For the first time since 2006, the championship will cut out the oft-maligned slow-speed Turn 14-15 left-right chicane and will revert to the two high-speed open right handers... read more »
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The Dutchman was flying in second practice especially around the newly reconfigured final turn where the chicane has given way to a high speed corner. For more F1® videos,... read more »
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Formula 1 drivers have lauded the change made to the layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after the opening day of running for the Spanish Grand Prix. The final section... read more »
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Verstappen, who led both Friday practice sessions, was one of many F1 drivers to give Barcelona's tweaked layout the thumbs up.Ahead of the 2007 edition the Circuit de... read more »
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Alex Albon is hopeful that the removal of the final chicane at the Barcelona circuit will boost Williams' chances at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. Following... read more »
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The current Barcelona venue has been on the calendar since 1991 and for this year, the final chicane has been ditched in favour of a return to high-speed Turns 13-14. This... read more »
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Verstappen set his headline time halfway through FP1 as the Red Bulls proved to be on the pace straight away, and looked untouchable in a warning shot to his rivals as they... read more »
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As Formula 1 heads to a new-look Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya this weekend, I've already had the fortune of seeing the altered layout racing in action - The results?... read more »
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A return to the previous high-speed final sector, last used by the championship in 2006, has shortened the lap by 18 metres. The change was conceived to boost overtaking... read more »
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For the last 16 years, drivers and fans have called for one thing every time the Spanish Grand Prix comes around - ditch the chicane and race through the fast right-hand... read more »
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From the press conference to the media moshpit, hear what all 20 of our drivers had to say as we turn up the heat ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix! For more F1® videos, visit... read more »
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Each track has its own unique characteristics; from the layout to the weather, tarmac and kerbs. ? Sometimes these characteristics can change – like the removal of the chicane... read more »
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The chicane before the last corner has been removed from the layout creating a high-speed run through what are now Turns 13 and 14 that puts extra stress on the tyres.Tyre... read more »
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Carlos Sainz was left to rue a frustrating outcome to his Monaco Grand Prix as he slipped away from podium contention. Sainz shadowed Alpine's Esteban Ocon during the... read more »
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Sainz survived early contact with Alpine's Esteban Ocon at the Nouvelle Chicane with minor front wing damage to keep the podium in sight through the opening half of the... read more »
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Kevin Magnussen has revealed that his coming together with Sergio Perez during the Monaco Grand Prix was the result of an unexplained shift into anti-stall. Magnussen and Perez... read more »
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Carlos Sainz ended his FP2 session early at Monaco after he hit the barriers at the second swimming pool chicane. read more »
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Fernando Alonso has hailed the decision to get rid of the final sector chicane at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, stating it will make the track "more fun to... read more »
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Former F1 driver Martin Brundle has offered his instant reaction to the removal of the final chicane at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. read more »
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The final chicane will be replaced by two high-speed right-hand corners at this year's Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. read more »
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The controversial final chicane at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has been removed ahead of this year's Grand Prix. read more »
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The change will ensure that the lap finishes with two fast corners, as it did in the past, and the hope is that it will allow cars to follow more closely onto the straight and... read more »
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The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has decided to remove the final sector chicane for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix. The chicane was introduced for F1 events in 2007 but has... read more »
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Max Verstappen clinched the F1 title in Suzuka last year in the wake of Charles Leclerc being handed a five-second penalty for having cut the chicane and gaining an advantage... read more »
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Officials at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya plan to apply for FIA homologation of the non-chicane layout of the track. Formula 1 has visited the Circuit de... read more »
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