Circuits
Round 7 · Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaBarcelona, Spain
4.657 km
Lap length
14
Corners
5 left, 9 right
Clockwise
Direction
—
F1 races held
first running
What makes it different
- Decades of pre-season testing here mean every team has more reference data for this track than any other, which is part of why it so rarely produces a surprise.
- The 2023 change reverted the final sector to the original fast right-hander, removing the slow chicane that had been in place since 2007.
- The circuit doubled as the finish point for Barcelona's 1992 Olympics cycling time trial, held the year after it staged its first Formula 1 race in 1991.
Home race
Home race for Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz.
Historic moments
2025 · Verstappen's ten-second lesson at Turn 5
A late safety car left Max Verstappen on hard tyres surrounded by cars on softs. He made contact with George Russell at Turn 5 while defending, was told to hand the place back and did - and still took a ten-second penalty that dropped him from fifth on the road to tenth. Oscar Piastri won ahead of teammate Lando Norris.
2016 · Verstappen's debut win for Red Bull
On his very first race for Red Bull, 18-year-old Max Verstappen won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix to become Formula 1's youngest-ever race winner. Championship rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had collided with each other at Turn 4 on the opening lap, and Verstappen held off Kimi Räikkönen's chasing Ferrari for the rest of the race.
1991 · Mansell and Senna, wheel to wheel at 190mph
Nigel Mansell pulled alongside Ayrton Senna's McLaren down the pit straight in the circuit's debut race in 1991, the two cars running inches apart with sparks flying at nearly 190mph - one of the most photographed moments in F1 history. Mansell went on to win the race.
Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya coverage
No coverage is tagged to the Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya yet - stories are matched to a round while the weekend is running, so this fills in from practice onwards.
The Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya preview has the session times and what to watch for, and the standings show where the season sits.