FORMULA 1 · BELGIUM GP

Circuit de

Spa-Francorchamps

ARDENNES · BE · EST. 1950

"The most beautiful race track in the world — a cliché because it's true. Seven kilometres through the Ardennes, defined by Eau Rouge and weather that moves across it one corner at a time."

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

CLICK CORNERS FOR THE MOMENT

ARDENNES · BE

MOMENT

LEGENDARY

LENGTH

7.004km

CORNERS

LAP RECORD

1:44.701

PÉREZ · '24

ELEVATION

102m

F1 SINCE

1950

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

Tyres and fast corners define Spa — Pirelli's top tyre-stress and lateral ratings, with 65% of the lap flat out.

Engine PowerHIGH

65.4% FLAT · 339 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyMODERATE

DOWNFORCE 2/5 · LOW-DRAG WING

Mechanical GripHIGH

TRACTION 4/5 · LA SOURCE EXIT

Braking StabilityHIGH

BREMBO 4/5 · 5 HEAVY STOPS

Tyre DegradationEXTREME

STRESS 5/5 · C1/C3/C4

High-speed commitmentCRITICAL

EAU ROUGE · POUHON · BLANCHIMONT

WEATHER · SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

1950–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 59 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 70%

MIXED 20%

WET 10%

OF 59 F1 RACES SINCE 1950

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

2021 · Race abandoned to SC-only wet runningWET

1998 · Torrential monsoon raceWET

2025 · 80-minute rain delay then wet-dry race (Piastri)MIXED

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Spa-Francorchamps — 41 dry / 12 mixed / 6 wet of 59 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Ayrton Senna

985W 6PD 4P

Juan Fangio

883W 3PD 4P

Jim Clark

854W 4PD 1P

Michael Schumacher

846W 9PD 1P

Lewis Hamilton

835W 11PD 6P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Spa-Francorchamps. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

1992

WIN

Schumacher's maiden F1 victory

BENETTON · FIRST WIN

1991

DEBUT

Schumacher F1 debut

JORDAN · Q7

1998

RAIN

13-car lap 1 pile-up

RED FLAG · RESTART

2014

CLASH

Hamilton vs. Rosberg

TEAMMATE COLLISION

2016

RAIN

Young Verstappen's drive

P11 TO P3 · RAIN

2021

VOID

The race that wasn't

2 LAPS · SC ONLY

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED