{"id":4008,"date":"2015-09-28T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T14:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portal.raceroom.com\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2015-10-06T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T14:40:32","slug":"spa-francorchamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raceroom.com\/en\/spa-francorchamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Spa-Francorchamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>You have been waiting for it for a long time.\u00a0Now we are proud to announce that the <b><a href=\"http:\/\/game.raceroom.com\/store\/tracks\/all\/spa-francorchamps\" target=\"_blank\">Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps now available!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/YUw2o_vVqFg&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The 7 km long track is located in the Belgian Ardennes countryside, where it used to serve as public road.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4009&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Over the years it has hosted many Racing Series including F1, WEC, Blancpain Endurance Series, GT Masters, WTCC &amp; DTM. 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