When a professional career path and passion meet
years, Johan brought his expertise to a large banking organisation, ending as manager for the business clients. But one day, aged 52, he asked himself the following question: "Is this what I want to continue doing until the end of my working life... afterwards as the manager of the marshals at Zolder and at the Zolder Race Control during races. I was also active on the track as a driver. From 1993 until 1997, I drove an Opel Corsa in the Touring Cup, endurance races. In 2010, I participated in a VW
Spa-Classic
remains the Heritage Touring Cup which will be one of the highlights of the week-end. Add to that six other races on offer from Peter Auto, including Group C Racing and the most recent - the Euro F2 - as well as an event for invitees – the Formula Vee. The event presented by the Historische Formel Vau Europa will gather together single-seaters from the years 1964 - 1990 with VW 1200cc, 1300cc and 1600cc engines. Classic Endurance Racing 1 - GT 1966/1974 & Protos 1966/1971 Classic Endurance Racing
LES HANKOOK 25 HOURS VW FUN CUP À SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS JUSQU’À 2024... AU MOINS !
, en présence de toute l’équipe du promoteur et du circuit. On sait déjà que la 27e édition de cet événement hors du commun se déroulera donc le deuxième week-end du mois de juillet 2024 ! « Grâce à son concept unique, la VW Fun Cup prouve que
10EME EDITION DE SPA-CLASSIC A LA CONQUETE DU RAIDILLON
les billets donnent accès à l’enceinte générale, aux paddocks et aux tribunes. Les billets week-end sont valables pour 3 jours, comprenant le vendredi. Les billets vendredi sont vendus uniquement sur place. L’accès est gratuit pour les enfants de moins... d’attirer tous les regards ! Les séries by Peter Auto en course à Spa-Classic : 2.0L Cup Classic Endurance Racing I & II Endurance Racing Legends Group C Racing Heritage Touring Cup Fifties’ Legends Sixties’ Endurance The Greatest’s Trophy HERITAGE TOURING
THE SPA RALLY 2020 WILL TAKE PLACE ON 12TH & 13TH DECEMBER!
around in a typical and unprecedented end-of-year setting. And for once some very good news!
THE SHELL SPAITALIA 2020 POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER
taken to postpone the event until the 20th September. Let’s venture that at the end of the summer life will have returned to normal, and that the public will once again give themselves over to leisure activities. We know that generally, at that time of
Total 24 Hours of Spa poised for unique autumn edition on 22-25 October
prohibited in Belgium until the end of August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will now be staged in October for the first time since its inception in 1924. Moving the main event back by three months will ensure that the logistical and organisational
Les Total 24 Hours of Spa et la SRO Spa Speedweek se préparent pour un retour spectaculaire en 2021
et les concerts seront ainsi de retour en 2021, pour la plus grande joie de tous. La 73e édition de la grande classique belge de l’endurance retrouvera sa date traditionnelle dans le calendrier avec un départ donné le samedi 31 juillet. En plus de la course phare du week-end, le programme comprend déjà la GT4 European Series et Championnat de France FFSA Tourisme (également connu comme TC France), un tout nouveau championnat qui sera lancé par SRO en 2021. Même si ces activités pourraient dépendre d’un
#workingprogress
be erected at the top of Raidillon for the end of April, comprising 4,600 places and VIP boxes. La Chicane (Turn 18 & 19) Part of the run-off will make way for a gravel trap Double Gauche (Turn 10 & 11) Part of the tarmac run-off will be transformed...The works intended to obtain the double FIA/FIM official approval that will allow the return of motorcycle endurance to Spa-Francorchamps started on the 15th of November. A month before that the construction machines had started working on the area
Amaury Bertholomé named as the CEO of the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps
The Management Board of the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps SA met on 27 January 2022 and have named Amaury Bertholomé as the company's new CEO. This appointment comes at the end of a recruitment process conducted by a jury of selection, itself... FIA/FIM approval that will allow the return of motorcycle endurance to Spa-Francorchamps, and to make improvements in the spaces dedicated to spectators. Melchior Wathelet, Chairperson of the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps: "I am delighted with this
Let's GOOOOO for the weekend of the Brûleurs de gommes (BDG #5 2023) at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
, a McLaren P1, a Carrera GT, a 1000hp Ferrari SF90, unique ShowCars, etc... And the participants of the exhibition will be able to enjoy a lap of the Circuit in parade mode on Sunday at the end of the day. Dozens of professional stands will offer their... endurance boxes, etc... will be accessible to the public. You will also have access to the paths around the track on foot or by scooter. *The new Endurance grandstand is not accessible during the weekend (Under construction, access strictly prohibited
Porsche Club Francorchamps Day is this weekend!
