Poll: Spanish Grand Prix 2020, Bareclona - Race 6/?

[Shimmy]

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

When was the track built?
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was built as part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics development programme. The foundation stone was laid in 1989, while the first car race was a round of the 1991 Spanish Touring Car Championship.

When was its first Grand Prix?
Two weeks after the touring cars raced at Barcelona, it was Formula 1’s turn. The track enjoyed a sensational debut, with Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna’s famous eyeball-to-eyeball drag race down the straight, before Mansell took the lead and drove on to victory.

What’s the circuit like?
The drivers love the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which is just as well, because they spend huge amounts of time pounding around it during winter testing. The track is a good mix of high- and low-speed corners, with the challenging Turn 3 right-hander a great chance to evaluate the balance of the car your team’s designers have given you to fight with for the season.

TV Times
Sky:

C4:
Quali Highlights - Sat 6.30pm
Race Highlights - Sun 6.30pm

Track Diagram & Information


Weather Forecast


2019 Race Highlights
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...panish-grand-prix.3tAcJVYv52pYz1cEOWRmk2.html

Practice 1


Practice 2


Practice 3


Qualifying


Race

 

[Muska]

Thanks for the thread Shimmy

Hopefully another interesting, unpredictable race due to tyre deg.

Was it this track last year that the Mercedes couldn't overtake the Ferrari even with DRS on the main straight? I wonder what sort of shift in their performance we will see this time.

 

[Andr3w]

Is it normally an 1830 start in Spain?

 

[cuke2u]

My sky recording is set for 12:30 onwards, for a usual start time...

 

[PinkFloyd]

Is it normally an 1830 start in Spain?

Sounds like you're looking at the Channel 4 highlights time!

 

[pacegod]

FIA set to restrict F1 qualifying modes from Belgian GP
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/151333/fia-set-to-ban-f1-qualifying-modes-from-belgian-gp

Why do it mid season.

 

[SoliD]

Also how will they do it?

 

[Yaayuh!]

Have the FIA broken out their 'Wheel of Regs' for this season? Give it a spin and see what BS they're going to implement.

This season should go down in history with several asterisks.

 

[KiNgPiN83]

I look forward to seeing how they are going to try and implement it... It will just mean that the teams will now just spend money mitigating the difference by other means.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I can’t blame the media outlets hyping max and RB, but it was one race. It’ll be business as usual this weekend. Harder compounds, Mercedes will tweak their setup.

FIA set to restrict F1 qualifying modes from Belgian GP
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/151333/fia-set-to-ban-f1-qualifying-modes-from-belgian-gp

Why do it mid season.

And how will they even regulate it? I suspect most of the grid has them. I may just give up with F1 if they start doing that. It’s been going on for years, so it’s ridiculous if they are considering it now. The FIAs decision making process has gotten even worse since the Ferrari cheating scandal. Blunder after blunder.

 

[SoliD]

No series link once again it seems for the F1 shows on Sky, but F2 and F3 set up properly.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

and Mercedes are a second ahead even without their 'quali mode' in FP1. The FIA's idea is ridiculous, I can see it adding to the gap if anything.

 

[pacegod]

I can’t blame the media outlets hyping max and RB, but it was one race. It’ll be business as usual this weekend. Harder compounds, Mercedes will tweak their setup.



And how will they even regulate it? I suspect most of the grid has them. I may just give up with F1 if they start doing that. It’s been going on for years, so it’s ridiculous if they are considering it now. The FIAs decision making process has gotten even worse since the Ferrari cheating scandal. Blunder after blunder.

This i do not understand, if the stories of only 2 engine modes are true, 1 for wet 1 for dry were/is true, thats bonkers. The engine manufacturers have developed the engines to do a certain distance and they manage this by turning engines up and down (which also aids overtaking), now they need to decide on one mode that can last 6 or 7 races. So more money and time will need to be spent to decide the best mapping. I doubt this will change how racing and quali work except ferrari/honda/merc and renault will have to spend more money on development. So much for cost cutting.

 

[Greboth]

and Mercedes are a second ahead even without their 'quali mode' in FP1. The FIA's idea is ridiculous, I can see it adding to the gap if anything.

The article says from Belgium so won’t apply in Spain. Not that can really read anything in to FP times.

 

[Stu999]

The article says from Belgium so won’t apply in Spain. Not that can really read anything in to FP times.

I think he’s suggesting teams don’t run their top engine mode in FP1 so this is an indicator of pace if there was only one engine mode. Not saying he’s wrong but since we don’t know all of the variables we can’t be sure.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I think he’s suggesting teams don’t run their top engine mode in FP1 so this is an indicator of pace if there was only one engine mode. Not saying he’s wrong but since we don’t know all of the variables we can’t be sure.

Exactly. Sure, there are other variables, but it’s a reasonable indicator.

This i do not understand, if the stories of only 2 engine modes are true, 1 for wet 1 for dry were/is true, thats bonkers. The engine manufacturers have developed the engines to do a certain distance and they manage this by turning engines up and down (which also aids overtaking), now they need to decide on one mode that can last 6 or 7 races. So more money and time will need to be spent to decide the best mapping. I doubt this will change how racing and quali work except ferrari/honda/merc and renault will have to spend more money on development. So much for cost cutting.

Yup, this. Classic FIA. The narrative changes race by race.

 

[413x]

Haha FIA getting desperate.
It's times like these you have to remember this is a business not a sport.

I look at f1 now as entertainment.
It's more like celebrity get me out of here than Olympics.

Just go whole hog and have boxes you have to run over. 'giovanazzi get the lightning bolt, all other cars drop 100hp for 20 seconds , he's made 10 places'

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Haha FIA getting desperate.
It's times like these you have to remember this is a business not a sport.

I look at f1 now as entertainment.
It's more like celebrity get me out of here than Olympics.

Just go whole hog and have boxes you have to run over. 'giovanazzi get the lightning bolt, all other cars drop 100hp for 20 seconds , he's made 10 places'

Formula E comes to mind. Fan boost (or whatever it’s called)

 

[413x]

Formula E comes to mind. Fan boost (or whatever it’s called)

You mean some sort of fan boosts the power??
Like a turbo?

 

[chrismscotland]

You mean some sort of fan boosts the power??
Like a turbo?

Oh no, fans vote for their favourite driver and they get a 15% power boost for a period...