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There was a ripple of surprise at Eurosport when the result of our latest Formula One poll was announced; you voted overwhelmingly in favour of Spa-Francorchamps as the greatest current F1 track.

Spa received 41% of the vote to beat Monaco (21%) into a distant second place, with the legendary Monza further back in third with just 10%.

A mammoth 5,774 of you cast your vote, with the fast and twisty Belgian track the favourite of 2,385 voters - who must all have been weeping into their leather-palmed driving gloves in 2003 and 2006 when it was dropped from the F1 calendar.

So-called experts in the Eurosport office had confidently tipped Monaco to emerge as a clear favourite track - after all, the Monaco GP is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious races in all of motoring.

But you shunned Monte Carlo's glitz and glamour in favour of Spa's pure driving excitement.

Perhaps you were inspired by Michael Schumacher's record six wins at Spa, or the unpredictable weather - at one stage in its history it had rained at the Belgian Grand Prix for 20 years in a row.

Maybe the Lewis Hamilton overtaking controversy of 2008 was fresh in your minds, or the fact that the track contains probably the best corner in all of motorsport: the section through Eau Rouge, which requires drivers to bomb downhill and over a bridge at 200mph before suddenly switching direction and heading up a steep hill.

Either way, here are the full results:

What is the greatest current F1 track?

1- Spa-Francorchamps - 41%

2- Monaco - 21%

3- Monza - 10%

4- Silverstone - 9%

5- Singapore - 8%

6- Nurburgring - 7%

7- Istanbul - 4%

What you said:

Greatblue56: Spa has length, character, and a beautiful setting. Great crowds and a nice race to spend a weekend with. Most of my favourite races have been at Spa.

m.e.jenner: Brands Hatch - I haven't been there for many a long year, but that's where it all started for me, so it has lovely memories and will always be a favourite of mine.

ournige: Spa, hands down. The only close second would be the Northern Loop of the Nurburgring. Would still love to see an F1 race at Laguna Seca in California. Sorry to you purists, but this would be magic.

Ginger_gitt: How can it be anywhere but Spa? No modern track will ever emulate what F1 has there, no matter how much money gets thrown as it. No other track offers both history and racing in such great measures, as (with the exception of Silverstone) they are all sanitised shadows of their former selves.

abtscot: Spa gets my vote...although I love watching Monaco, it cannot really be viewed as a racing circuit. I love Imola too and its too bad F1 doesn't go there anymore.

Alex Sharratt / Eurosport