For British fans, the Belgian Grand Prix is the easiest overseas race to visit on the calendar, since it enjoys hassle-free connections via the Eurostar and is a relaxed three-and-half hour drive from the port and rail terminals at Calais.

The venue for the race is the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit, curving, sweeping and diving through the Ardennes forest in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) area of Belgium. Since the region is notorious for its weather - clear skies can swell with dark clouds depositing torrential rain in minutes - the phrase 'fickle Ardennes' has become a captive epithet that often defines the outcome of this event.

Belgium's central location and proliferation of transport links ensures a cosmopolitan atmosphere at the GP. You'll find representatives of many neighbouring nationalities flocking to this race to support their drivers - particularly Max Verstappen, who has attracted a boisterous contingent that grows year on year.