The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps will remain on the Formula One calendar until 2025 after a new contract was signed – a one-year extension on the circuit’s previous contract. The Belgian Grand Prix had been rumored to be on the chopping block due to its outdated facilities along with the potential addition of the […]
Brad Pitt has paused production on “Apex” – his upcoming Formula One feature film – in a show of support for the combined WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming of “Apex” had been ongoing in Budapest [in collaboration with the recently completed 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix] but a postponed planned production over the next two months has been […]
Renault Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert was killed in a crash in a Formula 2 race at Spa-Francorchamps today. Hubert, a Frenchman, who was 22, lost control of his car entering the huge curve at Le Rouge and crashed into the padded barriers but then bounced out into the path of the oncoming car of […]
Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel went one-two in qualifying for the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix as Leclerc claimed the pole position and Ferrari secured the front row for the race start tomorrow morning at Spa-Francorchamps. It is the third pole position for Leclerc – after winning pole at Bahrain and Austria. Lewis Hamilton rebounded from […]
Aston Martin Racing has prepared a meticulous 19-second video to let you know that they are ready for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and…ooooh, hey! look at those tall trees over there! I never noticed those before! Have they always been there? Are those birds chirping? Do they live in those trees? Is that a […]
The official 2015 ASN Driver Rankings have been updated to reflect the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix – which we are calling the Fat Hairy Belgian Grand Prix [for the obvious reasons]. The Fat Hairy Belgian Grand Prix is held at Spa-Francorchamps which is generally recognized for two things – being one of the longest tracks […]
After a nearly month-long break from racing, the Formula One racing season resumed at the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and it was back to the same old-same old as Mercedes went 1-2 with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in yet another runaway victory that was never close. Third place Romain Grosjean of Lotus […]
One of the classic Formula One racing tracks – Spa-Francorchamps, used for the Belgian Grand Prix – has been extended through 2018. Additionally, in receiving the extension, the FIA – Formula One’s governing body – has decreed that it does not require any significant upgrades. The Belgian Grand Prix has been held at Spa-Francorchamps for […]
With Nico Rosberg “proving a point” to Lewis Hamilton on the second lap of the race, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of the feuding Mercedes teammates to win the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg collided with Hamilton on Lap Two of the race in his effort to “prove a point” after Hamilton would not […]