Lap distance:       7.004 km

Race distance:     33 minutes plus one lap

Location:             Located in eastern Belgium, in the Ardennes forest, near the German border

Airports:              Spa-La Sauvenière Airport [private] (9 km), Liège Airport [LGG] (64 km), Maastricht Aachen Airport [MST] (78 km), Cologne Bonn Airport [CGN] (141 km), Brussels Airport [BRU] (142 km), Dusseldorf International Airport [DUS] (155 km)

Lap record:      Max Verstappen, 2:11.111 min (2014)

Pole position:

                       Qualifying 1                       Qualifying 2                       Qualifying 3

2013           Not on the calendar

2014            Esteban Ocon                    Gustavo Menezes                   Esteban Ocon   

                     2:10.049 min                        2:25.458 min                       2:27.897 min

2015          Felix Rosenqvist                    Mikkel Jensen                        Jake Dennis

                    2:10.173 min                      2:13.707 min                       2:14.665 min

Winner:

                Race 1                                   Race 2                                   Race 3

2013       Not on the calendar

2014       Max Verstappen              Max Verstappen              Max Verstappen

2015       Charles Leclerc                  Jake Dennis                        Jake Dennis

INTERESTING FACTS

The Spa-Francorchamps circuit lies within a triangle formed by the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot. Despite being part of the circuit’s name, the town of Spa is actually located slightly to the northwest. The larger cities Liege and Brussels are a 40-minute and two-hour drive respectively.

The track’s location in the Ardennes forest is incredible scenic, but it has its own micro climate with unpredictable weather and the possibility of rain showers occurring almost out of nowhere. As a common factor of long circuits, this can mean rain in one part of the track and dry sections elsewhere.

The circuit has an old-style design, which offers great challenges for the drivers. The original layout of the Spa track was over 14 kilometres long, but during a redesign in the late Seventies the lap was shortened by half the length. The new design now features a 7.004 kilometres long lap, but nevertheless managed to retain the high-speed, challenging nature of the original. Even considering the revised layout of Spa, it is still the longest circuit on the 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship calendar.

FIA F3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TIMETABLE

Please note that due to competing at the same venue as a 24-hour race, the usual timetable had to be adjusted for this event. Free Practice and Qualifying sessions take place on Thursday, race 1 and race 2 are scheduled for Friday and race 3 for Saturday.

Thursday, 28. July

09:00 - 09:40                       Free Practice 1

09:45 - 10:25                       Free Practice 2

12:45 - 13:05                       Qualifying 1

17:10 - 17:30                       Qualifying 2

Friday, 29. July

12:20 - 12:55                       Race 1

13:00 (est)                           Race 1 podium ceremony

13:15 (est)                           Race 1 press conference

16:15 - 16:50                       Race 2

16:55 (est)                           Race 2 podium ceremony

17:10 (est)                           Race 2 press conference

Saturday, 30. July

13:10 - 13:45                       Race 3

13:50 (est)                           Race 3 podium ceremony

14:05 (est)                           Race 3 press conference

OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE ASN

Stewards of the meeting                                              Loïc BACQUELAINE (BEL)

Clerk of the Course                                                         Philippe GODET (BEL)

Secretary of the meeting                                             Robby WUYTS (BEL)

Chief National Scrutineer                                             Jean-Pierre DE BACKER (BEL)

Chief National Medical Officer                                   Christian WAHLEN (BEL)

FIA F3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The current Championship classification (teams, drivers and rookies) can be found on the following webpage:

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/2016-championship/

FIA F3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SESSION AND EVENT RESULTS

Shortly after the end of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following webpage:

http://www.fiaf3europe.com/2016-results/