Catalunya Circuit layout & records

Catalunya Circuit Details

Location:Catalunya Circuit: Barcelona F1 Track Map Layout & lap record Spain, Barcelona
Event:Spanish Grand Prix
Used Since:1991
Type:Closed Circuit
 Lap Dist.:4.655 km

Lap Record

Lap Record:1:18.183 min
Date:17 August 2020
F1 Driver:Valtteri Bottas
F1 Car:Mercedes W11
Speed:214.343 km/h

Pole Record

Record Pole:1:14.648 min
Date:14 May 2006
F1 Driver:Fernando Alonso
F1 Car:Renault R26
Speed:224,494 km/h

Onboard Lap F1 Video

Onboard lap catalunya circuit
Barcelona F1 Track

Current Circuit de Catalunya

Current Circuit de Catalunya

Circuit de Catalunya Layout till 2020

Catalunya circuit track records and layoutF1 circuit layout legenda

 

Description

Catalunya circuit: three corners in detail


Catalunya circuit 1st and second corner

Catalunya circuit 1st and second corner

Turn 1 to 3
The first corner comes at the end of the 1km pit straight on which speeds will peak at well over 300km/h. The car and engine are therefore subject to heavy braking loads as the driver scrubs off 50% of that speed to take the first corner at approximately 140km/h.

Halfway through Turn 1, drivers start to accelerate into Turn 2 and Turn 3 (also known as Renault) but as the Catalunya circuit starts to climb a car will have a tendency towards 'snappy' oversteer. Having a delay in engine response or an overshoot in torque delivery will only confirm this trend, thus increasing tyre wear as the car tries to slide to one side and subject the tyres to lateral g-force.

Turn 10

Test 2 day 2 Pascal Wehrlein (D), Sauber F1 Team. Circuit de Catalunya. going in turn 10

Pascal Wehrlein Sauber Circuit de Catalunya turn 10

Once through Turn 9 the track begins to descend into Turn 10. The braking zone for this corner is the hardest one of the track, as the cars arrive at 300km/h and take the turn at just over 70km/h. To give the right stability engineers work very hard on the overrun settings, trying to give neutral engine braking when the driver is off the throttle.

In parallel engineers will try to make the downward gear shifts as smooth as possible so the torque gradient change is ironed out and not too aggressive. Giving smooth downshifts and the right level of overrun will result in a better balance, thus helping to control wheel lock and minimise tyre wear. By the end of the corner the driver is down in first gear but needs to accelerate back up the hill. This sends huge loads through the tyres so pedal maps are often designed with just this corner in mind.

Turn 14 to 16

Fernando Alonso McLaren Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Friday 09 March 2018.

Fernando Alonso in turn 15 Circuit de Catalunya

The chicane on this track is very slow and needs, again, the right amount of engine torque, not only at the entry of the corner but in the midpoint of the chicane. In fact the driver will just blip the throttle between the entry and the exit of the chicane as he changes direction.

Even if he is only on the power for a millisecond balancing the car on this knife edge is critical to keep the car balanced, minimize wheelspin and ultimately gain lap time.

Once the cars exit this chicane traction is very important as the speed will be carried through turn 16, with the driver ultimately going flat out using KERS onto the pit straight.

Podiums

 

