F1 Spanish Grand Prix - May 9, 2021

[Clubs are trumps]

Bienvenidos a circuit de Catalunya!

Round 4 of the Formula 1 calendar takes place in Spain, 45 minutes north of Barcelona city. Traditionally this is a boring race with very little overtaking opportunities. But for the first time in a long time, pre-season testing did not occur at this track so teams will be finding their feet in Fridays practice sessions. And with any luck a few surprises will show up in qualifying. The circuit is roughly 4.6kms and there will be 66 laps in the race.




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Lewis Hamilton has won this race every year since 2017, and will join Michael Schumacher on 6 Spanish GP wins if he crossed the line in 1st on Sunday. But in 2016, this happened in Barcelona which was a sign of things to come for the rest of the year. Oh how nice was it to see a teammate challenge Lewis.



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The incident opened the door for Max Verstappen to win his first Grand Prix of the year. And just for a bit of fun, try guessing who won the Spanish Grand Prix in 2012. Maximum respect if you know this!

Spoiler: Hint

It was the last time that Williams won a race

Spoiler: Answer

Pastor Maldonado

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Key viewing times for the weekend:

Practice 1: Friday 7:30pm AEST, 5:30pm WST
Practice 2: Friday 11pm AEST, 9pm WST
Practice 3: Saturday 8pm AEST, 6pm WST
Qualifying: Saturday 11pm AEST, 9pm WST
Race: Sunday 11pm AEST, 9pm WST.

 

[royboy2]

Only an hour earlier, but the 11pm start time does make it a bit easier to watch

 

[Not Important]

Only an hour earlier, but the 11pm start time does make it a bit easier to watch

are you sure that's the start time and not the pre-race guff?

 

[Aussie pie]

Kill me now, Sky having the Lewis love fest, again!!!! Now onto Lando, I’d love a truly international coverage of F1 or a biased Aussie view.

 

[Macca19]

Hehe Mazespin already

 

[Aussie pie]

Mazepin is the worst driver ever to come into F1, funny how money talks. I feel sorry for the genuine great drivers who miss out on seats because of spuds like him.

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Missed FP1 but watching now and turn 10 has been changed.... taking away the only slim overtaking opportunity on the track. Just why?

 

[ibd77]

Missed FP1 but watching now and turn 10 has been changed.... taking away the only slim overtaking opportunity on the track. Just why?

For MotoGP. This circuit has always been trash for F1.

 

[happy_eagle]

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Anyone watching qually?

 

[drd23]

Tsunoda out in Q1 by just 7 thousandths of a second

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Promising time by Lando

 

[Broken]

Tsunoda out in Q1 by just 7 thousandths of a second

Tsunoda "I can't ******* believe this car!!!"

 

[drd23]

Jeez, Max wasn't messing around on that lap

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Jeez, Max wasn't messing around on that lap

1.1 quicker than his teammate on this short track. Dam son.

 

[Broken]

Promising signs for RIC, purple in sector 1 to end Q2.

Good to see Alonso make Q3.

 

[drd23]

Yuki putting AlphaTauri on blast after Q2

 

[Broken]

Ugh, I so want to see Perez do well at RB.

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Ric didn't cross the line in time for final hot lap...

 

[drd23]

Perez well off it - nearly 9/10ths of a second off Max

 

[Black_White]

Ric didn't cross the line in time for final hot lap...

And still out-qualified Norris!

 

[Aussie pie]

Danny Ric didn’t even get to the line in time, seriously McLaren great job, not.

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Anyway 3-1 against Norris in qually. On this boring track he should finish ahead in the race since there's no place to overtake. Just needs a good start and he will have pit stop priority.

 

[FR0GGY]

Tsnoda publicly suggesting his car is not as good as gasly’s

 

[Skull Face]

Danny Ric didn’t even get to the line in time, seriously McLaren great job, not.

Missed the chance to get p4 because of that, silly McLaren. Still beat Norris by 4 tenths, that should do him a world of good