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Spanish Grand Prix Circuit – Circuit de Catalunya

f1 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:07 +0000

Circuit de Catalunya Track Map

Circuit de Catalunya Information

Length: 4.655km
Race distance: 66 laps / 305.256km

Full throttle: 57%
Top speed: 308kph
Longest flat-out section: 16s / 1.14km
Right/left-hand turns: 9/7

Spanish Grand Prix 2008 Highlights

f1 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:25:40 +0000

Spanish Grand Prix

f1 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:22:54 +0000

The Spanish Grand Prix is hosted on probably one of the best all-round circuits, Circuit de Catalunya. Which some may think is great, but in fact this event is not one of the most exciting in the calendar.

The reason is simple, there is so much testing done here that the teams and the drivers are just too familiar with the circuit.

The organisers tried to change things a bit in 2007 by redesigning a part of the circuit in order to improve the overtaking and increase excitement, but it proved to be a real failure.

Fernando Alonso became the first Spaniard to win the Spanish Grand Prix in 2006.