SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Lost hope?
Posted by Alex V. in Motorsports, tags: Petition, Spa-Franchorchamps
We will be bringing a few stories about this amazing track on the following weeks. This track deserves to live on forever, but instead the Belgian Court has decided to ban races there for the next 17 years!
The future of Spa-Francorchamps on the F1 racing calendar is in serious jeopardy after the news that the local Council of State has decided to suspend the track’s license until 2026.
The news comes a blow as it remains a favourite of many fans and drivers alike.
A new permit was issued to the track in 2007 however the permit came with the condition that the track owners would carry out an environmental impact study having received complaints from locals about noise from the track. According to PitPass, the Council of State has now declared that the work done to the track is seriously inadequate and incomplete and they have therefore decided to revoke the circuit’s license for 17 years.
Fans have organized a petition in order to prevent this tragic event:
Sign the petition here!
You can also join their Facebook group.
Photo: The Guardian
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Wasn’t this all just a bit blown-up by the media? From what I read, for example on f1technical, it’s not at all about Spa not being allowed to host any F1 races anymore. Rather, it’s about a long term license that was being exploited by the people running the track and which has now been revoked as a result. If “Spa” keeps to the respective laws, the track can still get shorter term licenses from the government.
Well I guess so. On the other hand the talk about locals complaining about the noise levels isn’t new, however when i visited the circuit to watch the F1 race in 2007 I couldn’t hear a single engine in either Spa or Francorchamps. The only noise came from the loads of sportscars cruising the small town.
Being a wealty region, locals don’t really need the F1 circus to survive (unlike other regions), but still it would be a blow for local economy.