Formula 1 2017 12 2017-08-27 2017-08-27 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/p6ex9j1577555461.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/bh54up1534712552.jpg The 2017 Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. The race, scheduled to be contested over forty-four laps, was the twelfth round of the 2017 Formula One season, and marked the seventy-third running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the sixtieth time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a fourteen-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship with Valtteri Bottas a further nineteen points behind in third. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by thirty-nine points before the race. Hamilton started the race from pole position, and went on to win. In doing so, he closed to within seven points of Vettel's championship lead. 522337