Belgian Grand Prix of the pre-war European Championship." These were the official Grand Prix names when a title sponsor was present: Belgian Grand Prix The Belgian Grand Prix (Dutch: "Grote Prijs van België"; French: "Grand Prix de Belgique"; German: "Großer Preis von Belgien") is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. The first national race of Belgium was held in 1925 at the Spa region's race course, an area of the country that had been associated with motor sport since the very early years of racing. To accommodate Grand Prix motor racing, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course was built
1986 French Grand Prix 1986 French Grand Prix The 1986 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 6 July 1986. It was the eighth race of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship. Following Elio de Angelis's fatal testing crash on the full circuit two months previously, a decision was made to use the shorter, "Club" circuit for this race and for future F1 races (up to and including 1990). This eliminated the high-speed Verrerie bends, where de Angelis had crashed, and reduced the length of the Mistral straight from to . Nonetheless, the cars still recorded