Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium

Lap distance: 7.004 km (4.352 miles)
Number of laps: 44
Racing direction: Clockwise
Belgium, Spa

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium circuit details

One of the great old and long tracks (15km and notoriously dangerous), that lost its place in the GP calendar because of the dangers associated with the track. It returned in 1983 in a revised and shortened form, although it is still the longest circuit on the calendar. The weather can be variable and changeable and the track winds up hill and down hill more than any other track which makes the racing here interesting and exciting. Despite the changes this is still a good track and Eau Rouge is still one the great corners in F1. This is still the longest circuit on the calendar at 4.35 miles with a total elevation change of 102 meters.

2024

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Max Verstappen was fastest in qualifying but had a 10 place grid penalty. George Russell crossed the finishing line first but was then disqualified due to an underweight car, leaving team mate Lewis Hamilton to take the victory.

2023 Race

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen won the race having been fastest in qualifying but started 6th after a grid penalty. His team mate Sergio Perez was second in a race run on a damp track.

2023 Sprint

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
The sprint shoot out and sprint were delayed and affected by heavy rain. Max Verstappen won the sprint ahead of Oscar Piastri in a McLaren

2022

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen had the fastest time in qualifying but started 14th due to grid penalties leaving Carlos Sainz Jr to start from pole position. Lewis Hamilton retired on the first lap after colliding with Fernando Alonso. By lap 12 Max Verstappen had taken the lead and he went on to win ahead of team mate Sergio Perez.

2021

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
This race is notable for not being a race. The heavy rain meant that the start was delayed and eventually only two laps were run behind the safety car so half points were awarded based on qualifying positions. George Russell put his Williams into second place in qualifying and so he gained his first podium finish.

2020

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won from pole position ahead of his team mate Valtteri Bottas ahead of Max Verstappen in a Red Bull and Daniel Ricciardo in a Renault. The overtaking action took place behind these these drivers. Ferrari continued to struggle with an apparent lack of engine power.

2019

Race winner: Charles Leclerc Ferrari
Charles Leclerc won the race from pole position ahead of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Kimi Raikkonen had a coming together with Max Verstappen causing Max Verstappen to retire from the race.

2018

Race winner: Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel won after passing Lewis Hamilton on the first lap just before a safety car was deployed following a multi car first lap crash.

2017

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won from pole position in his 200th GP start. Sebastian Vettel pushed Lewis Hamilton hard all through the race but was unable to find a way past him. Daniel Ricciardo was third in a Red Bull.

2016

Race winner: Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Nico Rosberg won from pole position ahead of Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo. Lewis Hamilton finished third having started from the back of the grid after taking penalties for making changes to the power unit and gearbox. The race was stopped after 5 laps after Kevin Magnussen crashed into a barrier which had to be repaired.

2015

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won in 2015 from pole position from Nico Rosberg. Romain Grosjean had a good result for Lotus finishing third after Sebastian Vettel had a tyre failure when looking good for a third position. Daniil Kvyat was fourth after starting 12th and Max Verstappen had another good race finishing 8th after starting 18th.

2014

Race winner: Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
Nico Rosberg took pole position in 2014 from Lewis Hamilton in a wet qualifying. On lap 2 as Nico Rosberg was attempting a pass on Lewis Hamilton his front wing hit Hamilton's rear tyre. The puncture and subsequent damage led to Hamilton not finishing the race and Rosberg having to replace his front wing. This meant a a good drive from Daniel Ricciardo gave him his third win of the season from recovering Nico Rosberg and and another strong performance in third place for Valtteri Bottas in the Williams.

2013

Race winner: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
The 2013 race was won by Sebastian Vettel after taking the lead on the first lap. Lewis Hamilton finished third after starting on pole and Fernando Alonso finished second after qualifying only ninth on the grid. A wet qualifying meant that Marussia had both car into the second part of qualifying for the first time. Kimi Raikkonen retired after a break failure.

2012

Race winner: Jenson Button McLaren
Jenson Button won the 2012 race from pole position after a first corner accident caused by Romain Grosjean led to the retirement of both Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel had a good race finishing second after starting 11th on the grid.
The 2010 race was won by Lewis Hamilton from Mark Webber after Sebastian Vettel took out Jenson Button in an accident. As if often the case at Spa, the race was livened up by rain and a safety car.

2011

Race winner: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel won from pole position ahead of his Red Bull team mate Mark Webber, with Jenson Button 3rd in a McLaren. There was a degree of controversy over the tyres, due to excessive blistering.

2010

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton McLaren
Sebastian Vettel won his first Belgium GP after starting second on the grid in a rain affected race. Mark Webber finished second having taken pole position. Robert Kubica was third.

