From Brussels take the A3 (E40) to Liege, and towards Aachen (Germany) or Aix-la-Chapelle as it is written on some of the Walloon roadsigns. At junction Battice take the A27 (E42) to Verviers and Sankt Vith.
A few choises now:
1. take exit 10 Francorchamps, follow right onto the N640 and at the N640 / N62 junction take left towards Francorchamps village. From here follow the signs towards either Paddock or La Source.
2. take exit 11 Malmedy, turn right at the roundabout and follow the N68, left towards Stavelot. At the former Stavelot corner (banked) follow right onto the N640. This will lead you to the Backgate.
3. take exit 11 Malmedy, turn right at the roundabout and right again on the N62, from here follow the signs towards either Les Combes or the Paddock.
Marshals should take route number 2, no other way in. Signing on is usually in Stavelot village. Check before leaving home.

For first timers it can be a bit of a problem, but try to find the signing on café (Café Mignon) at Stavelot village as soon as possible. Take the road into the village at the first roundabout (N640), the café is situated on the right hand side, about half a mile in. Make sure you show up early enough, the Chief Marshal does not like people from abroad to be late. Never go without passes to the track at bigger events, they will turn you away. Entry only at the Backgate (Stavelot corner).

Forgot to mention a few things: Once you have signed on (see below "Signing On"), drive to the Stavelot corner and enter at the Backgate. Take right between the two gates, drive through the Tunnel and at the little junction take right towards the gate (Post 18). Briefing and other stuff will be done on the track, cars can be parked there during briefing.

New: the two gates have gone. They've changed it to a roundabout look-a-like thing. Turn right now in front of the track gate. At the junction, take right.

If you go left at the junction:
on the road, leading to the back of the paddock, they have installed a manned gate. The whole road has been surfaced, still narrow, but concrete all the way.

To make life easy, they now change the location for signing on a lot.
So find out first where it is before you leave home.

Signing on is most of the times at Café Mignon in Stavelot (Avenue Nicolay Ferdinand). Times vary for each race meeting, as there is no curfew in the morning or in the evening. So prepare to arrive there early, very early! Sometimes it starts at 6 am!
Passes will be handed out there on the first day, after that your Observer will have everything on him. If you have signed on on the first day (no 1 day events at Spa), it is not needed to go there for day two (or three). But make sure your Observer knows when and where you show up the next day.
Briefing is about 45 minutes later at Post 18.

Signing on is most of the times at .......
Passes are still a problem depending what sort of event. The bigger the event is, the sillier they become at Spa. Ask for sign on times and place before you leave home.
And even then it still may change.

There is only 1 circuit lay-out, there are plans however to create a "shortcut" from Kemmel to Blanchimont. If it ever happens it would make it possible to have two smaller tracks. I.e. Startline towards Kemmel, downhill section to Blanchimont and the latter part like it is now. The other one would have a possible Startline somewhere after the double lefthander, further towards Blanchimont and then a sort of dual carrigeway uphill to Kemmel. From there it would follow the normal lay-out.

There are no curfews at Spa, so racing can start very early in the morning and end very late, even into the night.
There is almost never a lunchbreak, as they have a tendancy to have about 30 min gaps (!) between practice or race.
During a race weekend acces is only via the small tunnel at Ster (Startline) or the big tunnel at Blanchimont. There is only a bumpy gravel road running from there to the paddock.
If you are there by truck, that is the only way out during the day. Or you have to wait 'till it is finished.

Post 1 - Downhill (!) post on the Start line, left hand side. On the Ster road.

Post 2 Eau Rouge - The real Eau Rouge at the bottom of the hill.

Post 3 Radillon - "The place to be" at the top of Radillon (Eau Rouge)

Post 3a - "Not the place to be" at the top of Radillon, right hand side.

Post 4 - Nice cool post on the long straight to Kemmel

Post 5 Kemmel - Post on a straight, what can be said?

Post 6 Les Combes - A post open to all weather.

Post 7 - The first post on the modern lay out.

Post 8 - This one is a bit lost because of the location.

Post 9 Rivage - A post high up the bank.

Post 10 - A bit hidden between the trees on the left.

Post 11 - A very nice post going downhill.

Post 12 - Another post on a straight. Remember Schumacher-Coulthard.

Post 13 Pouhon - The double lefthander. No need to say more.

Post 14 - Another post for the double left hander.

Post 15 - The third post of the double lefthander, well it is a double lefthander, right?

Post 16 Pif Paf - Post with a good long view. Pif paf means roughly translated: right-left (left-right) flick.

Post 17 - Hidden behind the huge armco on the left.

Post 18 - Very dodgy post to work on.

Post 19 - You feel a bit lost here as it is the far end corner of the track.

Post 20 - Same problem as post 19.

Post 21 Stavelot - The long corner onto the old track.

Post 22 - Boring spot in the woods.

Post 23 - The first of the Blanchimont corners.

Post 24 Blanchimont - THE Blanchimont corner!!!

Post 25 (Old) - This post became active again since the Busstop changed the first time.
This post has died a lonely death since they've changed the Busstop again.

Post 25 (Old 25a) La Chicane - Better known to most as the Busstop. Changed from 25 to 25a.
And since the reprofiling of the Busstop it went back to 25.

Post 25bis (New) - The exit of Busstop.

Post 26 (New) - On the left after the Busstop.

Post 27 (Old post 28) - Now on the left near the start finish straight.

Post 28 La Source (Old post 29) - Post at the inside of the hairpin.

Post 29 (Old 30) - A bit lost in the downhill part on the left.

One of the customs at Spa is that they always run late (have heard that one before). Don't ask me why, but it is just like that.
Beware of the gate people, they are not always the friendliest, but then that is probably because most of them only speak french. Do not try to force your way in, it will go wrong for you in the end.
Racecontrol will manage some french-english, zo u ave to be reedy to lizzen ferry well.
The PA system works well, but not everywhere. You can pick it up on a radio however. Tune in on 107.5 FM.
Showers are rare and few in the paddock and usually close at night, toilets are not that nice. Spectator wise facilities are very, very bad. Only in the startfinish area you will find some decent toilets. Out in the back: nothing what so ever! (And they complain about Silverstone!)

Lunch: in the paddock area there are some decent places to eat, but not one place where you can sit inside.
Prices are high-ish.
There is no possibillity to have breakfast, some places will have sandwiches.
In the spectator enclosure there is only food to find at Eau Rouge, Combes, sometimes at the double left and the chicane.
If you are lucky the restaurant at the kart track may be open.
There are some good restaurants outside the track, but you will need the car. Go to Francorchamps village or Stavelot. Malmedy is more suited for the evening, lots of pubs and good food.

Be prepared to check in very early and check out very late.
Bring enough clothes as it rains a lot there. Hardly any places to buy some food, so bring or buy your own beforehand. Facilities are rare and few, so ....
You can drive to the post and park there or nearby. Always take your passes with you when you leave the track, they change gate people often.
Chief Marshals (different ones) not that friendly to foreigners, bar if you are french. (Language related I think).

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Contact Mr Roland Lemoine: Commission Nationale Commissaires de Route (CNCR)

Roland.lemoine@swing.be

Contact the tourist board:
http://www.ftpl.be/frames/page%20new/liens.html
click on the maps and follow the french instructions.

There is a marshals campsite at Les Combes, opposite post 8.
Not easy however to find a good spot, as they are taken all year by the belgians.
Only 1 toilet (!) and not very clean.
Better to use the Eau Rouge campsite at Stavelot, about 3 km away from the track, on the lefthand side.
http://www.eaurouge.nl/index_en.htm

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