Spa-Francorchamps: The Long History of a Famed Track
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps has been hosting motorsport competition for over 100 years, after a newspaper proprietor laid out a racing circuit on a triangle of public roads linking three villages in 1921.
'It's one of the very, very best circuits,' said Sébastien Buemi of Toyota Gazoo Racing, a five-time winner of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, which is on Saturday.
The 6 Hours was first held in 1953 and has always been held at the track off and on since, along with other sports-car competitions. It is also the site of Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix.
The length of the track has also changed over the years and has been at its current size of a little more than four miles since 1982.
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