Norris on pole, Ferrari chases the podium

1. Red Bull 301 points
2. Ferrari 252
3. McLaren 212
4. Mercedes 124
5. Aston Martin 58
6. Racing Bulls 28
7. Haas 7
8. Alpine 5
9. Williams 2
10. Sauber 0

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 194 points
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 138
3. Lando Norris (McLaren) 131
4. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 108
5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 107
6. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 81
7. George Russell (Mercedes) 69
8. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 55
9. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 41
10. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls) 19
11. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 17
12. Daniel Ricciardo (Racing Bulls) 9
13. Oliver Bearman (Ferrari) 6
14. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) 6
15. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 3
16. Alexander Albon (Williams) 2
17. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 2
18. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1
19. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber) 0
20. Guanyu Zhou (Sauber) 0
21. Logan Sargeant (Williams) 0

Complicated qualifying for Ferrari on the Barcelona circuit with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz beaten in Q3 by poleman Lando Norris and the usual Max Verstappen but also by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. The Monegasque, despite starting further ahead than his teammate, does not hide his disappointment: “I’m very disappointed with my performance in qualifying, but I’ll go into the race confident because we’ve found the right setting. I think it will be complicated to catch up with Norris and Verstappen, but we have a race to play with Mercedes. We are more than 3 tenths behind Norris, he is crazy especially because we often say that Barcelona is quite representative for the rest of the season. Now we have to try to maximize the weekend and still try to look for important points” the words of the 26-year-old from Monte Carlo at the end of qualifying.

Team principal Frederic Vasseur was slightly more optimistic: “We saved a new set of tires, Mercedes didn’t. We are disappointed because Leclerc made a mistake in Turn 5, otherwise we could have taken third position. We had a good qualifying, let’s hope that tomorrow (today, ed.) the temperatures will be lower. The objective for the race is to score points, we have the pace to pass Mercedes and we will try to fight for the podium. I didn’t expect to be closer here in Spain because the others are not sleeping and are bringing new updates, and even on this type of track the impact of the tires is much greater than the weight of the improvements” commented the number one of the Maranello team at the end of qualifying for the Spanish GP.

1. Lewis HAMILTON 1:12.143
2. Charles LECLERC+0.114
3. Max VERSTAPPEN+0.163
4. Lando NORRIS+0.243
5. Carlos SAINZ+0.260
6. George RUSSELL+0.313
7. Oscar PLATES+0.317
8. Sergio PEREZ+0.334
9. Fernando ALONSO+0.362
10. Pierre GASLY+0.508
11. Esteban OCON+0.548
12. Nico HULKENBERG+0.565
13. Valtteri BOTTAS+0.615
14. Guanyu ZHOU+0.737
15. Lance STROLL+0.738
16. Kevin MAGNUSSEN+0.794 (eliminated)
17. Yuki TSUNODA+0.842 (eliminated)
18. Daniel RICCIARDO+0.932 (eliminated)
19. Alexander ALBON+1.010 (eliminated)
20. Logan SARGEANT+1,366 (eliminated)

1. Max VERSTAPPEN 1:11.653
2. Lewis HAMILTON+0.139
3. George RUSSELL+0.159
4. Lando NORRIS+0.219
5. Carlos SAINZ+0.221
6. Oscar PLATES+0.358
7. Charles LECLERC+0.385
8. Sergio PEREZ+0.401
9. Pierre GASLY+0.426
10. Esteban OCON+0.456
11. Fernando ALONSO+0.475 (eliminated)
12. Valtteri BOTTAS+0.574 (eliminated)
13. Nico HULKENBERG+0.657 (eliminated)
14. Lance STROLL+0.719 (eliminated)
15. Guanyu ZHOU+1.085 (eliminated)

1. Lando NORRIS 1:11.383
2. Max VERSTAPPEN+0.020
3. Lewis HAMILTON+0.318
4. George RUSSELL+0.320
5. Charles LECLERC+0.348
6. Carlos SAINZ+0.353
7. Pierre GASLY+0.474
8. Sergio PEREZ+0.678
9. Esteban OCON+0.742
10. Oscar PIASTRI No Time

Uncertain weather at Montmelò ahead of today’s match. Although the sky above Barcelona is very cloudy, according to the forecast, the chances of rain during the race are decreasing. The Spanish GP race could therefore also be held on a wet track at the start which will then gradually dry out as the laps go by, but a start on a dry track with showers later during the race cannot be completely ruled out either. However, the air temperature (around 23° C) and the wind (which blows weakly from the south-east) should not affect the race.

The map of the Barcelona circuit at Montmelò on which the 2024 Formula 1 Spanish GP race will take place today (source Brembo)

Even today, the historic Barcelona circuit located in Montmelò, where F1 has raced since 1991, hosts the Formula 1 Spanish GP. The layout of the Spanish track, now 4.657 km long after the elimination of the last chicane, has become a right-hand bend 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.

The winner on this circuit last year was Max Verstappen who, in his Red Bull, preceded the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. The Dutchman also set the fastest lap in the race with this new track layout: 1:16.330.

The starting grid for today’s race sees Lando Norris starting from pole position. World championship leader Max Verstappen starts alongside the British driver from McLaren. Second row occupied by the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, while the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will start the race from fifth and sixth place respectively. Sergio Perez will instead start 11th with the other Red Bull: the Mexican, eighth in qualifying, also pays the three-place penalty suffered in the last race in Montreal.

The starting grid for the 2024 F1 Spanish GP

1st row: 1. Lando Norris (McLaren), 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2nd row: 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 4. George Russell (Mercedes)
3rd row: 5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), 6. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
4th row: 7. Pierre Gasly (Alpine), 8. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
5th row: 9. Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 10. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
6th row: 11. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)*, 12. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)
7th row: 13. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), 14. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
8th row: 15. Zhou Guanyou (Sauber), 16. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
9th row: 17. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls), 18. Daniel Ricciardo (Racing Bulls)
10th row: 19. Alexander Albon (Williams), 20. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

*penalized by 3 places on the grid

Today’s Formula 1 Spanish GP race is broadcast live by Sky. It is possible to watch the F1 race in Barcelona on the Sky Sport F1 channels (channel 207 of the satellite decoder) and Sky Sport Uno (channel 201) and in live streaming on SkyGo and, after subscribing to the ‘sport pass’, on NOW. The commentary will be by Carlo Vanzini while the technical commentary is entrusted to Marc Gené, Ivan Capelli and Matteo Bobbi. Furthermore, today’s F1 race in Spain can also be seen free-to-air on TV8 (channel 8 of digital terrestrial) with the delayed broadcast starting at 6.00 pm, the same time it can be seen in streaming for free on the tv8.it website .

The tenth race of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship is scheduled for today on the Barcelona circuit. The start of the Spanish GP is set for 3:00 pm (Italian time). The tenth round of the new F1 season is broadcast live on Sky and broadcast on TV8.

The Formula 1 Spanish GP race starts at 3pm today. This is the Italian time in which the drivers will start with their single-seaters from the starting grid of the Montmelò track to tackle the 66 laps of the tenth race of the 2024 World Championship. As regards the TV times on Sky, it will be from 1.30 pm onwards possible to follow the pre-race. The delayed broadcast on TV8 will instead begin at 6.00 pm.