There was a huge crash at the start of this weekend's Formula One race in Belgium, where one driver effectively took out four other cars from the race. It was nuts.

This weekend's grand prix at Spa will be Schumacher's 300th race. How did reigning double world champion, fellow German, and crazy driver Sebastian Vettel commemorate the occasion? By riffing on Jalopnik, of course.

The 2011 Belgian Grand Prix was somewhat special for Formula One’s old man from Germany. It was here, 20 years before, that Eddie Jordan gave the young Mercedes–Benz sportscar driver his first chance in F1.

Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso present some serious Eau Rouge porn. Alonso briefly overtook Webber out of the pits, who counterattacked immediately, and slipped past the Ferrari at the bottom of Eau Rouge with an RCH to spare.

We’re back! After a four-week summer break, Formula One has returned to Spa-Francorchamps. And it was overtake city, crazy qualifying and terribly gorgeous drives. Warning: spoilers.

A tunnel running underneath Spa-Francorchamps collapsed yesterday during a Subaru club track day. No one was injured, but major repairs are necessary ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in August.

Much is written about the dwindling of overtaking in modern Formula One. Don’t tell Mika Häkkinen, who in 2000, performed the greatest modern undertaking move on a momentarily hapless Michael Schumacher.

An unusual Formula One season on an unusual track should produce the usual results, right? Maybe not—and definitely not at Spa. Potential spoilers in the crashgasmic gallery below.

If you’re looking for more W196 action after last night’s post, look no further: here’s seven glorious minutes of footage from the 1955 Dutch Grand Prix.