disabled people. * Dogs are not allowed. * Visitor's entrance fees, on sale at the entrance of the Circuit (La Source) : - 17€/person per week-end - Under 16 years old - Free - Visitor parking - 8€/day... the spot. * The paddocks, the boxes, the F1 grandstands, the Raidillon, the terraces of the endurance boxes, etc... will be accessible to the public. You will also have access to the paths around the track on foot or by scooter. *The new Endurance
Heading for the greatest array ever registered for the Hankook 12Hr of Spa-Francorchamps
end in Malmedy and you can enjoy the Gridwalk for free on Saturday from 11.10 am to 11.40 am. Practical information : *Opening hours - Friday May 5th from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm - Saturday May 6th from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm - Sunday May 7th from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm *Entrance by Ster and La Source * The paddocks, the boxes, the F1 grandstands, the Raidillon, the terraces of the endurance boxes, etc... will be accessible to the public. You will also have access to the paths around the track on foot or by
The Great Parade on the old circuit is back !
, Malmedy and Stavelot then had a length of 15.077 kilometres, which later on evolved into the new track. In the collective memory, there are two distinct tracks : the 'Grand Francorchamps', used until the end of the 1970s, and today's Spa..., whether owners and riders of classic bikes or modern motorcycles taking part in the track sessions, but also participants of the Ardenne Moto Trail and the 1000 Virages, or even the enduro event of the ’2 Jours de Stavelot Revival’, explains Florian
Spa-Francorchamps Cycl'On Track : First edition !
simply a question of making a space available, without any other commitment. TIMING : Opening of reception (registrations): 4.00 pm Start of the activity: 6.15 pm End of the on-track activity: around 8.00 pm around 9.30pm (other dates) depending on... p.m. Start of activity: 6:15 p.m. PRICES : €10 advance purchase (pre-sale ends Friday noon) – €15 on site Free for under 16-year-olds This includes: Welcome gift – Bicycle parking – Bicycle support - Activities in the paddocks – Food & Drink
Alpine Alpenglow to run on hydrogen for the first time at Spa
-sporty road and track cars. On 10 May 2024, Alpine will present the first dynamic version of Alpenglow at the Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours meeting. The Alpenglow concept car was revealed at the end of 2022 at the Paris Motor Show. Today, Alpine is preparing...Alpine will reveal Alpenglow’s very first dynamic version on 10 May 2024 ahead of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps endurance race (FIA WEC). After its concept car at the Paris Motor Show (France) in late 2022, Alpenglow, in its hydrogen-powered
The corners of the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit
easily to the max. The highest instantaneous speed of the circuit is located at the end of the Kemmel climb. Les Combes. The chicane of Combes (definition: small incised valley or gorge) is a very technical part of the circuit. A quick right-left punch..., it was alluded to as the "Bus Stop" as at that time when the track was open to traffic at certain times, there used to be a bus stop there. The right-left is particularly tight and negotiating it with good timing is essential, not only to end a fast
Nos quatre mousquetaires visent le podium aux 4H de Spa
Concurrents réguliers de l'European Le Mans series, nos quatre compatriotes Ugo de Wilde (LMP2), Tom Van Rompuy (LMP3), Sarah Bovy (GTE-Am) et Alessio Picariello (GTE-Am) s'apprêtent à vivre, ce week-end aux 4H de Spa, l'un des sommets de leur.... « L'ELMS est celui des trois championnats dans lequel je m'aligne où j'ai eu le moins de réussite depuis le début d'année, » reconnaît volontiers Sarah Bovy assistée ce week-end de Michèle Gatting et Doriane Pin sur la Ferrari 488 rose des Iron Dames
The Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps on the starting line for the 2024 season
August. A new item to highlight is the Spa Historic Competition + ADAC Racing Weekend straddling August/September. Of course the season does not end with back-to school: the Creventic Porsche Endurance Cup, Porsche Sports cup, 6 hours Moto and Spa Six Hours will delight the public in September. Last but not least, the Super Spa takes place the first weekend of October and the racing and sporting events season comes to an end with the 24H2CV on the 19th and 20th of October. The Circuit of Spa
Forty Car Grid for Spa As Race for ELMS Titles Hots Up
the end of the season. Double race winners Rob Garofall, John Farano and Job Van Uitert are currently leading the LMP3 class by 12 points in the no15 RLR MSport Ligier-Nissan, the Anglo-Canadian-Dutch crew are on 58.5 points, with the no11... category at the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in May, the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Round 1 winners Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla are currently second in the no24 Racing Engineering Oreca-Gibson on 53 points
