When is the Spanish Grand Prix?
The tenth spherical of the 2024 Components 1 season is the Spanish Grand Prix on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
- Date: Sunday 23 June 2024
- Begin time: 1pm GMT / 2pm BST / 3pm CEST / 7pm ET / 11pm AEST
The Spanish Grand Prix will happen between 21-23 of June, with Sunday’s race beginning at 2pm BST – 3pm native time.
What are the timings for the Spanish Grand Prix?
Listed below are the complete timings for the Spanish Grand Prix:
Friday 21 June:
- FP1 – 12:30pm BST / 7:30am ET / 9:30pm AEST
- FP2 – 4pm BST / 11am ET / 1am AEST
Saturday 22 June:
- FP3 – 11:30am BST / 6:30am ET / 8:30pm AEST
- Qualifying – 3pm BST / 8am ET / 12am AEST
Sunday 23 June:
- Race – 2pm BST / 9am ET / 11pm AEST
What’s the climate forecast for the Spanish Grand Prix?
It’s anticipated to be a heat and sunny weekend for the Spanish Grand Prix with excessive temperatures of 25°C/77 Fahrenheit and lows of 17°C/62.6 Fahrenheit.
Friday 21 June:
Friday is predicted to be comparatively humid with a delicate south-westerly breeze. There’s a zero per cent likelihood of rain throughout each periods. Temperatures needs to be round 23°C/73.4 Fahrenheit for each FP1 and FP2, with the BBC stating that the air temperature will really feel round 27°C/80.6 Fahrenheit.
Saturday 22 June:
Temperatures will really feel barely hotter for Saturday’s FP3 and qualifying periods, reaching temperatures of round 24°C/75.2 Fahrenheit and feeling about 30°C/86 Fahrenheit, with humidity round 70-72%. A mild southern breeze for FP3 will transfer south-westerly once more for qualifying and there’s no forecasted rain.
Sunday 23 June:
Sunday’s race is predicted to be the most well liked day of the weekend with a forecast of 25°C/77 Fahrenheit, though the humidity might be barely decreased at 66%. There might be a delicate southern breeze and there may be 0% likelihood of rain.
Information heading into the Spanish Grand Prix
What are the Pirelli tyre compounds for the Spanish Grand Prix?
Pirelli has introduced that the tyre compounds accessible to the groups for the Spanish Grand Prix might be three of the toughest of their catalogue as a result of hotter and extra abrasive observe.
The chosen compounds are:
- Exhausting – C1
- Medium – C2
- Comfortable – C3
The C1 was launched in 2023 to supply a mid-range laborious tyre between the earlier C1 and C2, to fill the efficiency hole between the 2 compounds. The previous C1 is now C0, and is the toughest compound supplied by Pirelli.
The C2 is now the third hardest compound accessible to the groups and is finest suited to quicker and warmer tracks. Each the C1 and C2 would be the most popular selection of tyre by the groups as they need to final a major proportion of the 66 laps.
The softer C3s may probably be used through the race however usually tend to be seen throughout Saturday’s qualifying session. That is the third time this season that the choice has been used – the primary being on the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and the second on the Japanese Grand Prix.
The place is the Spanish Grand Prix being held?
The Spanish Grand Prix is held on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which has hosted the occasion since 1991. The two.894-mile observe has a number of straights and a mixture of each excessive and low velocity corners, which makes the circuit an ideal all-rounder.
The observe was constructed as a part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics improvement programme and its inaugural race was the 1991 Spanish Touring Automobile Championship. Simply weeks later it hosted its first Components 1 grand prix – the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix – which noticed a dramatic battle between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell down the principle straight as each automobiles went wheel to wheel. The Williams of Mansell emerged from the nook first, and took the lead earlier than bringing dwelling the thrilling win.
The next 12 months the observe additionally hosted its first MotoGP race, and has remained on the collection’ calendar since.
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has seen two drivers take debut wins in Components 1. The primary was Pastor Maldonado, who took the only real victory and podium of his four-year profession on the observe in 2012 whereas driving for Williams. The second, and arguably extra celebrated, was when Max Verstappen took his first grand prix victory in 2016. It was his first race with the Crimson Bull group (having been promoted from Toro Rosso), and secured him the file of youngest driver to win an F1 race – at 18 years and 228 – a file he took from Sebastian Vettel, who had set the file with Toro Rosso on the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at 21 years and 74 days previous.
