Track Layout
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Track Sectors
La Source hairpin, down to Eau Rouge and up through Raidillon — the most famous corner complex in Formula 1.
Long, flat-out Kemmel straight into Les Combes, then Rivage, Pouhon and the flowing middle section.
Blanchimont — a fifth-gear left taken near-flat — and the Bus Stop chicane before the long pit straight.
About Spa
Spa-Francorchamps is the longest lap on the current calendar at 7.004 kilometres and among the most loved circuits in the sport. It threads through the Ardennes forest in southern Belgium, climbing more than 100 metres from its lowest to highest point in a single lap. Eau Rouge and Raidillon — the sweeping left-right-left at the exit of La Source — is the defining corner complex in F1 and one of the few sections that still genuinely scares modern drivers.
The circuit's length and geography mean weather can vary dramatically from one end of the lap to the other — a recurring feature of Spa Sundays is the so-called "local rain", where one sector is soaked and another is dry. That unpredictability, combined with flat-out sections rewarding straight-line speed and a technical middle sector rewarding downforce, makes setup a constant compromise.
Recent Grand Prix Winners
Circuit History
The original Spa public-road circuit ran over 14 kilometres through the Ardennes from 1925. The modern 7-kilometre layout, introduced in 1979, uses only the Masta section of the old road course. Spa has hosted almost every edition of the Belgian Grand Prix since 1950 and has been the site of many of the sport's most memorable races — wet or dry.