Formula 1 returns to the track today for free practice for the Spanish GP: FP1 starts at 1.30pm, FP2 at 5pm. Leclerc and Sainz test the new updates on the Ferrari SF-24 in Barcelona. Live TV and streaming on Sky, while there is no free live broadcast on TV8. On Fanpage.it the latest updates in real time.
The characteristics of the Barcelona circuit for the Spanish GP
The map of the Barcelona circuit on which free practice for the 2024 Formula 1 Spanish GP will take place today
Today the drivers will take to the track on the Barcelona circuit for free practice for the Spanish GP, the tenth round of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship. The layout of the Spanish track, now 4.657 km long after the elimination of the last chicane, has become a curve right to travel at high speed.
Despite this substantial change, the track located in Catalonia, due to its mix of high and low speed corners, continues to be considered one of the best for evaluating the balance of a single-seater. The layout of the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona now features two straights and 14 turns in total.
As for the brakes, as highlighted by the official Formula 1 supplier Brembo, it is a circuit that is not very demanding on the brakes with six braking stops and only 8.5 seconds per lap in which the drivers will be asked to apply the brakes on their single-seaters . The most critical point is in turn 10, where the single-seaters go from 303 km/h to 116 km/h in just 102 meters covered in 2.08 seconds with the drivers subjected to 4.9 Gs of deceleration.
Formula 1 today, where to watch free practice 1 and 2 in Barcelona on TV
Today’s free practice for the 2024 Formula 1 Spanish GP is broadcast live on TV and live streaming exclusively by Sky. It is possible to watch the FP1 and FP2 of F1 on the Montmelò circuit on the Sky Sport Uno channels (channel 201 of the satellite decoder) and Sky Sport F1 (channel 207) with commentary by Carlo Vanzini and technical commentary by Marc Gené, Ivan Capelli and Matteo Bobbi. Pay-TV subscribers can also watch today’s free practice in live streaming via the SkyGo app. Watching the Barcelona Free Practice is also available on NOW, after subscribing to the ‘sports pass’. The free practice sessions of the Spanish GP, however, cannot be seen free-to-air on TV8, not even deferred.
Free practice F1 GP Spain, TV8 and Sky times: live coverage of practice 1 and 2
Today the weekend of the Spanish GP of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship officially opens with the first two free practice sessions: on the Barcelona circuit we begin with FP1 and FP2 which inaugurate the program of the tenth round of the season.
Free practice for the Spanish Grand Prix begins today at 1.30pm with FP1. The live TV times coincide with the times of the track sessions on the Spanish track. FP2 will take place at 5pm. Both free practice sessions on the Montmelò circuit will be broadcast live on Sky only, in fact FP1 and FP2 are not scheduled to be broadcast on TV8, not even deferred.
Here is today’s program with the TV times of the free practice of the 2024 Formula 1 Spanish GP:
Free practice 1: 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Free practice 2: 5.00pm – 6.00pm
