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Overview of Circuit de Catalunya, Spanish Grand Prix

Posted on December 2, 2007 14:57 by ScottDrake

The 2008 Spanish Grand Prix will take place on April 27 at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. The track has 16 turns and a distance of 4.655 KM (2.875 Miles). Giancarlo Fisichella set the track record of 1:15.641 while driving for Renault in 2005.

The rFactor track (http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Barcelona) for this circuit has a 3-star rating from members of the rFactorCentral.com community.

Future entries about this track will include:

  • First Impressions, including AI hot laps, screen captures and statistics about each turn
  • Ranking the corners for hot lapping
  • Hot laps and lessons learned
  • Passing zones, re-ranking the corners for passing
  • Racing and lessons learned