The key figures of the Belgian Grand Prix

7,004: The length, in kilometers, of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

44: This is indeed Lewis Hamilton’s number, but for the Belgian Grand Prix, 44 corresponds to the number of laps that the drivers will have to complete this Sunday.

1’41”252: This is the lap record of the Ardennes circuit, set by Lewis Hamilton during the qualifying session of the 2020 edition.

100: This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Let’s hope that for this event, the drivers give us a magnificent and spectacular race.

1: Charles Leclerc achieved his first victory in F1, at Spa in 2019. The Monégasque paid tribute to his friend Anthoine Hubert, who tragically passed away the day before during the Formula 2 race.

6: This is the record for victory on the Ardennes slide, held by Michaël Schumacher. The German had participated in his first Grand Prix (1991) and won his first victory on this track (1992).

18: Since the creation of the Grand Prix, Ferrari is the team that has been the most successful, with 18 victories.

Only 8 drivers have won more than one race at Spa: Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Lewis Hamilton, Jim Clark, Kimi Räikkönen, Juan Manuel Fangio, Graham Hill, and Sebastian Vettel.

1 bis: The number of laps completed during the 2021 Grand Prix edition, which was stopped due to heavy rain. It was during this race that Nikita Mazepin achieved his one and only fastest lap in a race.

2: George Russell achieved his first podium at Spa in 2021 with a second-place finish.