Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Lap distance: 4.657 km (2.894 miles)
Number of laps: 66
Racing direction: Clockwise
Corners: 14
Most driver wins: 6 Michael Schumacher 6 Lewis Hamilton
Most constructor wins : 12 Ferrari

Barcelona Spain

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain circuit details

Barcelona has hosted the Spanish GP since 1991 and the track has also been used extensively for testing, so the driver and teams are familiar with the track. The track is a mixture of corners and fast straights. Although most of the winners have come from the front row of the grid, making qualifying important to a good race result, over taking is also possible. In recent years the circuit has struggled financially but has been supported by the Spanish government.

2025

Race winner: Oscar Piastri McLaren
Oscar Piastri won having taken pole position in a race where most drivers had 3 pit stops. Most teams changed tyres under a late safety car leaving Max Verstappen on not the fastest tyre and then controversially seemed to deliberately run into George Russell. The penalty for this dropped Max Verstappen to 10th.

2024

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Lando Norris started from pole position but dropped to third on the first lap and despite a variation on tyre usage was unable to catch Max Verstappen who took the win ahead of the two improved Mercedes and the two Ferrari's.

2023

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen won from pole position ahead of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Lando Norris had a coming together with Lewis Hamilton on the first corner that dropped him to the back of the race.

2022

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Charles Leclerc took pole position but retired with engine failure, giving Max Verstappen the race win ahead of team mate Sergio Perez with George Russell third in the Mercedes.

2021

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton took his 100th pole position. Max Verstappen took the lead in the first corner but Mercedes used a two stop race that put Hamilton 20 seconds behind Verstappen with 24 laps left. The fresher tyres and quicker car enabled Hamilton to catch and pass Verstappen.

2020

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won easily from pole position. Max Verstappen and Red Bull were second, continuing their strong performance this season, finishing ahead of the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. The two racing Point cars had a good race finishing 4th and 5th.

2019

Charles Leclerc took pole position ahead of team m ate Sebastian Vettel but in the race engine problems for Charles Leclerc meant he finished third behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

2018

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won in Spain from pole position ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas. Romain Grosjean crashed on lap one taking out Gasly and Hulkenberg causing a safety car and opening up the possibility of a one stop race. Mercedes and Red Bull one stopped but Vettel two stopped but it cost him a podium position.

2017

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Lewis Hamilton won from pole position which was made easier after a first lap retirement of Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen and also damaged Valteri Bottas's car. Lewis Hamilton passed Sebastian Vettel for the win in the latter stages of the race as he was running the quicker tyres.

2016

Race Winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen won the 2016 race to make him the youngest driver to win a grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton took pole position from Nico Rosberg, but they took each other out on the first lap. This left the race as a battle between Red Bull and Ferrari with each team having one driver on 2 stop race and one on a 3 stop race. The 2 stop race enabled Max Verstappen to hold off Kimi Raikkonen, with Sebastian Vettel finishing 3rd. This was a dramatic race with 4 cars fighting for the win.

2015

Race winner: Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Nico Rosberg won in 2015 from pole position from team mate Lewis Hamilton with Sebastian Vettel third for Ferrari. Valtteri Bottas held off Kimi Raikkonen for fourth place. Torro Rosso out qualified Red Bull but did not have the race pace and McLaren had another difficult race despite a better qualifying performance.

2014

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won in 2014 from pole position from team mate Nico Rosberg who pushed him all the way to the flag. This was Lewis Hamilton's fourth win in four races. Daniel Ricciardo had another good race to finish third, but 50 seconds behind the two Mercedes. Sebastian Vettel started 15th after having to change a gear box but fought through to fourth place ahead of Valtteri Bottas in a Williams. Romain Grosjean scored the first points of the season for Lotus.

2013

Race winner: Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Fernando Alonso won his home Grand Prix in 2013 from the consistent Kimi Raikkonen and the improving Felipe Massa. Mercedes were quick in qualifying but struggled for pace during the race. Jenson Button had a poor qualifying but managed to get his still poorly performing McLaren into the points.

2012

Race winner: Pastor Maldonado Williams
The 2012 race was won by Pastor Maldonado to give him his first victory and Williams their first victory in 8 years, after holding off Fernando Alonso and a fast finishing Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton finished in the points after starting last on the grid following a technical infringement during qualifying

2011

Race winner: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 race in a tight battle with Lewis Hamilton as McLaren closed the performance gap to Red Bull, though these two teams were significantly quicker than the rest of the pack.

2010

Race winner: Mark Webber Red Bull
In 2010 Mark Webber won the race from pole position. Lewis Hamilton crashed from second position with a tyre blow out with 2 laps to go. Michael Schumacher was fourth, but the Mercedes was slower than the Red Bulls and McLaren’s.

2009

Race winner: Jenson Button Brawn
The 2009 race continued the tradition of the pole sitter winning the race, with Jenson Button taking his 4th win in the opening 5 races of the season. The Ferrari cars were quicker this race than previous races, but struggled again with tactics and reliability.

2008

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen won from pole position ahead of team mate Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton. It was a scrappy race with 9 retirements mainly from accidents.

2007

Race winner: Felipe Massa Ferrari
Felipe Massa won the race from pole position ahead of the McLaren pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. There were eight mechanical retirements and David Coultard took his Red Bull to a strong fifth position.

2006

Race winner: Fernando Alonso Renault
Fernando Alonso was the first Spanish driver to win the Spanish GP.

2005

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen McLaren
Kimi Raikkonen won from pole position from Fernando Alonso in a Renault and Jarno Trulli in a Toyota.

2004

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari Michael Schumacher won from pole position with Rubens Barrichello second in the other Ferrari and Jarno Trulli in the Renault.

2003

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Michael Schumacher won from pole position from the Renault of Fernando Alonso and Rubens Barrichello in the other Ferrari.

2002

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Michael Schumacher comfortably won from pole position ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams and David Coultard in a McLaren.

2001

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Williams
Michael Schumacher won from pole from Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams and Jacques Villeneuve in a BAR. David Coultard had a problem on the parade lap, started from the back of the grid and recovered to fifth position.

2000

Race winner: Mikka Hakkinen McLaren
Mika Hakkinen won from McLaren team mate David Coultard and the Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello. Michael Schumacher started from pole but finished 5th after problems with both his pit stops.

1999

Race winner: Mikka Hakkinen McLaren
This race is more infamous for having only one overtake in the race.

1998

Race winner: Mikka Hakkinen McLaren
Mikka Hakkinen won from pole position ahead of team mate David Coultard

1997

Race winner: Jacques Villeneuve Williams
Jacques Villeneuve won from pole position ahead of team mate Heinz-Harold Frentzen who had started 8th on the grid.

1996

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Michael Schumacher won his first race for Ferrari despite the race being run in heavy rain.

1995

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Benetton
Michael Schumacher won from pole position ahead of team mate Johnny Herbert. This was Nigel Mansell final F1 GP race.

1994

Race winner: Damon Hill Williams
Damon Hill won the race ahead of Michael Schumacher who completed half the race in fifth gear.

1993

Race winner: Alain Prost Williams
Alain Prost won from pole position ahead of Ayrton Senna in a McLaren. Damon Hill started second on the grid but was one of 10 cars that retired.

1992

Race winner: Nigel Mansell Williams
Nigel Mansell won from pole position ahead of Michael Schumacher who had started second on the grid.

1991

Race winner: Nigel Mansell Williams
Nigel Mansell eventually won this race, but it is remembered for his side by side duel down the main straight with Ayrton Senna.