After a year hiatus, the classic Spa Francorchamps circuit is back on the F1 map this weekend. This race track is among my favourite alongside Suzuka, Japan and Monza, Italy.
Hosted the first GP in 1924, the track boasted arguably the most famous corner in the history of F1 called 'Eau Rouge', where to this day it remains a mysterious racing-line which requires a large amount of skill from the driver to negotiate well.
"Having pass the 'La Source' hairpin, drivers race down a straight to the point crosses the Eau Rouge stream for the first time, before being launched steeply uphill into a
sweeping left-right-left collection of corners with a blind summit."
Drivers and fans alike love races at SpaFrancorchamps. A dull race at
Spa is very rare, and most drivers today say that the course is one of
the two most challenging race tracks in the world alongside Japan's Suzuka Circuit.
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The race this weekend was clouded by the shocking verdict by the FIA World Motor Sport Council to
disqualifiy McLaren from the 2007 constructors' championship and
imposed a fine of US$100 million - the largest fine in any sporting history, due to the 'spy-gate' scandal (news here).
Read full report of FIA decision here, which include the email xchanges between Fernando Alonso, Pedro de la Rosa (test driver) and Mike Coughlan (former McLaren Chief Designer).
In my opinion, the verdict is too harsh for McLaren. Pity for Lewis Hamilton if he is destined to win the driver's title. I expect only few will recognise his brilliance due to this scandal
Hosted the first GP in 1924, the track boasted arguably the most famous corner in the history of F1 called 'Eau Rouge', where to this day it remains a mysterious racing-line which requires a large amount of skill from the driver to negotiate well.
"Having pass the 'La Source' hairpin, drivers race down a straight to the point crosses the Eau Rouge stream for the first time, before being launched steeply uphill into a
sweeping left-right-left collection of corners with a blind summit."
Drivers and fans alike love races at SpaFrancorchamps. A dull race at
Spa is very rare, and most drivers today say that the course is one of
the two most challenging race tracks in the world alongside Japan's Suzuka Circuit.
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The race this weekend was clouded by the shocking verdict by the FIA World Motor Sport Council to
disqualifiy McLaren from the 2007 constructors' championship and
imposed a fine of US$100 million - the largest fine in any sporting history, due to the 'spy-gate' scandal (news here).
Read full report of FIA decision here, which include the email xchanges between Fernando Alonso, Pedro de la Rosa (test driver) and Mike Coughlan (former McLaren Chief Designer).
In my opinion, the verdict is too harsh for McLaren. Pity for Lewis Hamilton if he is destined to win the driver's title. I expect only few will recognise his brilliance due to this scandal