2020 Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio De España

[Big Kev]

2020 Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio De España



Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Lap data
Lap length 4.655km (2.892 miles)
Race laps 66
Race distance 307.104km (190.826 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’21.670 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2008)
Fastest lap 1’16.173 (Lewis Hamilton, 2018, qualifying three)
Maximum speed 332kph (206.295 mph)
Distance from grid to turn one 564.71m
Full throttle 72%
Longest flat-out section 1310m
Downforce level High
Gear changes per lap 45
Fuel use per lap 1.46kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.051s
Pit lane time loss 16.6s

UK Times

Friday 14th August 2020
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 11:00-12:30 (UK time: 10:00-11:30)
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 15:00-16:30 (UK time: 14:00-15:30)
Saturday 15th August 2020
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 12:00-13:00 (UK time: 11:00-12:00)
Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying: 15:00 (UK time: 14:00)
Sunday 16th August 2020
Spanish Grand Prix: 15:10 (UK time: 14:10)


Videos

Schumacher 2002


Ricciardo helmet cam 2019 testing


Previous Winners
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2006 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2007 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
2008 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2009 United Kingdom Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
2010 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault
2013 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2015 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes Report
2016 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
2017 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2018 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2019 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes


Drivers’ Chosen Tyres


Championship standings

[Duke]

Someone tell me I am wrong thinking this is traditionally one of the most boring races on the calendar?

[Big Kev]

It is.
Nothing usually happens. Let's hope they've got exploding tyres this weekend!!

[durbster]

Spain and Monaco are the races I get least excited about watching. Monaco's dull for obvious reasons but I always figured there are very few surprises at Spain because they do so much testing there. They already know how to get the best out of the cars so spend the weekend pretty much stuck in their relative place. The race then just becomes an expanding concertina.

Some years I say this, hoping it'll tempt fate enough to provide a thriller. It doesn't seem to work.

[Big Kev]

I think Spain has the fewest winners from outside the front row. Something like 3 in the last 20+ years. That's all you need to know about how crap the layout is. What frustrates me the most is that the circuits don't re-profile corners or change layouts to help fix that.

[norbs]

You have every right to say that Kev... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developme ... resent.png

[w00dsy]

I'm not going to bother staying up to watch this one.

[norbs]

I'm not going to bother staying up to watch this one.

yeah. I am having 2nd thoughts too.

[nutty]

Yeah ill do the record and getup early.. normally a snoozefest of a race

[norbs]

You just know now that lando will win it passing 7 guys on the last lap, with DR 0.001sec behind him and Russell in 3rd after 4 stopping and lewis will blow up 5m from the line.

Dream race

[Big Kev]

Dream on.

If you watch the replay at x30 fast forward, you won't miss anything!!

[norbs]

Yup, the normal snoozefest

[KNAPPO]

Well that was unwatchable, glad I went to bed at lap 30, even then I couldn't get into it and fell asleep.

F1 is cooked, its going to be painful to watch till 2022 I fear.

[DarrenM]

Seemed like 3 cars went racing while the rest went tyre conserving.

[durbster]

Dream on.

If you watch the replay at x30 fast forward, you won't miss anything!!

That's exactly what I did. Recorded it then stuck it on fast forward while watching the order on the left hand side. On the few occasions the order changed (other than pit-stops), I stopped and watched that bit. I got through the whole race in about 15 minutes

Some entertaining midfield stuff between lap 30 and 45 but that seemed to be pretty much it.

My son is just starting to take an interest in F1 for the first time this season. I thought subjecting him to the Spanish GP might put him off for life.

[Duke]

#nomorespanishf1please

[KNAPPO]

#nomorespanishf1please

They really should test at tracks they wont race at.

[pixelboy]

Even the 5 min highlights package was dull

[pixelboy]

You have every right to say that Kev... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developme ... resent.png

Was a shame when they lost the bridge section though

[Big Kev]

But it is cool to stand on that bit of track (which you can do now) and imagine how fast they were going and try to fathom how on earth they got round it at that speed.

I took my dad to testing at Silverstone circa 2006 (he's never been before) when you could stand at the fence just in front of the bridge .... ah I have a video taken that day. If I remember rightly they were doing about 70mph at the chicane and 150 by the apex of bridge corner. It's an infeasibly short distance for that acceleration!



And after the cars went past the first time he turned to me and said...... I think I'll turn my hearing aid off

[durbster]

Yep, it was a great corner but not a great corner for spectators as you couldn't really get near it.

I haven't been to that many F1 tracks but the most impressive place I've ever seen an F1 car is going into Maggots, where the fence is quite close to the track. Breathtaking.