Pre Race
¡HOLA, BARCELONA! 😎 🙌 🇪🇸
It’s race weekend! And it’s Barcelona time. The seventh round of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship has taken MoneyGram Haas F1 Team to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The weather certainly played its part last time out in Canada, but here in Spain, the drivers look to be facing a much drier (and hot!) weekend – though there could be a slight chance of a shower or two…
“I’ve always liked coming to the Barcelona circuit. It’s one of the most well-known tracks for all the drivers, probably the track I’ve done the most laps of out of them all. There are a lot of high-speed corners there, and it can be quite difficult to overtake. It’s become better though; the track is more enjoyable after they’ve removed the last chicane, and that’s also helped overtaking a little bit. Hopefully, we can be competitive there. It’s a triple-header, but it’s nice to be in the European part of the season. It’s all familiar surroundings, short flights, and no jet lag,” said Kevin Magnussen.
DID YOU KNOW THAT … The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was built as part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics development programme? The construction began in 1989, and the first Formula 1 race was advertised as the ‘Grand Prix of the Olympic Games’. The 4.6km circuit quickly established itself as an acid test of a Formula 1 car’s ability, with an abundance of long-radius high-speed corners, rapid changes of direction, and extreme stress placed upon the tires. However, this year’s Spanish Grand Prix is set to be one of the last Formula 1 events at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Spain’s grand prix poised to relocate to a new track in Madrid, effective 2026.
Quali Day
ALL SET FOR SUNDAY 💪 🔥 🇪🇸
Update from Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where Kevin Magnussen will start the Spanish Grand Prix form a P16 after Saturday’s challenging qualifying.
“We knew qualifying was going to be close, you need to get everything out of it these days in this tight field. If you miss your best performance by even one tenth, you pay for it massively. It wasn’t a clean session again for us today, there was traffic. So we’re P16, but we seem to have a decent race car, so I think we can fight from there tomorrow if we pick a few off and get into a good race from there,” said Kevin after the session.
Race Recap
“Hopefully we can do better in Austria”
Not the best weekend for Kevin Magnussen who finished 17th, at the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 10 of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship, held Sunday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
“Due to my starting position, I I lost a loft of time in the traffic. Furthermore, I got a penalty because of a jump start, and that’s on me of course. I had that impulse and let it go a little bit, so we got the penalty, and we had a slow stop also, so it’s just been a tough day. It’s not been a great weekend here so hopefully we can do better in Austria,” said Kevin.
