old Finnish driver, who currently drives in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship, will compete in the second ART car. However, Taponen will only be in the car for…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE ANTHOINE HUBERT

    Happy birthday Anthoine Hubert who would have turned 26 today. The Frenchman tragically lost his life three years ago after being critically injured when he was involved in a serious crash on the second lap of the feature race of the 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round.  Here is a run through of a career cut…