Five memorable versions of Belgium Grand Prix of F1

First held in 1925, Belgium Grand Prix was one of the seven original races in the 1950 inaugural World Championship calendar. Since then, it has hosted a large majority, several memorable Grands Prix held at the spa-focuschamps. There is a look at the five notable editions of Belgium Grand Prix in recent history.

1992 – Shumakar’s clever gambal yield girl win

After a year from his Jordan debut, which inspired Flavio Brytor to snatch it into Beneton, Michael Schumacher Really arrived as a potential world champion.

The race weekend was marked by a heavy accident to Eric coma of the ligier in a Friday exercise at Blancimont. Erton army pulled over itself McLaren And to help comas in front of the incoming cars, sprayed in the rubble, which the French said that he may have helped to save his life.

There were more bravery tracks in the race as the rains soon started falling, all of them forced the second-deeds in separate pits from the Army, who had gambling the shower when they were short-lived. This strengthened the commanding lead of Polisiter Nigel Mansel ahead of the Team-Met Ricardo Patriss. But an off-track tour by Shumakar on Lap 30 proved important. As he left from Shumakar and was passed by Martin brandleHe noticed how many blisters were the tires behind his team partner, which pushed the German to the decision to stay for Slix, which was three laps earlier compared to the mangle.

Despite the difficult situations, it proved to be an inspired option, and in those three laps, the Shumakar managed to convert a deficit into a five-second lead, when Massel came out of the pits behind it. With a mangel, with a hurdle of engine problems, Shumacher took a 36 -second lead, so that he could win his first record six spa. The win was also the last for a car equipped with H-Peturn Manual Gearbox.

1998 – Jordan’s big day after massive piles

Wet 1998 Belgian Grand Prix F1 was the view of one of the largest pile-ups in history. The LA source as cars started its run to Ou Roose, David coolthard Lost his McLaren and returned to the racing line after contact with the inside wall. The cooleded spray disappeared after two seconds confusion, but then the results were on full performance as the Scott’s car triggered a mass pile-up. Cars, wheels and carbon fibers filled the camera shot, such as a tick tape parade from hell.

Miraculously, no one was seriously injured. And as the rules were in those days, drivers were allowed to resume the race in their team’s spare car. But in the form of both cars with arrows, Tierel and Prost were included, Mika Salo, Ricardo rosette And Olivier panis Had to sit out of the second steep start.

The second attempt was not the best with the leader Micah Hakkinan Walking around in the same corner and afflicted terminal damage. Jordan’s third start from that point Damon Hill Already increased in the lead, which was defended by the 1996 World Champion against his nemesis Shumakar until he had to let German go to the bus stop at Lap 8.

This was the beginning of a real performance of Shumakar’s eccentric wet-weather skills as the double world champion established a 40 second lead at the hill by Lap 25. Title rival Hakikin was dropped from the race with the title, it was a golden opportunity for Shumakar to leapfrog to Finn in the battle of the championship.

But as Shumakar came to lap to David Coolthard, Ferrari The driver ran after the other McLaren, forcing both cars into Pitlane for retirement. Shumakar was provoked, assuming that Coolthard had interrupted her for the purpose of helping her, and marched to McLaren Pitlane, while a young Stephano Dominally, then Ferrari’s Sports Director tried to include her.

After the security car hill, after the team-met Ralph Shumakar proceeded, a success for the late Eddie Jordan won the Grand Prix. Only eight cars ended the race, including cooled and Xinji nods, which both came out of five laps from the garage, coming down into a bid to scoop a point. Spa 1998 was actually the mother of all wet race.

2008 – Hamilton won after the epic Raikonon Scrape

Set against the backdrop of a title fight between McLaren Lewis Hamilton And two ferrari Felip wart And assured Km ricononSpa was another important race that was fixed between the three heroes.

Hamilton started with a pole on a moist track, but did not hang under his leadership for a very long time, until he wandered on Lap 2, allowing through Riconon. Two rounds of the pitstop did not change the order on the front, which meant that Riconon would take a five-second lead in the final stent.

But the risk of excessive rain became physical to go with four laps, and as the sky opened up the audience, Raikonon struggled under blind conditions. There was a chaotic fight between the two. Hamilton cut the last chicken and passed the Raikonen, allowing Riconon to go straight directly before diving from inside on La Source. In his stout defense, Raikonon held the wing in front of him but survived the loss.

As soon as the rains were reduced, Hamilton had to avoid action for spinning Nico roseburgRaikkonen allows the past again. But then Raikonon immediately bitten himself, reproached his Ferrari in Blancimont and gave Hamilton who looked like a clear run to win.

Hamilton struggled to put his McLaren on the road in the last lap, but had a big enough buffer on Masa’s second Ferrari to take the victory home. Or so they thought, as two hours after handing over a huge penalty to Hamilton for 25 seconds, Steovers were understood that they still had an advantage in the chicken incident, left Hamilton in third place and handed over the victory to Masa instead.

McLaren’s appeal was inadvertently ruled, providing another dramatic turn in a championship that would be famous for wire in Brazil.

2019 – Lakeler’s emotional girl wins

The 2019 Belgian Grand Prix will always be seen from the tragic loss of Anthoin Hubbert, who was killed in a Formula 2 race on Saturday.

The tragedy put a dark cloud on the incident, with an emotional tribute to the 22 -year -old French on Sunday morning, followed by a minute silence on the grid.

Charles LakelerOne of Hubbert’s friends on the F1 grid, took the third poll of his career and now wanted to convert it into the first career victory under the most difficult circumstances.

But when there was a fierce fight between the partner of Lakeler’s team Sebstian wettel And this Mercedes From Lewis Hamilton, the latter of which put Lakeler under late pressure, Monagask showed the veins of steel and gave a picture-moving race to grab his first Grand Prix victory.

A week later in Monza in front of Tiffoi, Lakeler’s second win will be one of the unbridled happiness. But his first win was one of the mixed feelings, in which a subordinate Ferrari driver pointed to the sky as he got out of his car.

2021 – Vastapane ever won “race”

A dishonest mention goes to the 2021 edition, which faced ignoring the first for the first time without running a green flag.

The weather once again harassed the spa weekend Lando Noris A delayed qualification session faced a heavy accident in Radylon. The then-Daur-director Michael Masi admitted that the session should not proceed, which should not have moved forward in view of the tyrannical conditions, a decision that was criticized by the Sebastian Wettel at that time.

But the weather on Sunday did not give up either, and was pushed back to find a suitable window to start the Scheduled 3PM local race. The first attempt to start the race after 25 minutes was suspended after two formation lap. Hours later the FIA officials finally got a race with two more laps behind the security car, but the race was still suspended on lap three with inappropriate terms and never resumed. Since two safety car laps were considered race laps, half the points were given.

The result of the race after the first lap was taken on countback, with Vestapen’s chief Williams driver George Russell Home, and Lewis Hamilton crossing the line in third. With just a 7 km of lap, it is the smallest F1 race in history and the only race that is not the facility to run any green-flag.

Russell did not consider it very bad, because this was his first career podium for conflict WilliamsBut subsequent officials faced fierce criticism for their decision to start the race for two security cars laps and half -points of the award. Since the 2005 United States Grand Prix, F1’s worst Persia changed the following winter due to the rule, which is on the number of allotted points in the event of the curved race.