Track Info
- 66 laps will take place on Sunday around this 4.657km circuit.
- The Grand Prix is held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which is in Montmelo, a small town roughly 30 km from Barcelona.
- The track record was set by Daniel Ricciardo in 2018 (1:18:4410)
- Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher share the record for most wins at the Spanish Grand Prix both standing on the top step six times.
- Along with Barcelona, the Spanish Grand Prix has been held in four other cities in Spain previously: Pedralbes, Montjuic, Jarama and Jerez.
- A track well known by all drivers and teams, the circuit consists of a mixture of slow and fast corners, along with long straights and hard braking points, making it one of the main circuits teams like to test their car at.
- The Spanish Grand Prix is the home race of two drivers: Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz.
Weekend Schedule
With the return to Europe after a quick trip to Canada, the Formula One weekend is as follows:
Friday:
FP1: 13:30 pm – 14:30 pm GMT
FP2: 17:00 pm – 18:00 pm GMT
Saturday:
FP3: 12:30 pm – 13:30 pm GMT
Qualifying: 16:00 pm – 17:00pm GMT
Sunday:
Race: 15:00 pm GMT
This weekend F3, F2 and F1 Academy will also be racing.
Grand Prix History
Mercedes hold the most wins for a constructor (14) in Spain. Their latest win was in 2021 for Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso is the only Spanish driver to have won the Spanish Grand Prix, taking the top step on two occasions (2006 and 2013). Qualifying will be important since only four races between 2001 and 2019 were not won from pole.
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