To accommodate GrandPrix motor racing, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course was built in 1921 but it was only used for motorcycle racing until 1924.
The first Belgian GrandPrix was won by Antonio Ascari whose son Alberto would win the race in 1952 and 1953.
There was no Belgian GrandPrix in 2003 because of the country's tobacco advertising laws but it returned to the schedule again in 2004.
GrandPrix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the FrenchGrandPrix in 1923 and the following year at the Spanish GrandPrix which raised interest in the sport.
In October 2004 the British GrandPrix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the BRDC refused to pay the race fee demanded by Bernie Ecclestone.
The 2005GrandPrix was an important race for all the drivers, especially Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher.
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