Work has begun...

[Zytek_Fan]

Work has begun to update Spa-Francorchamps.
On the crash.net F1 gallery it looks as though the garages were torn down...
edit: A gallery on the Spa website is showing the progress
http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/gfx/travaux2006%2D2007/

[kingofthering]

isn't spa-francorchamps partly built on public roads? I remember a Road and Track article with Dan Gurney who mentioned that there were houses, and pictures showed houses with cars in the driveway.

[henk4]

isn't spa-francorchamps partly built on public roads? I remember a Road and Track article with Dan Gurney who mentioned that there were houses, and pictures showed houses with cars in the driveway.

no, they constructed a new parallel road to the track, and it now permanently closed off for the public, but not before I did the Raidillon several times....

[drakkie]

no, they constructed a new parallel road to the track, and it now permanently closed off for the public, but not before I did the Raidillon several times....

On vacation every year we had soem fun in our cars on the straight I rememeber goign nearly 200 in both our BX's !!! Very exciting for a young boy of barely 7

But now i can drive our C5 myself just as fast

[henk4]

On vacation every year we had soem fun in our cars on the straight I rememeber goign nearly 200 in both our BX's !!! Very exciting for a young boy of barely 7

But now i can drive our C5 myself just as fast

the only time you could see 200 indicated on the first generation BX was when your were driving backward and the cylinder turned in the other direction...

[Ferrer]

the only time you could see 200 indicated on the first generation BX was when your were driving backward and the cylinder turned in the other direction...

LOL!

Perhaps they had a road going BX 4TC...

[Bob]

I'm assuming all you euro people are talking km/h? Because 200 mph sounds like a bit much to me.

[Kitdy]

We use km/h here in Canada too man! America is the exception, not the standard. Other than Australia, UK, and maybe NZ, I don't know any other countries other than the states that use mph. What the hell is a mile!? I hate the imperial system!!!

[fpv_gtho]

Other than Australia, UK, and maybe NZ, I don't know any other countries other than the states that use mph.

Uh, we use km/h

[Daz27]

Uh, we use km/h

Being a british convict colony and all...

[F1_Master]

So, what races are going to be cancelled, or what series will be the first to christen everything?

[Zytek_Fan]

So, what races are going to be cancelled, or what series will be the first to christen everything?

NO races are going to be canceled. The first to race there should be Le Mans Series...

[ZeTurbo]

Great news. I hope spa see top motoring events for years to come.

Im a bit disapointed at the Grand stands in the main straight. they seem kinda small... compared to recently built tracks like china wich have HUGE mainstands.