Spa-Francorchamps is a true classic Formula 1 circuit. There was a time when it was 14 kilometres in length and, even today, it is the longest track on the calendar, at 7.004 kilometres. One key section is the Bus Stop, formerly a double chicane and now a single turn. It’s very easy to overshoot and for safety reasons, it’s not possible to cut the corner. Rejoining the track therefore costs precious time. It nearly always rains in Spa Francorchamps, either in practice or during the race. It’s a track that sorts the boys from the men and the majority of drivers love it. To appreciate the difficulty of the challenge it presents, you only have to look at the winners’ roll of honour. Among the track’s most famous sections are the uphill esses at Eau Rouge and the following Raidillon, as well as Les Combes, Malmedy, Stavelot and Blanchimont. Ferrari has won 16 times in Belgium, 12 of them at Spa Francorchamps: the first victor was Alberto Ascari in 1952 and the last to date courtesy of Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc two years ago.

EAU ROUGE AND RAIDILLON
One of the most spectacular pieces of track in the world. The barriers used to be much closer, punishing the slightest error, but even today it has to be treated with respect: making a slow exit almost invariably means losing a place.

Bus Stop and La Source
You arrive here on the run down from Blanchimont with the brakes having now cooled. A slow exit means laying yourself open at La Source, after the finish line. The hairpin after the start is very tricky: in 2012, Romain Grosjean played skittles with the pack, even flying over Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari, taking the Spanish driver out of the race.

FERRARI STATS SINCE 1950

• 18 RACE WINS
• 14 POLE POSITIONS
• 19 FASTEST LAPS
• 48 PODIUMS

HALL OF FAME

• WINS

YEAR	DRIVER	MODEL
1952	Ascari	500 F2
1953	Ascari	500 F2
1956	Collins	D50
1961	Hill	156 F1
1966	Surtees	312 F1-66
1975	Lauda	312 T
1976	Lauda	312 T2
1979	Scheckter	312 T4
1984	Alboreto	126 C4
1996	Schumacher	F310
1997	Schumacher	F310 B
2001	Schumacher	F2001
2002	Schumacher	F2002
2007	Raikkonen	F2007
2008	Massa	F2008
2009	Raikkonen	F60
2018	Vettel	SF71H
2019	Leclerc	SF90

HALL OF FAME

• POLE POSITIONS

YEAR	DRIVER	MODEL
1952	Ascari	500 F2
1956	Fangio	D50
1958	Hawthorn	246 F1
1961	Hill	156 F1
1966	Surtees	312 F1-66
1968	Amon	312 F1-68
1974	Regazzoni	312 B3-74
1975	Lauda	312 T
1976	Lauda	312 T2
1984	Alboreto	126 C4
1995	Berger	412 T2
2002	Schumacher	F2002
2007	Raikkonen	F2007
2019	Leclerc	SF90

HALL OF FAME

• BEST LAPS

YEAR	DRIVER	MODEL
1952	Ascari	500 F2
1958	Hawthorn	500 F2
1960	Hill	256 F1
1961	Ginther	156 F1
1966	Surtees	312 F1-66
1975	Regazzoni	312 T
1976	Lauda	312 T2
1979	Villeneuve	312 T4
1984	Arnoux	126 C4
1988	Berger	F1-87/88
1990	Prost	F1-90
1998	Schumacher	F300
2000	Barrichello	F1-2000
2001	Schumacher	F2001
2002	Schumacher	F2002
2007	Massa	F2007
2008	Raikkonen	F2008
2017	Vettel	SF70H
2019	Vettel	SF90