2016 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI
Catalunya
Lap length 4.655km (2.892 miles)
Race laps 66
Race distance 307.104km (190.826 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’21.670 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2008)
Fastest lap 1’19.954 (Rubens Barrichello, 2009, )
Maximum speed 332kph (206.295 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and straight after Campsa
Distance from grid to turn one 730m
UK Times
Friday 13th May 2016
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 14th May 2016
Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 15th May 2016
Spanish Grand Prix: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Previous Winners
2015 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2013 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari Report
2012 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams–Renault
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull–Renault
2010 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull–Renault
2009 United Kingdom Jenson Button Brawn–Mercedes
2008 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2007 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
2006 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren–Mercedes
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren–Mercedes
Videos
Maldonado onboard 2012
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUud1QkCgyI
1994 Schumacher stuck in 5th
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xazImNY0hNg
Facts From Previous Race
Nico Rosberg’s victory for Mercedes in the Russian Grand Prix was the tenth in a row for the team – and leaves them poised to equal the all-time record. McLaren’s record of winning eleven consecutive world championship rounds has stood for 28 years.
Rosberg is the man of the moment having won all of the last seven races, including all four so far this season. This is only the fourth time in F1 history the same driver has won seven races in a row. Two more wins will put Rosberg level with Vettel’s record of nine in a row.
This is also the fifth time in F1 history the same driver has won the opening four races – Rosberg following the likes of Schumacher (1994 and 2004), Nigel Mansell (1992) and Senna (1991).
Rosberg’s 18th victory of his career was also significant for being his first ‘grand slam’ of victory, pole position and fastest lap plus leading every lap of the race. He is the 24th driver in the history of the sport to achieve a perfect result.
Leading from pole-to-flag means Rosberg has now been at the front of the field for 83% of all laps raced this year – 186 to Hamilton’s one.
This was also Rosberg’s 16th fastest lap and 24th pole position. The latter puts him in a tie for tenth place on the all-time list with Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet. It also saw Mercedes reach their 57th pole position at their 131st start, putting them fifth in the all-time list alongside Red Bull who have started 207 races.
Mercedes engines have enjoyed a long period of sustained success. This was the 138th race in a row they finished in the points, a streak which began at the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix.
This equals the second-longest points streak for an engine manufacturer, at least officially: Renault’s 138-race points streak ended in Abu Dhabi last year, but their TAG Heuer-branded power units did score in Australia courtesy of Red Bull.
However both still have a long way to go to equal the record held by Ford. Their Cosworth-built engines scored in 228 consecutive races between 1967 and 1983, when points were only offered to the top six.
The Renault works team were back among the points scorers, however. Kevin Magnussen took their first points since Vitaly Petrov’s tenth place in the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix. Team mate Jolyon Palmer slipped up by finishing 13th, however – he’d been 18th in all three practice sessions and qualifying.
For the second year running Nico Hulkenberg went out on the first lap of the race. He sat out first practice while Alfonso Celis drove his car. With Sergio Perez and Esteban Gutierrez also on the track, this was the largest Mexican contingent ever seen in an official F1 session.
Finally, it was Ferrari’s 700th podium finish.
Drivers’ Chosen Tyres
Championship Standings