| Spain's current Grand Prix
circuit is the Circuit de Catalunya, near Barcelona. This
compact but sophisticated circuit offers a range of fast
flowing corners as well as a long, fast straight. Jerez, which might be
hosting a GP this year, is Spain's second circuit.
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Race
Day : May 25th 1997
Circuit
Length: 4.725 kilometres/2.936 miles
GMT
+2 hours
Friday
Practice: 11.00-12.00 and 13.00-14.00
Saturday Practice: 09.00-09.45 and
10.15-11.00
Saturday Qualifying: 13.00-14.00
Sunday
Warm-Up: 09.30-10.00
SPANISH GRAND PRIX: 14.00 ... 65 Laps, 307 km,
191 miles
| Lap
Record |
Damon Hill |
1m24.531s 201.313
km/h |
| Winners: |
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| 1996 |
Michael
Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| 1995 |
Michael
Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| 1994 |
Damon Hill |
Williams |
| 1993 |
Alain Prost |
Williams |
| 1992 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams |
| 1991 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams |
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A
wet race
in 1996 allowed Michael Schumacher to take his first
ever win for Ferrari. A brilliant drive made the most
of the errors made in the Williams team which
resulted in cars which had an inappropriate setup for
the wet conditions.
Races
were first held in Barcelona in 1951 on a street
circuit in the suburbs. It was seventeen years later
when racing then resumed at either Jarama or
Montjuich - a Barcelona park.
The
Circuit de Catalunya is a purpose built track
designed to give the drivers a good mix of driving
experience in a safe and enjoyable facility.
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