During this Wet race, the fastest lap of the race was 2 mins 43.611 seconds. On this 4.352 mile (7.004 kilometres) circuit, this makes the average speed of the fastest lap an impressive 95.882 mph (154.310 km/h).
During wet qualifying, at the 'Eau Rouge' corner, there was a series accident in which 6 of the competitors aqua-planed off the circuit causing a serious pile-up. They were Sarah Moore (Scuderia W), Abbie Eaton (Écurie W), Ayla Ågren (M. Forbes Motorsport), Beitske Visser (M. Forbes Motorsport), Belen Garcia (Scuderia W) and Fabienne Wohlwend (Bunker Racing).
Fortunately no-one was seriously hurt, but Ayla Ågren and Beitske Visser were both eliminated from the rest of the weekend and thus 'Did Not Start' (DNS).
'Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps' in Belgium has produced some of the most memorable races in 'F1', but also host other major racing series like Sports-Prototypes (WEC), Sportscars (GT3) with endurance race ranging from a few hours, 6 hours (WEC) and even some 24 hour races too (Touring cars and GT3).
This is a 30 minute race with 1 extra lap. The circuit length of 'Spa-Francorchamps' (Belgium) is 4.352 miles (7.004 kms). Because this was a wet race that required a 'Safety Car Start', 4 laps were completed behind the safety car before conditions had improved enough to go 'Green flag Racing'. After 8 racing laps, an overall total of 12 laps were completed, with a total distance of 52.224 miles (84.048 kilometres).
Despite its name, the circuit is not in Spa but lies in the vicinity of the town of Francorchamps within the boundaries of the municipality of Stavelot, with a part in the boundaries of Malmedy.