{"id":482827,"date":"2026-02-18T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482827\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:44:11","slug":"belgian-gp-at-spa-still-negotiating-to-eliminate-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482827\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian GP at Spa still negotiating to eliminate rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(GMM) The future of the Belgian GP at Spa remains under discussion, despite last year\u2019s announcement of a rotation deal with Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, F1 confirmed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/formula-1-announces-multi-year-extension-with-the-belgian-grand-prix.7FR5zJUgLAB7htZrRQUB07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">multi-year extension<\/a> for Spa-Francorchamps covering the 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2031 seasons, as part of a rotation model. This week\u2019s confirmation that Barcelona will share the alternating slot from 2028 onward effectively completed the calendar picture through 2032.<\/p>\n<p>However, Spa promoter Vanessa Maes has now revealed that talks with Formula 1 are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpa Grand Prix continues to negotiate with F1 on the future of the Belgian Grand Prix, and has recently held discussions on this subject,\u201d Maes told RTBF.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current structure, Spa hosts the event in odd-numbered years from 2027 (2027, 2029 and 2031), while Barcelona takes the even years. Madrid, meanwhile, assumes the annual Spanish Grand Prix title from 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The next Belgian Grand Prix is scheduled for July 17-19, with organizers reporting around 76,000 tickets already sold.<\/p>\n<p>Related Article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoracing1.com\/pl\/440218\/f1-news-belgian-gps-wathelet-says-f1-only-wants-8-european-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">F1 News: Belgian GP\u2019s Wathelet says F1 only wants 8 European races<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) The future of the Belgian GP at Spa remains under discussion, despite last year\u2019s announcement of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-482827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}