Verstappen holds each velocity information for the circuit, setting the quickest time on the chicane observe in 2021 with a time of 1:18.149 and two years later set the file on the circuit with out the penultimate chicane, setting a time of 1:16.330.
2023 Spanish Grand Prix outcomes
Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing RB19
Picture by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Photographs
The 2023 Spanish Grand Prix was dominated by Max Verstappen in his Crimson Bull. The Dutchman certified on pole place and led each lap of the grand prix, in addition to claiming the purpose for the quickest lap.
His team-mate Sergio Perez – who was second within the drivers’ championship – began from P11 after a string of poor qualifying runs from the Mexican the place he was unable to achieve the highest 10. Regardless of his disappointing qualifying, he was capable of make fast work of overtaking the drivers forward of him, ending the race in fourth.
Mercedes introduced an improve bundle for the Mercedes W14 to the earlier race in Monaco and additional upgrades noticed a powerful efficiency from each drivers. Lewis Hamilton certified in fifth and George Russell in twelfth. Hamilton got here along with Lando Norris through the first few corners, leading to ground injury to the Mercedes, nevertheless, each the group’s drivers have been capable of work their manner up by means of the grid to convey dwelling a double podium for the group, with Hamilton and Russell claiming second and third respectively.
Norris’ contact with the Mercedes at Flip 2 broken the entrance wing of the McLaren, forcing him to pit for a substitute and dropping him all the way down to final place – though he was capable of make it as much as seventeenth through the 66 laps.
Historical past of the Spanish Grand Prix
The race is among the oldest on the calendar, with the primary occasion being hosted in 1913. The grand prix began as a race for touring automobiles and though it didn’t observe the Grand Prix format of different occasions, it was thought of a grand prix race.
The primary everlasting observe in Sitges – close to Barcelona – hosted the primary official Spanish Grand Prix in 1923, however was moved to the Circuito Lasarte in 1926 after the unique observe fell into monetary difficulties. The observe close to Bilbao had beforehand hosted the San Sebastian Grand Prix within the early Twenties earlier than taking over the Spanish GP, though this was not held in 1930 as a result of Wall Road crash the earlier 12 months and in 1931 and 1932 attributable to political and financial difficulties.
Occasions have been held between 1933 to 1935, earlier than the civil warfare stopped racing till it returned in 1946. The Penya Rhin Grand Prix was the primary Spanish occasion held after the civil warfare however didn’t return to the worldwide calendar till 1951.
The primary Spanish occasion within the F1 championship was hosted on the Pedralbes road circuit in Barcelona and was received by Juan Manuel Fangio, who additionally took his first world championship on the occasion.
The occasion didn’t happen in 1952 and 1953 attributable to monetary causes and was then cancelled once more in 1955 for 2 extra years, after an accident on the 24 Hours of Le Mans that killed over 80 individuals. The accident resulted in laws that ruled spectator security and the Pedralbes observe – which had pedestrian-lined streets – was by no means used for a race once more.
A non-championship grand prix was hosted in Jarama close to Madrid in 1967, which was received by Jim Clark. The next 12 months the observe then hosted the Spanish Grand Prix and it was agreed that the occasion would alternate between Jarama and Montjuic.
In 1975, the Montjuic race noticed issues from the groups and drivers about observe security, after the follow races confirmed that the Armco obstacles had not been secured down correctly. Numerous drivers refused to race, however ultimately agreed after the organisers threatened to lock the automobiles contained in the stadium the place they have been being held forward of the occasion. On lap 26, Rolf Stommelen crashed his Hill GH1 after his rear wing failed, leading to his automobile flying into the group and killing 5 spectators.
The crash noticed the tip of racing at Montjuic, and Jarama hosted the occasion till it was dropped in 1982 after a tough few years for the race. The Spanish Grand Prix was not counted as a championship race in 1980 after an announcement made by the FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre attributable to a dispute between the FISA and the FOCA as they battled for management.
In 1982, the race was dropped attributable to extraordinarily scorching circumstances and a beforehand small crowd. The Circuito de Jerez – now used for MotoGP – was completed in time for the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix and hosted the occasion till 1990 however was then moved to its everlasting dwelling on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 1991.
Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton maintain the joint file for many wins on the Spanish Grand Prix, with each taking six wins on the occasion. Hamilton equalled the German’s file in 2021, after taking 5 consecutive wins since 2017.
