Catalunya

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. The 4.657 km track is run clockwise and has 14 corners. It was built in 1991 and was known simply as the Circuit de Catalunya until 2013. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the venue was the start and finish point of the cycling road team time trial. It is not to be confused with the Montjuïc circuit, which staged the Spanish Grand Prix four times between 1969 and 1975: that track lies inside the city of Barcelona.

Long straights and a mix of corner types define the layout. The track puts heavy demands on a car's aerodynamics, and because the wind direction can change markedly during the day, a good set-up is hard to find. The main overtaking place is Turn 1, at the end of the 1,047 metre pit straight. In the 2000s and 2010s passing there became harder: in the fast final corner, turbulence meant the cars could barely follow one another. Because the circuit is used so heavily for testing, drivers and mechanics know it very well.

The Spanish Grand Prix, part of the Formula 1 World Championship, was held here every year from 1991 to 2025. Lap length varied between 4.627 and 4.747 km over that time. In 2007 the first of the two fast final corners was replaced by a slow chicane, meant to bring speeds down and encourage overtaking. Critics said it did not make passing any easier. From the 2023 race Formula 1 stopped using the chicane, so the closing corners are fast again. The surface was relaid in 2004 and 2018.

In 2026 the Spanish Grand Prix moved to a new circuit in Madrid. The Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya that year instead.