F1 Podium Winners on Catalunya Circuit

YearRaceDateTop 3 DriversTeamsLaps
20242024 Spanish F1 GPJune 23Netherlands Max Verstappen
United Kingdom Lando Norris
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Austria Red Bull
United Kingdom McLaren
Germany Mercedes
66
20232023 Spanish F1 GPJune 4Netherlands Max Verstappen
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
United Kingdom George Russell
Austria Red Bull
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
66
20222022 Spanish F1 GPMay 22Netherlands Max Verstappen
Mexico Sergio Pérez
United Kingdom George Russell
Austria Red Bull
Austria Red Bull
Germany Mercedes
66
20212021 Spanish F1 GPMay 9United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
Germany Mercedes
66
20202020 Spanish F1 GPAugust 16United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
Germany Mercedes
66
20192019 Spanish F1 GPMay 12United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
66
20182018 Spanish F1 GPMay 13United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
66
20172017 Spanish F1 GPMay 14United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Germany Mercedes
Italy Ferrari
Austria Red Bull
66
20162016 Spanish F1 GPMay 15Netherlands Max Verstappen
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Austria Red Bull
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
66
20152015 Spanish F1 GPMay 10Germany Nico Rosberg
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
Italy Ferrari
66
20142014 Spanish F1 GPMay 11United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Nico Rosberg
Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
66
20132013 Spanish F1 GPMay 12Spain Fernando Alonso
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Brazil Felipe Massa
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Lotus F1
Italy Ferrari
66
20122012 Spanish F1 GPMay 13Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Spain Fernando Alonso
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Lotus F1
66
20112011 Spanish F1 GPMay 22Germany Sebastian Vettel
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Austria Red Bull
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom McLaren
66
20102010 Spanish F1 GPMay 9Australia Mark Webber
Spain Fernando Alonso
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Austria Red Bull
Italy Ferrari
Austria Red Bull
66
20092009 Spanish F1 GPMay 10United Kingdom Jenson Button
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Australia Mark Webber
United Kingdom Brawn
United Kingdom Brawn
Austria Red Bull
66
20082008 Spanish F1 GPApril 27Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Brazil Felipe Massa
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
66
20072007 Spanish F1 GPMay 13Brazil Felipe Massa
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Spain Fernando Alonso
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom McLaren
65
20062006 Spanish F1 GPMay 14Spain Fernando Alonso
Germany Michael Schumacher
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
France Renault
Italy Ferrari
France Renault
66
20052005 Spanish F1 GPMay 8Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Spain Fernando Alonso
Italy Jarno Trulli
United Kingdom McLaren
France Renault
Japan Toyota
66
20042004 Spanish F1 GPMay 9Germany Michael Schumacher
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Italy Jarno Trulli
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
France Renault
66
20032003 Spanish F1 GPMay 4Germany Michael Schumacher
Spain Fernando Alonso
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Italy Ferrari
France Renault
Italy Ferrari
65
20022002 Spanish F1 GPApril 28Germany Michael Schumacher
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Williams
United Kingdom McLaren
65
20012001 Spanish F1 GPApril 29Germany Michael Schumacher
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Williams
United Kingdom BAR
65
20002000 Spanish F1 GPMay 7Finland Mika Häkkinen
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
65
19991999 Spanish F1 GPMay 30Finland Mika Häkkinen
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
65
19981998 Spanish F1 GPMay 10Finland Mika Häkkinen
United Kingdom David Coulthard
Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom McLaren
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
65
19971997 Spanish F1 GPMay 25Canada Jacques Villeneuve
France Olivier Panis
France Jean Alesi
United Kingdom Williams
France Prost
Italy Benetton
64
19961996 Spanish F1 GPJune 2Germany Michael Schumacher
France Jean Alesi
Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari
Italy Benetton
United Kingdom Williams
65
19951995 Spanish F1 GPMay 14Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Austria Gerhard Berger
Italy Benetton
Italy Benetton
Italy Ferrari
65
19941994 Spanish F1 GPMay 29United Kingdom Damon Hill
Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom Mark Blundell
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Benetton
United Kingdom Tyrrell
65
19931993 Spanish F1 GPMay 9France Alain Prost
Brazil Ayrton Senna
Germany Michael Schumacher
United Kingdom Williams
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Benetton
65
19921992 Spanish F1 GPMay 3United Kingdom Nigel Mansell
Germany Michael Schumacher
France Jean Alesi
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Benetton
Italy Ferrari
65
19911991 Spanish F1 GPSeptember 29United Kingdom Nigel Mansell
France Alain Prost
Italy Riccardo Patrese
United Kingdom Williams
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom Williams
65

Driver Ranking

 

