Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona – circuit information
The Circuit de Catalunya was built in 1991 and has held the Spanish Grand Prix ever since.
Situated just outside Barcelona, the circuit was a popular testing destination for Formula One teams for many years, until in-season testing was limited from 2009.
It struggled to attract a large crowd initially but the growth of interest in the sport in the early 2000s due to the rise of Fernando Alonso saw race attendances surge.
The venue briefly had to compete with Valencia as the host of another Spanish race, but since 2013 the Circuit de Catalunya has regain its status as Spain’s only world championship venue.
Modifications have been made to the original layout on several occasions. The fast Nissan chicane was removed after 1994 on safety grounds. The next corner on the track, La Caixa, was tightened in a largely unsuccessful attempt to create a new overtaking opportunity in 2004.
Then in 2007 another alteration was made to improve safety, with a chicane inserted between the two high-speed corners at the end of the lap.
*Fastest lap set during a grand prix
Lap data Lap length 4.655km (2.892 miles) Race laps 66 Race distance 307.104km (190.826 miles) Pole position Left-hand side of the track Lap record* 1’21.670 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2008) Fastest lap 1’19.954 (Rubens Barrichello, 2009, ) Maximum speed 332kph (206.295 mph) DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and straight after Campsa Distance from grid to turn one 730m Car performance Full throttle 67% Longest flat-out section 1310m Downforce level High Fuel use per lap 1.7kg Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.051s Strategy 2015 prime tyre: Hard (2014: Hard) 2015 option tyre: Medium (2014: Medium)
Data sources: FIA, Williams, Mercedes
Circuit de Catalunya track map
Ferrari has selected more of the soft tyres than Mercedes for the next round of the championship in Spain, Pirelli has confirmed.
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will each have eight sets of the softest available compound for the race at the Circuit de Catalunya. Only Haas will have as many sets of the soft tyre.
None of the teams have chosen more than two sets of the hard tyre, which has been nominated for the first time this weekend.
Driver Team Tyres Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Nico Rosberg Mercedes Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Valtteri Bottas Williams Felipe Massa Williams Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Nico Hulkenberg Force India Sergio Perez Force India Kevin Magnussen Renault Jolyon Palmer Renault Max Verstappen Toro Rosso Carlos Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso Fernando Alonso McLaren Jenson Button McLaren Marcus Ericsson Sauber Felipe Nasr Sauber Pascal Wehrlein Manor Rio Haryanto Manor Romain Grosjean Haas Esteban Gutierrez Haas
P.S. Vista la poca partecipazione da ora in avanti è meglio mettere tutte le giocate in unico thread perché altrimenti non ne varrebbe la pena aprirne uno ogni 2 settimane.
P.P.S. Sulla grafica Verstappen e Kvyat risultano alle vecchie scuderie, vanno invertiti.
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