FIA GT Championship - 2002 Round 7 Spa 24 Hours (LG Super Racing Weekend)

In the 2002 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa‑Francorchamps on September 1, McLaren’s Kimi Räikkönen pulled off one of the sport’s most daring moments. On lap 39, following a massive engine failure from Olivier Panis’ BAR on the Kemmel Straight, a thick cloud of smoke and oil covered the track. Räikkönen, driving the MP4‑17, held full throttle through the haze — his car disappearing momentarily into the smoke before reappearing at speed. That single act of nerve underscored Räikkönen’s burgeoning reputa