Driver Ranking Catalunya Circuit

DriverGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton1864212654.34.9248
2Germany Michael Schumacher1963312773.74.5118
3Netherlands Max Verstappen104228123.94.4168
4Finland Mika Häkkinen103003227.59.332
5Spain Fernando Alonso212417107.67.9132
6Finland Kimi Räikkönen192215218.110.291
7United Kingdom Nigel Mansell32002114.38.720
8Germany Sebastian Vettel151135016.76.1155
9Brazil Felipe Massa151113128.98.363
10Germany Nico Rosberg111102206.88.867
11France Alain Prost21102103.51.516
12Canada Jacques Villeneuve101023109.29.619
13Australia Mark Webber111012207.77.662
14United Kingdom Jenson Button1610121010.19.250
15Venezuela Pastor Maldonado510011013.612.825
16United Kingdom Damon Hill71001116.311.713
17United Kingdom David Coulthard150314008.29.130
18Finland Valtteri Bottas120224116.48.2107
19Brazil Rubens Barrichello180224029.310.132
20Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya60202007.78.519
21France Jean Alesi110123008.210.520
22Mexico Sergio Pérez140101118.98.581
23United Kingdom Lando Norris60101117.010.828
24Brazil Ayrton Senna30101003.05.38
25United Kingdom Johnny Herbert901010013.212.88
26France Olivier Panis1001010011.811.87
27Australia Daniel Ricciardo120022019.38.467
28United Kingdom George Russell600220012.09.742
29Italy Jarno Trulli150022009.511.317
30Italy Giancarlo Fisichella1400110212.411.112
31Austria Gerhard Berger70011105.710.18
32Italy Riccardo Patrese30011014.39.77
33United Kingdom Mark Blundell300110011.79.34
34Spain Carlos Sainz100000007.46.570
35Monaco Charles Leclerc70000108.110.733
36France Esteban Ocon70000009.99.723
37France Romain Grosjean90000019.313.222
38Canada Lance Stroll800000013.012.020
39Germany Ralf Schumacher110000007.510.717
40Poland Robert Kubica50000008.69.014
41France Pierre Gasly700000010.110.914
42Denmark Kevin Magnussen900000012.613.414
43Japan Kamui Kobayashi400000013.312.011
44Germany Nick Heidfeld1100000013.310.111
45Germany Nico Hülkenberg1100000013.413.510
46Australia Oscar Piastri20000009.010.06
47United Kingdom Paul di Resta300000012.711.06
48Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat600000112.810.76
49Germany Adrian Sutil700000016.614.96
50United Kingdom Eddie Irvine90000009.811.46
51Japan Takuma Sato500000015.011.85
52Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen100000009.411.55
53Germany Pascal Wehrlein200000018.012.04
54Thailand Alex Albon500000014.614.24
55Brazil Cristiano da Matta200000012.09.53
56Italy Pierluigi Martini400000017.39.53
57Austria Alexander Wurz400000014.811.53
58United States Michael Andretti10000007.05.02
59Japan Kazuki Nakajima200000011.510.02
60Italy Michele Alboreto300000018.016.72
61China Zhou Guanyu300000014.313.72
62Finland Heikki Kovalainen500000013.215.82
63Ireland Ralph Firman100000015.08.01
64Spain Jaime Alguersuari200000014.013.01
65Japan Yuki Tsunoda400000015.315.31
66Brazil Pedro Diniz600000017.717.51
67Netherlands Giedo van der Garde100000018.021.00
68Monaco Olivier Beretta100000017.026.00
69United Kingdom Will Stevens100000017.017.00
70Japan Taki Inoue100000018.019.00
71Russian Federation Sergey Sirotkin100000019.014.00
72Russian Federation Nikita Mazepin100000020.019.00
73Brazil Tarso Marques100000022.016.00
74Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner100000020.020.00
75Netherlands Nyck de Vries100000014.014.00
76Brazil Antônio Pizzonia100000016.019.00
77France Olivier Grouillard100000015.018.00
78Spain Roberto Merhi100000018.018.00
79United Kingdom Derek Warwick100000016.013.00
80Austria Patrick Friesacher100000015.017.00
81Italy Stefano Modena100000014.016.00
82Argentina Gastón Mazzacane100000021.015.00
83France Franck Montagny100000020.022.00
84Brazil Ricardo Rosset100000020.019.00
85Brazil Nelson Piquet100000010.011.00
86Brazil Roberto Moreno100000025.021.00
87Indonesia Rio Haryanto100000022.017.00
88Australia David Brabham100000024.010.00
89Switzerland Andrea Chiesa100000020.021.00
90Italy Fabrizio Barbazza100000025.021.00
91Brazil Lucas di Grassi100000023.019.00
92Italy Giorgio Pantano100000019.014.00
93Japan Satoru Nakajima100000018.017.00
94Italy Domenico Schiattarella100000022.015.00
95Argentina Esteban Tuero100000019.015.00
96New Zealand Brendon Hartley100000020.012.00
97Portugal Pedro Lamy100000018.020.00
98Brazil Luciano Burti100000014.011.00
99Italy Gianmaria Bruni100000018.019.00
100United Kingdom Justin Wilson100000018.011.00

Team Ranking

 

Team Ranking Catalunya Circuit

TeamGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1Italy Ferrari3488925895.47.2431
2Germany Mercedes1575517943.66.0404
3Austria Red Bull2063615456.46.0423
4United Kingdom Williams34622105310.511.1171
5United Kingdom McLaren3447415557.99.5221
6Italy Benetton111427228.08.349
7France Renault1512251110.09.675
8United Kingdom Brawn11102112.01.518
9United Kingdom Lotus F140112018.910.153
10France Prost501010014.513.07
11Japan Toyota80011009.611.615
12United Kingdom BAR600110010.39.89
13United Kingdom Tyrrell800110015.916.04
14India Force India1100000013.812.046
15Switzerland Sauber2200000112.511.731
16Italy Toro Rosso1400000114.314.323
17United Kingdom Racing Point200000010.010.822
18France Alpine40000009.89.918
19United States Haas900000012.714.416
20United Kingdom Aston Martin400000011.811.114
21Switzerland BMW Sauber500000010.210.413
22Switzerland Alfa Romeo500000014.814.010
23Japan Honda300000010.59.58
24Ireland Jordan1500000112.312.48
25Italy AlphaTauri400000013.312.54
26United Kingdom Stewart300000014.514.32
27United Kingdom Jaguar500000014.715.02
28United Kingdom Footwork600000017.713.52
29France Ligier600000016.313.92
30Italy Minardi1500000019.315.82
31Italy Dallara200000012.310.51
32Japan Super Aguri300000018.314.81
33United Kingdom Arrows600000016.416.11
34Italy Racing Bulls100000017.517.00
35United Kingdom March100000016.010.00
36Russian Federation Midland100000017.517.00
37Netherlands Spyker100000020.513.50
38United Kingdom Leyton House100000010.515.50
39United Kingdom Pacific200000025.021.00
40United Kingdom Brabham200000011.514.00
41United Kingdom Simtek200000020.712.30
42United Kingdom Virgin Racing200000022.019.00
43United Kingdom Lola200000022.520.50
44Italy Fondmetal200000020.015.70
45Italy Forti200000025.523.00
46Spain HRT300000022.221.70
47France Larrousse300000016.819.20
48United Kingdom Team Lotus400000019.717.60
49United Kingdom Manor500000019.518.10
50United Kingdom Caterham500000018.618.90


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