Seventy miles west of Spa-Francorchamps lie the crumbling remnants of the circuit that once aspired to snatch its crown. F1 Racing took a road trip to the former Belgian GP venue of Nivelles-Baulers to see it before it disappears for good…
The 1972 and 1974 Belgian GPs were crucial wins for Emerson Fittipaldi on his way to championship glory, but today the expanse of Walloon countryside where they took place is better remembered for a different battle: Wellington’s victory over Napoleon, a few miles up the road, in 1815.
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