Circuit · Montmelo, Spain
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
The sport's default winter testing venue for two decades, which makes it the circuit teams understand best and the one that most reliably ranks cars by raw performance. The Turn 10 chicane added in 2007 was removed in 2023.
- Championship races
- 36
- Seasons
- 1991–202636 seasons
- Length
- 4.657 kmcurrent layout
- Turns
- 14
- Direction
- clockwise
- Type
- permanent
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
A test-track archetype: fast opening sector rewarding aerodynamic load, slow final sector rewarding traction
Most wins here
| Driver | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Lewis Hamilton | 7 | 2014–2026 |
| Michael Schumacher | 6 | 1995–2004 |
| Max Verstappen | 4 | 2016–2024 |
| Mika Hakkinen | 3 | 1998–2000 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 | 2006–2013 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 2 | 2005–2008 |
| Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1991–1992 |
| Alain Prost | 1 | 1993 |
| Damon Hill | 1 | 1994 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 2007 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | 1 | 1997 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 2009 |
| Mark Webber | 1 | 2010 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 2015 |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 | 2025 |
| Pastor Maldonado | 1 | 2012 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 2011 |
Constructors here
Where winners start here
All 36 races won here, counted together, across the 6 layouts the register records.
- Won from first on the grid
- 25 of 36 (69%), against 334 of 668 (50%) at every circuit, 1991–2026
- Won from the first two slots
- 33 of 36 (92%), against 501 of 668 (75%) at every circuit
- Lowest winning grid slot
- 5th — Fernando Alonso, 2013
- Most wins by a driver
- Sir Lewis Hamilton, 7
- Most wins by a team
- Ferrari, 9
A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. Coloured by winner: the team’s own livery. A hollow dot has no colour on record.
| Grid slot | Wins | Races won |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 25 | 1992 Nigel Mansell (Williams); 1993 Alain Prost (Williams); 1995 Michael Schumacher (Benetton); 1997 Jacques Villeneuve (Williams); 1998 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 1999 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 2001 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2002 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2003 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2004 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2005 Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren); 2006 Fernando Alonso (Renault); 2007 Felipe Massa (Ferrari); 2008 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari); 2009 Jenson Button (Brawn GP); 2010 Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing); 2012 Pastor Maldonado (Williams); 2014 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2015 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes); 2017 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2018 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2020 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2021 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing); 2025 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) |
| 2nd | 8 | 1991 Nigel Mansell (Williams); 1994 Damon Hill (Williams); 2000 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 2011 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing); 2019 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2022 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing); 2024 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing); 2026 Sir Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) |
| 3rd | 1 | 1996 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) |
| 4th | 1 | 2016 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) |
| 5th | 1 | 2013 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) |
Race by race
- 1990s
- 1991 Spanish Grand Prix Williams 2nd
- 1992 Spanish Grand Prix Williams 1st
- 1993 Spanish Grand Prix Williams 1st
- 1994 Spanish Grand Prix Williams 2nd
- 1995 Spanish Grand Prix Benetton 1st
- 1996 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 3rd
- 1997 Spanish Grand Prix Williams 1st
- 1998 Spanish Grand Prix McLaren 1st
- 1999 Spanish Grand Prix McLaren 1st
- 2000s
- 2000 Spanish Grand Prix McLaren 2nd
- 2001 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
- 2002 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
- 2003 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
- 2004 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
- 2005 Spanish Grand Prix McLaren 1st
- 2006 Spanish Grand Prix Renault 1st
- 2007 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
- 2008 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
- 2009 Spanish Grand Prix Brawn GP 1st
- 2010s
- 2010 Spanish Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 1st
- 2011 Spanish Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 2nd
- 2012 Spanish Grand Prix Williams 1st
- 2013 Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari 5th
- 2014 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2015 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 4th
- 2017 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2018 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2019 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 2nd
- 2020s
- 2020 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2021 Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 2022 Spanish Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 2nd
- 2023 Spanish Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 1st
- 2024 Spanish Grand Prix Red Bull Racing 2nd
- 2025 Spanish Grand Prix McLaren 1st
- 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
Every layout raced here 6 in the timeline, 6 drawn
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists. Each one is fitted to its own box, so these are not to scale: a longer layout is not drawn larger, and none of them carries a direction, a position or a start line. The drawing that opens the page is the latest layout raced or on the calendar here, not the longest. The length listed with each layout is this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under its drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.
- 1991–1993 Original layout
- 1994 With Nissan chicane
- 1995–2003 Grand Prix circuit
- 2004–2006 Revised final sector
- 2007–2022 With Turn 10 chicane
- 2007–2020 An F1DB layout no timeline row names
- 2021–2022 An F1DB layout no timeline row names
- 2023– Chicane removed
Each layout with its drawing, and what changed
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Original layout
- Years
- 1991–1993
- Length
- 4.747 km
- Confidence
- medium
As opened, with the fast Nissan and La Caixa sequence
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
With Nissan chicane
- Years
- 1994
- Length
- 4.745 km
- Confidence
- medium
Temporary chicane in the 1994 safety review
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Revised final sector
- Years
- 2004–2006
- Length
- 4.627 km
- Confidence
- medium
New Turn 14-15 complex before the pit straight
This row names no F1DB outline
With Turn 10 chicane
- Years
- 2007–2022
- Length
- 4.675 km
- Confidence
- medium
Chicane added after Alonso's 2007 testing accident
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
No timeline row names this drawing, 2007–2020
- Years
- 2007–2020
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
No timeline row names this drawing, 2021–2022
- Years
- 2021–2022
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Chicane removed
- Years
- 2023–
- Length
- 4.657 km
- Confidence
- medium
Final corners restored to the original fast sweep
Every race here 36
Held here as the Spanish Grand Prix (35 races) and the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix (1 race).
The same on all 36 rows: Layout — not established.
Show all 36 racesShow the first 10, Every race here
Where this comes from
- Official name
- Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
- Location
- Montmelo, Spain
- Confidence
- high