Official F1 Journal Track Guide- Spa-Francorchamps

Race Stats 

Sprint Race Laps -15
Feature Race Laps-44
Circuit Length- 7.004km
Sprint Race Distance- 105.06kms
Race Distance- 308.052km
Corners- 19    9 Right     10 Left 
DRS Zones- 2 
Activation 1- 70m before Turn 2
       Deployment 1- Start of Kemmel Straight
Activation 2- Entry  Turn 18
       Deployment 2- Exit Turn 19 
Downforce level- Low/Medium
Tyre Degradation- High
Time @ full throttle- 70%
Time Lost in the pitlane- 22secs (fast)
Gear Changes- 42 per lap
Pole Side- Right hand side 
Tyre Compounds-  
       Hard           Medium       Soft
        C2                C3              C4
Minimum Starting Tyre Pressures-
,              Front          Rear
              25.0psi       23.0psi
Maximum Tyre Camber-
               Front          Rear 
              -2.75°         -1.50°
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Weekend Formula 1, Formula 2 & Formula 3 

Track Stats 

Times Held-78
First Held- 1925
Pole Record-1.41.252 HAM 2020
Lap Record- 1.46.286 BOT 2018
Pole Sitters-34
Winners-51
Podium Sitters-75
Most Driver Poles- HAM 8
Most Team Poles-Ferrari/Mclaren 11
Most Driver Wins- SCH 6
Most Team Wins-Ferrari 18
Most Driver Podiums- HAM 10
Most Team Podiums-Ferrari 40
Times Won From Pole- 21
Wins From the Front Row-35
Lowest Start Position to Win- 16th SCH '95
Largest Win Margin- 474secs Clark '63

Remembering Anthoine Hubert & Dilano Van't Hoff

Its hard to come to Spa without remembering the events of the Formula 2 feature race of 2019 and the sad passing of Anthoine Hubert, but this year we come here with a second driver in our thoughts. Dilano Van't Hoff sadly lost his life just meters further up the track from where Hubert sadly passed.
Life long best friend of Anthoine Hubert, Pierre Gasly invited the whole of the Formula 1, 2 & 3 paddocks to join him on a memorial run around a lap of Spa to honor the 2 lost drivers and show that racing is a family and every loss is felt by the whole community. It was a moving tribute to Anthoine and Dilano and one that shows their family and friends that they are both still deeply missed and always remembered.
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Previous Results 

2020
Qualifying 1- HAM 1.41.252
                   2- BOT 1.41.763
                     3- VER 1.41.778
Race- 1- HAM (1stop)
             2-BOT (1stop)
              3- VER (1stop)
Fastest lap- 1.47.483 RIC lap 44

2021
Qualifying (VERY WET)
                 1- VER 1.59.765
                  2- RUS 2.00.086
                   3- HAM 2.00.099
Race-.( Only 3 laps under the safety car)
         1- VER 
           2- RUS
            3- HAM 

2022
Qualifying- 1-VER 1.43.665
                    2- SAI 1.44.297
                     3- PER 1.44.462
Race- 1- VER (2stop)
             2- PER (2stop)
              3- SAI (2stop)
Fastest lap- 1.49.354 VER Lap 32

Random Facts

• Spa boasts the longest full throttle section on the current calendar with the cars going 22seconds flat out from the hairpin of La Source to the chicane of Le Combes
• Pole has finished on the podium every year since 2007
• Pole has not retired since 2005
• The safety car has been deployed in the last 7 races here (technically winning the 2021 race)
• The elevation change between the bottom and top of Eau Rouge is 35 meters
• Fernando Alonso has never won at Spa-Francorchamps 
• Jim Clark ( the man that the very best call the best) "Detested" Spa 
• The total for the 2022 track renovations totalled €25 million
• Micheal Schumacher made his debut at Spa in 1991 and won his 7th World Championship title here in  15 years later in 2004

The weather is looking on the drastically damp side for the whole weekend which could really liven up the action at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend.
Enjoy Guys 

Joanna Blackmore
Writer @ F1 Journal