Circuit Information
| Grand Prix Date: | 22nd May 2022 14:02 |
| Bonus Round: | Yes |
| Circuit Name: | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya |
| Number of Laps: | 66 |
| Circuit Length: | 4.675 |
| Race Distance: | 308.424 |
| Lap Record: | 1:18.149 Max Verstappen (2021) |
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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. 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. 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.