2024 Spanish Grand Prix
| 2024 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race 10 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
| |||||
 Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 23 June 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2024 | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.657 km (2.894 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 66 laps, 307.236 km (190.908 miles) | ||||
The 2024 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2024) is a Formula One motor race that will be held on 23 June 2024, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It will be the tenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.
Background[edit]
The event will be held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló for the 34th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 21–23 June.[2] The Grand Prix will be the tenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 54th running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[3]
Championship standings before the race[edit]
Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 194 points, 56 points ahead of Charles Leclerc in second, and 63 ahead of Lando Norris in third. Red Bull Racing, with 301 points, leads the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who are second and third with 252 and 212 points, respectively.[4]
Entrants[edit]
The drivers and teams are set to the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[citation needed] Oliver Bearman is set to drive in the first free practice session for Haas, in place of Nico Hülkenberg.[5]
Tyre choices[edit]
Tyre supplier Pirelli will bring the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (the three hardest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[6]
Penalties[edit]
Sergio Pérez of Red Bull Racing carries a three-place grid penalty for failing to leave the track with serious mechanical difficulties after significantly damaging the rear wing at the preceding Canadian Grand Prix.[7]
Practice[edit]
Three free practice sessions will be held for the event. The first free practice session will be held on 21 June 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2). The second free practice session will be held on the same day, at 17:00 local time. The third free practice session will be held on 22 June 2024, at 12:30 local time.[1]
Qualifying[edit]
Qualifying will be held on 22 June 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).[1]
Race[edit]
The race will be held on 23 June 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and is set to be run 66 laps.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "2024 Spanish Grand Prix". Formula 1. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Barcelona". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Grands Prix Spain". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Canada 2024 – Championship". Stats F1. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Oliver Bearman set for FP1 sessions and Reserve Driver role with Haas". Formula 2. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "No surprises for the compounds for Spain, Austria and Great Britain". Pirelli. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Perez hit with three-place grid penalty for Spanish GP after infringement in Canada". Formula1.com. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.