Sold out Spa F1 doubles down on 2022 success amid future talks

The Spa-Francorchamps event was told by F1 in no uncertain terms to improve its fan offering in the wake of a disastrous, rained-out 2021 edition, with its heritage as one of F1’s most historic and exciting circuits no longer sufficient to stay on the calendar.

Spa bought into Liberty Media’s vision of what a modern grand prix should look like and pulled out all the stops to reinvigorate its event, aided by a government-backed 80m euro investment plan to bring the…