2009

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
The 2009 race was won by Kimi Raikkonen but the notable event of the race was Giancarlo Fisichella putting the Force India on its first pole position and then scoring the teams first points as he took second place.

Race winner: Felipe Massa Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen lead for most of the 2008 race until rain 2 laps before the end cause all sorts of problems and Lewis Hamilton crossed the line first only to have a time penalty from the stewards for an overtaking manoeuvre.

2007

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen won from pole position ahead of Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa and the McLaren's of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.

2006

Race winner: No race this year due to redevelopment of the circuit

2005

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen McLaren
Juan Pablo Montoya took pole position but crashed out of second place on lap 40. Kimi Raikkonen won by a comfortable margin from Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.

2004

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen McLaren
Jarno Trulli took pole position but finished 9th. The race had a number of accidents and safety cars. Kimi Raikkonen won, taking McLaren's only win of the season. The Ferrari's of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were second and third.

2003

Race winner: No race this year due to local tobacco advertising laws

2002

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Michael Schumacher won from pole position and was the first driver to win 10 races in a season. Rubens Barrichello was second in the other Ferrari and Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams.

2001

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Michael Schumacher won ahead of David Coultard. The race was stopped and restarted after four laps when Luciano Burti had a high speed accident with Eddie Irvine. Fortunately he only suffered from conclusion.

2000

Race winner: Mika Hakkinen McLaren
Due to a wet track the race started behind the safety car with Mika Hakkinen winning from pole position. Michael Schumacher was second in the Ferrari with Ralph Schumacher third in the Williams.

1999

Race winner: David Coultard McLaren
David Coultard won the race after overtaking team mate Mika Hakkinen on the first lap. Damon Hill finished 4th in a Jordan, his final points scoring race in F1.

1998

Race winner: Damon Hill Jordan
Damon Hill won the race that was run in very wet conditions and was full of incidents and controversy and was his final F1 race win. A first laps accident caused an 11 car crash and a full restart. Several other accidents occurred during the race leaving only 8 cars to complete the race. Most controversially David Coultard slowed to let Michael Schumacher pass but stayed on the racing line and Schumacher did not see him in all the spay and ran into the back of Coultard forcing Schumacher to retire.

1997

Race winner: Michael Schumacher McLaren
Michael Schumacher won the race having started third on the grid The start of the race was very wet and was the first F1 grand prix to start under a safety car.

1996

Race winner: Michael Schumacher McLaren
Michael Schumacher won the race having started second on the grid ahead of Jacques Villeneuve who had started on pole position.

1995

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Benetton
After a wet qualifying and a wet / dry race Michael Schumacher won having started 16th from Damon Hill in a Williams who started 6th. Martin Brundle finished 3rg which was his last podium finish in F1.

1994

Race winner: Damon Hill Williams
Damon Hill won having started 3rd on the grid ahead of Mika Hakkinen in a McLaren who had started 8th. Michael Schumacher crossed the finish line first but was then disqualified for too much wear of the skid block underneath the car.

1993

Race winner: Damon Hill Williams
Alain Prost in a Williams took pole position but a slow pit stop dropped him to third in the race. Damon Hill won the race in the other Williams. Johnny Herbert was 5th and these were the final points scored by Team Lotus.

1992

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Benetton
Michael Schumacher won from third on the grid in his first race victory in F1. Nigel Mansell was second in a Williams.

1991

Race winner: Ayrton Senna McLaren
Ayrton Senna won from pole position ahead of his team mate Gerhard Berger. Nelson Piquet was 3rd with his final F1 podium finish. This was the first race in F1 for Michael Schumacher.

1990

Race winner: Ayrton Senna McLaren
Ayrton Senna won from pole position. The race was restarted twice after first lap accidents in the first two starts leading to red flags.

1989

Race winner: Ayrton Senna McLaren
Ayrton Senna won from pole position ahead of team mate Alain Prost and the Ferrari of Nigel Mansell in what was a wet race.

1988

Race winner: Ayrton Senna McLaren
Ayrton Senna won from pole position ahead of team mate Alain Prost. Ivan Capelli in a March was third after both Benetton's were disqualified for using irregular fuel.

1987

Race winner: Alain Prost McLaren
Alain Prost won from team mate Stefan Johansson. On the second race start Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell had a controversial accident leading to both cars retiring.

1986

Race winner: Nigel Mansell Williams
A first lap accident disrupted the field leading to Nigel Mansell winning from from 5th on the grid ahead of the Lotus of Ayrton Senna.

1985

Race winner: Ayrton Senna Lotus
The race was scheduled for June but was delayed until September after the newly laid track surface broke up during practice in June. Ayrton Senna was the race ahead of Nigel Mansell in a Williams.

1983

Race winner: Alain Prost Renault
Alain Prost won from pole position ahead of Patrick Tambay in a Ferrari

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium circuit details

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