Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya
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
36
F1 races held
since 1991
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.
The records
346.4 km/h
Top speed
Kevin Magnussen, 2023
1:15.641
Fastest race lap (2004–now)
Giancarlo Fisichella, 2005
17
Different winners
from 36 races
64% (18 of 28)
Pole converted to win
since 1994
11% — roughly 1 car in 9
Cars that don't finish
last 10 races here, since 2017
2.5 places
How much the order changes
up or down from the grid slot, on average — less than most circuits
"Cars that don't finish" and "How much the order changes" both cover the 10 Grands Prix run here since 2017. Movement is the distance between a car’s grid slot and its finish, in either direction — not a count of overtakes, since a car retiring ahead of a driver moves that driver up too.
This grid’s history here
| Driver | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | 7 wins · 2026, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014 | 13 podiums · 2026, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2008, 2007 | 7 poles · 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 |
| Max Verstappen | 4 wins · 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016 | 8 podiums · 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016 | 1 pole · 2023 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 wins · 2013, 2006 | 7 podiums · 2013, 2012, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003 | 1 pole · 2006 |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 win · 2025 | 1 podium · 2025 | 1 pole · 2025 |
| Valtteri Bottas | — | 4 podiums · 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 | 1 pole · 2019 |
| Lando Norris | — | 3 podiums · 2026, 2025, 2024 | 1 pole · 2024 |
| George Russell | — | 3 podiums · 2026, 2023, 2022 | 1 pole · 2026 |
| Charles Leclerc | — | 1 podium · 2025 | 1 pole · 2022 |
| Sergio Pérez | — | 1 podium · 2022 | — |
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026Lewis Hamilton · Ferrari
- 2025Oscar Piastri · McLaren
- 2024Max Verstappen · Red Bull
- 2023Max Verstappen · Red Bull
- 2022Max Verstappen · Red Bull
Last pole times
- 2026George Russell · Mercedes · 1:14.679
- 2025Oscar Piastri · McLaren · 1:11.546
- 2024Lando Norris · McLaren · 1:11.383
- 2023Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:12.272
- 2022Charles Leclerc · Ferrari · 1:18.750
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.
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