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Kimi Antonelli wins the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Antonelli back on top Following his recent run of bad performances, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli drove a great race to take home the win. Antonelli started on pole and, though involved in some battles with both Max Verstappen…
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Welcome to our Belgian GP Sunday Race Live Blog! Spa-Francorchamps has already delivered an action-packed weekend, and Sunday’s Belgian Spa-Francorchamps has already delivered an action-packed weekend, and Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix looks set to provide another thrilling chapter. Mercedes has been the benchmark so far. Max Verstappen topped Friday’s opening practice before championship leader Kimi…
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Following an action-packed Qualifying session and a series of post-session penalties, the FIA Formula 2 Championship returned to Spa-Francorchamps for the Sprint Race at the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix, with a reshuffled grid. Sebastian Montoya started from the front row alongside Martinius Stenshorne, while Roman Bilinski and Joshua Dürksen occupied the second row. Elsewhere, penalties…
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After a dominant weekend, Kimi Antonelli claims his sixth pole of the season in Qualifying at the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix The current championship leader stormed to the front of the field in the final minutes ahead of Max Verstappen, who will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix from second. While Lando Norris finished third on track,…
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Welcome to our Belgian GP Qualifying Live Blog! Spa-Francorchamps has already delivered a dramatic start to the weekend, and qualifying is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable sessions of the season. Friday belonged to Mercedes, with championship leader Kimi Antonelli setting the pace in FP2 after Max Verstappen topped the opening session.…
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Kimi Antonelli was one again fastest after a dominant display in FP3 at the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix In an almost incident free session, Antonelli finished a tenth and a half ahead of the two World Champions, as Norris held off Verstappen for second. While a trip through the gravel for Lewis Hamilton left Ferrari…
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Heading into Round 8 of the 2026 FIA Formula 2 season, Roman Bilinski reflected on his season and his single-seater career so far. On Track Familiarity With five straight point-scoring finishes under his belt, Bilinski discussed the impact of revisiting tracks he knows well and how that familiarity has contributed to his recent upturn in…
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Alex Dunne and Arvid Lindblad were plagued with penalties following Sunday’s Spa-Francorchamps F2 Feature Race.
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…