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  SI.com - Racing - Raikkonen takes Belgian Grand Prix pole - Saturday September 15, 2007 11:04AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It was a major comeback for Ferrari, which watched McLaren win at the Italian Grand Prix last Sunday.
Raikkonen, who won here when the Grand Prix was last contested in 2005, lapped the scenic 4.325-mile track in 1 minute, 45.994 seconds, holding an edge of.017 seconds over Brazil's Massa.
After winning the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, Alonso trails Hamilton 92-89, compared to a 14-point gap after the French Grand Prix on July 11.
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  Belgian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1925, the first Belgian Grand Prix was won by Antonio Ascari whose son Alberto would win the race in 1952 and 1953.
There was no Belgian Grand Prix in 2003 because of the country's tobacco advertising laws but it returned to the schedule again in 2004.
In 2006, the FIA announced the Belgian Grand Prix would not be part of the 2006 Formula One season, since the local authorities have started major repair work in Spa Francorchamps.
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 Belgian F1 Tickets - Buy 2007 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix Tickets Online - 16 September 2007 - Spa Francorchamps - ...
The Belgian Grand Prix circuit was conceived in 1921, to host the Belgium Motorcycle Grand Prix.
Considered by many to be the best circuit on the F1 calendar, Spa (home of the Belgian Grand Prix) has the longest lap length of all, and is certainly one of the most scenically situated, surrounded by wooded hillsides and small farms.
It is also renowned for its changeable weather and it is not unknown for one half of the track to be streaming wet and the other half hot, blue skies.
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 GrandPrix.com > Belgian GP > Preview
Majestic Spa is the last of the classic Grand Prix circuits to remain in the World Championship.
First playing host to a motorcycle Grand Prix in 1921, cars took to the track in 1925 on the 9.29 mile (14.86km) closed road circuit in the Hautes-Fagnes region of the Ardennes.
Swooping uphill Eau Rouge corner, instigated in 1939, remains the greatest challenge in Grand Prix racing which taking flat is the barometer of greatness in car and driver although the modern circuit, reopened in 1983, includes little more than a third of its ancestor.
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 Belgian 2006 Grand Prix cancelled
The Belgian Grand prix has been cancelled this year to allow the Spa track to be improved, Formula One's ruling body said on Wednesday.
"The Belgian National Sporting Authority, the RACB, has written to notify the FIA of the withdrawal of the 2006 Belgian Grand Prix from the FIA Formula One World Championship," the FIA, the sport's ruling body, said in a statement.
The FIA said it hoped the Grand Prix would be raced from 2007 onwards.
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 2005 Belgian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2005 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race, held on September 11, 2005 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.
In lap 14, Takuma Sato hit Michael Schumacher's car from behind, causing both to crash.
The race stewards ruled that Sato had caused the collision and he will consequently drop ten places on the grid for the next Grand Prix.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_Belgian_Grand_Prix   (196 words)

  
 Belgian Grand Prix 2002
What Wimbledon means for Boris Becker, that is the world´s longest and demanding Grand Prix circuit, the track of Spa-Francorchamps in the Belgian Ardennes mountains, for Michael Schumacher: It is his living room.
And he made himself a really nice present for his 10th anniversary as a Grand Prix winner: With the 10th victory of the season he is alone on the of the record list ahead of the legendary Briton Nigel Mansell with 9 wins per year.
His 63th Grand Prix win the same time was the 6th in Belgium, where he had been disqualified as a winner back in 1994, because the undertray of his Benetton Ford had not been in accordance with the technical regulations of that time.
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 The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix quiz -- free game
The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix circuit was the longest track of the 2004 Formula One season.
Michael Schumacher has been quoted as saying the Belgian Grand Prix was his favourite Formula One circuit.
The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix was notable for Ferrari in that it was their _______ Grand Prix race?
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 Tata Group | Media releases | Brand ambassadors | Belgian Grand Prix, spa-francorchamps, 9 — 11September 2005
Belgian Grand Prix, spa-francorchamps, 9 — 11September 2005
Following another positive two-car finish in Monza last weekend, Jordan Grand Prix is heading straight to the very challenging circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, the last European round of the season.
Located in the Ardennes forest, Spa-Francorchamps is a fantastic track that is truly a favourite among the drivers and known by the three Jordan Grand Prix drivers.
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 USATODAY.com - Belgian Grand Prix dropped for 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
PARIS (AP) — The Belgian Grand Prix was dropped from this year's Formula One schedule but might be restored in 2007 once improvements are made to the course.
The race has been in jeopardy since local organizers filed for bankruptcy last year, forcing the regional government to cover mounting losses.
Belgian officials wanted Formula One's commercial director Bernie Ecclestone to become the race promoter.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/formula1/2006-02-08-belgian-grand-prix_x.htm   (193 words)

