STATISTIC CORNER: Schumacher is still the most successful driver at Spa

Seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher is still the most successful F1 driver in the history of the Belgian Grand Prix, whilst Ferrari top the tables for victories among the teams.

This weekend’s race is the 70th edition of the Belgian Grand Prix to count for the World Championship, the 57th to be held at Spa-Francorchamps. Nivelles has hosted the race twice and Zolder ten times.

The most successful driver at Spa-Francorchamps is Michael Schumacher with six wins to his name. The German made his Formula 1 debut at this track in 1991, taking the first of his 91 wins one year later and Spa was also where he clinched his seventh and last world title in 2004.

Lewis Hamilton leads the way when it comes to pole positions with 6 and podium places (11). Of the teams, Ferrari tops the tables for wins (18), pole positions (17) and podium places (51).

It’s the third round of the season run to the Sprint format, a discipline in which Max Verstappen is the undoubted master. Of the 20 Sprint races run to date, the four time world champion has won 11 of them and finished on the podium a further five times.

A total of seven drivers have won at least one Sprint: two wins apiece for Valtteri Bottas, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris and one each for George Russell, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton. 19 drivers have scored points in the short format, a table headed naturally enough by Verstappen on 117 points.