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The Spa-Francorchamps circuit has been buzzing this season, especially the legendary Eau Rouge corner. This year, and also in the past, quite a few serious accidents happened there. According to Olav Mol, the circuit is undergoing renovations, but they are not even sure whether there will be a Grand Prix in 2022.
At the program F1 Cafe Mol tells on ZiggoSport that at the insistence of the FIA, the circuit is working on renovations that should make the circuit safer. According to Mol, the costs involved are quite high. “Spa is currently undergoing renovations, this will cost about 80 million euros. At the insistence of the FIA, they want to make the circuit, especially Eau Rouge, safer. It seems that the corner itself will be the same for the most part. stay.”
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Will there be a 2022 Grand Prix in Spa?
According to Mol, however, it remains to be seen whether Formula 1 will return to Spa in 2022 at all. This Grand Prix is therefore still a question mark for 2022. “According to the organization, Spa will not hear until January whether they are on the calendar for 2022 yes or no. But they have already started the renovation. I am sure we will have a Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in 2022.”
2021 in Spa
It was last season Max Verstappen who took the victory in Spa. The Dutchman won the Belgian Grand Prix, after he had been unhappy the years before, for George Russell on Lewis Hamilton. A weekend in which Verstappen struck a blow in the battle for the world champion, a battle that will probably only be decided definitively in Abu Dhabi.
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