Belgium GP: Honda F1 Grand Prix Preview
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Round thirteen of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship takes the Honda Racing F1 Team to Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix.
The 44-lap race is one of the oldest on the calendar, having been staged for the first time in the World Championship's inaugural season in 1950, and the track remains one of the fastest and most challenging in the world.
Over the years Spa-Francorchamps has been shortened from its original 14.9km (9.3-mile) length several times and the current configuration is 7.004km (4.352-mile) in length. This makes the track the longest on the F1 calendar and it retains much of its original character by following the natural undulations of the Ardennes region of Belgium. The resultant fast and sweeping corners are among... // PaddockTalk