Circuit

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Belgium · 59 grands prix

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, set in the Ardennes forest of Belgium, is one of the sport's classic venues and the longest track on the calendar. It is known for fast, sweeping corners, big elevation change and fickle weather, with the uphill Eau Rouge and Raidillon its signature.

A very tight hairpin and the slowest point of the lap, the main overtaking point just after the start. A first-lap chain crash launched Romain Grosjean's car over Fernando Alonso here in 2012, earning Grosjean a race ban.
The fast left-hand flick that leads down toward the Eau Rouge stream crossing.
The compression at the bottom of the dip before the uphill, named for the red, iron-rich Eau Rouge stream. Stefan Bellof was killed at Eau Rouge in a 1985 sportscar race.
The blind, steep uphill left as the track climbs some 40 metres. The Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert was killed here in 2019, and Lando Norris crashed heavily here in 2021 qualifying.
The blind summit of the Raidillon esses, taken flat as the cars crest onto the Kemmel Straight.
The exit accelerating onto the long, flat-out Kemmel Straight.
The heavy braking right at the top of the Kemmel Straight, where the old public-road circuit once diverged from the modern layout.
The middle of the Les Combes complex.
The left completing the Les Combes sequence, carrying a name from the original 1921 triangular road circuit.
A downhill right-hander, once Rivage and now also called Bruxelles, in the esses running down toward Pouhon.
A tightening right-hander renamed in 2018 for Jacky Ickx, long nicknamed Speaker's Corner because the announcer could first see the cars here.
A high-speed downhill double-left. In the wet 1998 race Michael Schumacher, lapping David Coulthard, slammed into the back of the McLaren on the run down here, sparking a famous pit-lane confrontation.
The second apex of the Pouhon double-left.
A corner in the infield esses built in 1979, formerly named Fagnes.
Once the first part of Stavelot, renamed after the death of Belgian racer and journalist Paul Frere in 2008.
A corner named for the nearby town on the original road circuit, later softened into a sweeping bypass.
A very fast left-hander present on both the old and new circuits; Luciano Burti crashed here at 111G in 2001, prompting safety changes.
The second part of the high-speed Blanchimont left before the final chicane.
The tight left-right chicane before the pit straight. Lewis Hamilton was controversially penalised in 2008 for cutting it and re-passing Kimi Raikkonen, losing the win.

Winners by year

2026Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes
2025Oscar PiastriMcLaren
2024Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2023Max VerstappenRed Bull
2022Max VerstappenRed Bull
2021Max VerstappenRed Bull
2020Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2019Charles LeclercFerrari
2018Sebastian VettelFerrari
2017Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2016Nico RosbergMercedes
2015Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2014Daniel RicciardoRed Bull
2013Sebastian VettelRed Bull
2012Jenson ButtonMcLaren
2011Sebastian VettelRed Bull
2010Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
2009Kimi RäikkönenFerrari
2008Felipe MassaFerrari
2007Kimi RäikkönenFerrari
2005Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren
2004Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren
2002Michael SchumacherFerrari
2001Michael SchumacherFerrari
2000Mika HäkkinenMcLaren
1999David CoulthardMcLaren
1998Damon HillJordan
1997Michael SchumacherFerrari
1996Michael SchumacherFerrari
1995Michael SchumacherBenetton
1994Damon HillWilliams
1993Damon HillWilliams
1992Michael SchumacherBenetton
1991Ayrton SennaMcLaren
1990Ayrton SennaMcLaren
1989Ayrton SennaMcLaren
1988Ayrton SennaMcLaren
1987Alain ProstMcLaren
1986Nigel MansellWilliams
1985Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus
1983Alain ProstRenault
1970Pedro RodríguezBRM
1968Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford
1967Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake
1966John SurteesFerrari
1965Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
1964Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
1963Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
1962Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
1961Phil HillFerrari
1960Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
1958Tony BrooksVanwall
1956Peter CollinsFerrari
1955Juan FangioMercedes
1954Juan FangioMaserati
1953Alberto AscariFerrari
1952Alberto AscariFerrari
1951Nino FarinaAlfa Romeo
1950Juan FangioAlfa Romeo