Almost ready for the off: the 2016 season!
Just like every year at this time, and after a long winter period of hard work, the Circuit is preparing to open its doors for a new season. In fact, the first event of the annual operating calendar to welcome in new visitors will take place on Wednesday, 16 March. And the opportunity of this symbolic date is given up to the team of José Close and JCL Driving. Once again this year, the calendar of the most beautiful Circuit in the world is absolutely full, and its dynamic team will have no time
Get your trainers on, it’s almost time for the Spa Francorchamps Run!
Are you all ready to get back into sport this spring? Not yet? It’s time to prepare for the first race which will take place on the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps track on Saturday, 11 March. We can’t forecast what sort of weather we’ll have on the day: the first rays of sunshine, rain or even snow, but don’t miss the first Spa Francorchamps Run. This will be an opportunity to test your fitness over 7, 14, 21.1 or 42 kilometres. Perhaps the challenge this year is to scale the same legendary Raidil
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps begins resurfacing almost half of its track in three sections.
Some sections of the runway will be resurfaced, representing a total of 3.5 km of runway and over 600 m of pitlane, or some 43,000 sq. m. of surface area. The new tarmac will be laid on the following bends: - from T17 to T2, i.e. from the Blanchimont bend to the Eau Rouge bend, including the fastlane of the F1 pitlane - T4 to T8, from Kemmel to the Brussels bend - From T14 to T15, i.e. from the Campus bend to the Paul Frère bend. These major works, which follow on from the resurfacing work carri
The season is now open!
So, the Circuit is finally back to its activities on a full-time basis and the race cars are all ready to speed onto the track for a new and exciting season. Before resuming events on the 1st April with the Trophée des Fagnes, the Spa Rally will be calling by the Circuit this Friday the 17th of March from 5 pm on for a special of almost 11 km entirely on our site. The Official Test Days of the Circuit will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of March. These are test days reserved for competition
Spa Euro Race
GT, Touring, proto, single-seaters, at least 6 categories, 13 starts in two days, is a brief summary of the week-end of the 10th and 11th of June at the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. The Spa Euro race is bound to live up to its reputation and once again will offer numerous races and novelties to delight spectators. Among the highlights: · The New British LMP3 championship of Bute Motorsport & the GT Cup which will regroup the Prototype formation to have an exceptional grid of almost 50 cars
The Spa-Francorchamps Circuit
organising seminars, team-building sessions, staff celebrations or new product presentations there. The possibilities are endless, or almost, in our reception areas. Find out about all the activities organised at the Circuit on our site www.Spa
Spa 400
The Spa 400 400-minute race, taking on the mantle as the heir to a Belgian endurance tradition on the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, is set to return for the 2018 season. Touring cars, Silhouettes and GTs will be in attendance for a richly-varied weekend. Organised by the BGDC, this meeting will allow so-called ‘amateur’ competitors (but in the end not really such amateurs) to take part in a real endurance race. On Saturday at 10.30 am, there will be almost 60 German DMV NES 500 championship
"The 25 Hours: it's the World Cup of the VW Fun Cup"
at the start of this edition. Over the space of a weekend, the prestigious circuit of Francorchamps will be the theatre for a major confrontation between teams and drivers who have all - or almost all - the same equipment. If a classification is
The Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps is offering free WiFi connection and an even better App to the public
Driven by its desire to deliver a unique experience and meet the expectations of its fans, from this Thursday the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps is giving its public the opportunity to access free WiFi on almost its entire site. The WiFi is accessible via the network name CircuitSpa_free leading to a client portal where the user will be able to log in to access this new service offered by the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. This user-friendly and efficient WiFi connectivity has been rolled out by
Haase keeps Comtoyou Racing Audi on top as chequered flag falls on first day of official Prologue
with a 2m18.525s, the German driver went almost two seconds faster in the afternoon, aided by dry conditions that prevailed after the lunch break to set a 2m16.741s. The sister #12 Comtoyou Racing Audi and the #92 Manthey EMA Porsche also spent time
Poster 10/10: CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa travels to the future with latest collector's poster
Very special 10th and final poster for the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Conclusion of three-month process retracing event’s rich history Centenary edition gets underway on Saturday 29 June at 16:30 The countdown is almost over. This week, the 26th of 2024, will conclude with the highly anticipated CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. Since mid-March, a series of collector’s edition posters have been released to build up to the centenary running of the biggest GT race in the world. Capturing the
Double win for Göldi and Gilloux in WES Round 4
and is now fifth overall. Behind the top-3, Ismael Esteban (BH) from Spain was pushing hard to be among the podium finishers like yesterday, almost sprinting for the entire race and eventually finishing fourth ahead of Dutch Jeroen van Eck (Ghost), and
Construction works on the Endurance grandstand and terraces have begun at the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps
will be almost double those seats available to the public. Works will be finished by mid-April 2023, bringing the total seating capacity in the grandstands and on the terraces around the track to 16,000 seated places (apart from the boxes and the
Spa Six Hours - The meeting of legendary racing machines beckons...
Holden Commodore, and you will have covered almost the lot! Ultimate cherry on the cake of the Spa Six Hours, the Masters Endurance Legendswill allow the more recent machines to go head to head, with on the programme an Audi R8 LMP1, a Lola Aston Martin
Investing for the future: first phase of work in relation to the return of the EWC 24H SPA MOTOS international competition"
a grandstand: the Raidillon. It will include almost 4,600 seats with a panoramic view from all parts of the grandstand over Source, the Endurance area and Raidillon 5 boxes will be installed over the entire length of the grandstand for a total
Poster 9/10: McLaren hoping to emulate Bignan by making history at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa
, what we now call the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa has become the biggest GT race in the world, and the countdown to the start of its centenary edition, on Saturday 29 June at 16:30, is almost over. In the build-up, nine posters have been presented by
The CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa in 24 facts
total of 536 almost exactly matched the average for this period (532). 3. When it comes to Super Pole, Mercedes-AMG is without doubt the brand to beat this year. In 2022 it became the first GT manufacturer to secure four successive pole positions
The expert's guide to the Total 24 Hours of Spa
The preparations are almost complete for well over 200 drivers and a support staff the size of a small army. The 70th edition Total 24 Hours of Spa is just around the corner. Each year the goal remains the same: survive 24 hours of intense racing at one of the world’s most challenging circuits. But there can be changes – some big, some small – because moving with the times is what has allowed this event to thrive for 70 editions. With race week on the horizon, here is the key information that
CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa glory up for grabs in ultra-competitive class battles
big race. BRONZE: Stellar 22-car field primed for battle royal The Bronze Cup will be the biggest class at this year’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, with its 22-car entry representing almost a third of the total grid. With such a deep field, this
CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa set for record-breaking grid with 72 cars confirmed for 2023 edition
occasion the total number of GT3 cars at the start was 71. As such, a new benchmark could be established on the afternoon of 1 July. The race will be the culmination of almost a week of festivities at Spa-Francorchamps. On-track, the build-up to the main