  
 Media Centre - Michael Schumacher breaks Formula One records to clinch Drivers’ Championship for 7th time
Michael Schumacher rewrote racing history at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa on Sunday, by clinching the Formula One Drivers’ World Championship for the 7th time.
Michael’s victory follows hot on the heels of the Shell and Ferrari win at the Hungarian Grand Prix two weeks ago, when the team won its 11th joint Formula One constructors’ title.
This meant that with four more races left in the 2004 Grand Prix season, he was still able to claim the drivers’ crown at the racetrack where he began his Formula One career 13 years ago.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Raikkonen wins Belgian Grand Prix
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium – Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix for the second straight year Sunday, keeping alive his distant shot at the title while denying Fernando Alonso a first chance at becoming Formula One's youngest champion.
Rain is practically a tradition at the Belgian Grand Prix, but Sunday's expected showers never came.
It was damp throughout as the drivers raced under low, leaden clouds through the pine-covered hills and lush valleys of the Ardennes.
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 F1 News > Belgian Grand Prix in trouble? - Grandprix.com
There are reports in Belgium that the race promoter DDGP (Didier Defourney Grand Prix) has run into major financial problems because of a dispute with the local authorities over how much they should be paid.
There are also the race fees that must be paid to the Formula One group and the result, it seems, is that the promoter does not have sufficient cash to break even.
If DDGP drops out the Belgians will have to find a new promoter and that is not going to be an easy task because of the financial arrangements which exist, which make it hard to make money.
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 FORMULA ONE: Preview - Belgian Grand Prix 2005.
The moment that Fernando Alonso has dreamed of could be just 44 laps away from becoming reality as Formula One's European season draws to a close with the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.
At one of the most historic circuits on the Grand Prix calendar, the Spaniard could take his place in history as the youngest ever F1 champion if he can outscore title rival – and 2004 race winner – Kimi Raikkonen by four points.
With a 27 point lead, Alonso is certainly in the box seat in the championship standings with just four races left to run, meaning that even if he doesn't clinch a first world crown this weekend it can surely only be a matter of time.
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 HOPE FOR BELGIAN GRAND PRIX: Sporting Life - F1 | Chinese Grand Prix live at Shanghai, News, Lap-by-lap Coverage, ...
Belgian Grand Prix organisers have agreed a deal with Bernie Ecclestone to bring Formula One back to Spa-Francorchamps in 2007, just days after this year's race was cancelled.
This season race was scrapped earlier this week when race organisers conceded defeat in their bid to renovate the track in time for the September 17 grand prix.
But, according to Belgian broadcaster RTBF, Spa has renegotiated their deal with Formula One commercial rights holder Ecclestone, securing a new deal to run from 2007 to 2011.
www.sportinglife.com /formula1/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=formula1/06/02/10/AUTO_Belgian.html   (237 words)

  
 Belgian Grand Prix Review
Everyone expected the Belgian GP to be Hill v Villeneuve and Schumacher v the rest of the field.
Hill was just finishing a run as rain started to fall and never got a chance to use his last set of tyres (for some reason the last run is usually his best).
The weather at the Belgian circuit is, for some reason, always unpredictable and produces some odd qualifying from time to time (Barrichello's pole in 1994) but this time the front of the grid at least, was pretty much as expected.
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 The Belgian Grand Prix
In 1960 Stirling Moss was seriously injured and two young British drivers - Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey - were killed during the Belgian GP weekend.
In the 1960s the Spa 1000km became A nasty accident at Spa started Jackie Stewart's crusade for better safety and Spa was a victim, the Grand Prix moving to the characterless Nivelles circuit near Brussels.
Qulifying for the Belgian Grand Prix is due to take place on Saturday 31st August 2002...
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 FIA Sport - Official FIA Press Release - Belgian Grand Prix
The FIA welcomes the dismissal by the Verviers Court of a legal action seeking the reinstatement of the 2003 Belgian Grand Prix in the FIA Formula One World Championship.
This classic event was omitted with the greatest reluctance only because the teams would have been prevented by reasons beyond the control of the FIA from fulfilling their sponsorship contracts and, as a result, unanimously refused to compete.
The last event to appear on the FIA Formula One World Championship calendar in the absence of a promoter’s agreement with the teams was the 1981 Argentine Grand Prix: it did not take place.
www.fia.com /mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2003/270303-01.html   (207 words)

  
 Belgian Grand Prix Tickets - Buy Belgian Grand Prix Tickets
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 IGN Boards - ~ * Official 2005 Belgian Grand Prix Thread * ~
Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps circuit is among the most historic on the Formula One calendar, having hosted a (non-championship) Grand Prix as long ago as 1924, and remains one of the most popular venues with drivers and fans alike.
The lap distance was reduced slightly over the years, with some corners eased, but when the 'old' circuit staged its final Grand Prix in 1970 it still measured just over 14 kilometres and remained staggeringly quick - Chris Amon set that year's fastest lap at an average speed of just under 245 km/h.
Welcome to Spa-Francorchamps where there is currently a 60 percent chance that the Belgian Grand Prix, the 16th round of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship, could be the first wet race of the season.
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