News Detail

The Belgian Grand Prix preview - drivers eager for Spa challenge

Indexed: Thu Sep 04, 2008 @ 08:45:14AM 2 months 4 weeks ago

Who doesn't love Spa-Francorchamps? Ask any of the drivers, and they will tell you it ranks at the top, or very close to the top, of their favourite tracks. Located in picturesque Hautes Fagnes region of the Ardennes, the original Spa was dropped from the calendar in 1970 amid growing fears that Formula One machinery had outgrown its original configuration. Now the dramatically revised track, commissioned in 1979, has successfully retained much of the original's demanding uphill and downhill swoops...

Discuss

Tell A Friend

121 Views

Full Story >>

Source: Formula1.com - http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/9/8300.html
Tags (beta): spa, top, drivers, revised, machinery, formula, fears, track, much, calendar

Recent Related News (beta)	Recent News From Formula1.com
Ferrari back on track for winter testing Todt fears for Bourdais' F1 future Piscopo enjoys Formula One debut. Italian F3 drivers enjoy F1 debut at Ferrari Manager fears for Bourdais' F1 future	Finnish training camp to test Hamilton & Kovalainen McLaren to launch MP4-24 on January 16 100,000 watch Renault Roadshow in Sao Paulo McLaren on 2009: Part One - the aerodynamic rule changes 100,000 watch Renault Roadshow in Sao Paulo More...

Comments

There are no comments yet for this article, be the first to leave a comment!

Please login below or register to leave a comment...

Enter your username & password to login.

* Cookies must be enabled on your browser.

The Weekly Wrap

Hamtastic! - November 10, 2008

Hamilton, Lewis "F1 Champion" Hamilton. If he wasn't already dating a Pussycat Doll, Jens thinks he could pick up quite a few girls with that line...
[ Full Article ] [ Past Articles ] [