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Belgian Grand Prix

Sun 02nd Sep 2012

Spa
 

Belgian Grand Prix – Spa Francorchamps. September 2nd 2012.

 
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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 sport since the very early years of racing. To accommodate Grand Prix motor racing, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course was built in 1921 but it was only used for motorcycle racing until 1924. 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.
 
Drivers and fans alike love the Belgian Grand Prix.
Frequently drivers confront a part of the course that is clear and bright, while another stretch is rainy and slippery. Most drivers today say that the
 
 
Spa circuit is  widely regarded as the most challenging race track on the F1 calendar.
 
Kimi Raikkonen won for the fourth time at Spa in 2009. Only two other drivers have won the Belgian Grand Prix more than four times: Michael Schumacher (six) and Ayrton Senna (five). All of those were on the modern Spa circuit. Jim Clark also won the Belgian Grand Prix four times from 1962-1965 on the old, 14.1km circuit.
 
As the famed site of healing hot springs, Spa has been frequented as a watering-place since the 14th century.
Over the years, the Spa course has been modified several times.
 
The track was originally 15 km (9.3mi) long, but after World War II, the track had some changes. The uphill U-turn right after the famous Eau Rouge corner called "Virage de Ancienne Douane" was eliminated and cut short, thus giving birth to the Radillon uphill sweeping corner. The sudden right hander at Malmedy was eliminated and bypassed, and was made part of the Masta Straight.
 
The slight right hander that was originally Holowell (the corner before Stavelot after the second Masta Straight) was eliminated. And finally, instead of going through a slight left hander that went into the town of Stavelot and a sharp right hander at a road junction in Stavelot, a shortcut was built that became a very fast, very wide right handed turn that bypassed Stavelot. All these changes made Spa the fastest open road circuit in the world.The biggest change, however, saw the circuit being shortened from 14 km (8.7 miles) to 7 km (4.35 miles) in 1979.
 
The start/finish line, which was originally on the downhill straight before Eau Rouge, was moved to the straight before the La Source hairpin.
 
Like its predecessor the new layout still is a fast and hilly route through the Ardennes forest.
 
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