Formula One statistics for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, round 13 of the 24 race championship:
Lap distance: 7.004km. Total distance: 308.052km (44 laps)
2024 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull one minute 53.159 seconds*
2024 race winner: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes**
Race lap record: 1:44.701, Sergio Perez (Mexico) Red Bull 2024.
Start time: 1300GMT (1500 local)
*Verstappen was demoted to 11th on the grid for the use of an additional power unit element. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc started on pole.
**Mercedes' George Russell finished first but was disqualified for having an underweight car. Teammate Hamilton was promoted from second.
The grand prix is the third sprint weekend of the year, with qualifying for the sprint on Friday and the 100km race on Saturday before qualifying for Sunday's main event.
BELGIUM
There is no Belgian driver on the starting grid but Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris have Belgian mothers. Verstappen was also born in Belgium.
This will be the 70th Belgian Grand Prix and 58th at Spa.
Spa is the longest lap in F1, with the fewest laps, and one of the fastest with an average speed of around 230kph. Cars can hit 315kph at Blanchimont.
Three current drivers have won at Spa: Hamilton (2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2024), Leclerc (2019) and Verstappen (2021, 2022, 2023).
Michael Schumacher won a record six times at Spa, including from 16th on the grid in a wet 1995 race. Hamilton can equal that tally this year.
CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
McLaren's Oscar Piastri leads teammate Lando Norris by eight points. Verstappen is third and 69 points off the lead.
In the constructors' standings, McLaren (460 points) are now 238 points clear of second-placed Ferrari (222), with Mercedes third
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