Formula 1 | Spanish Grand Prix: numbers and curiosities

The Spanish Grand Prix will take place next weekend. The sixth race of the 2022 season will be staged at Montmelò, a very interesting event given the many updates that will be made to the cars, as usual when Formula 1 arrives in Barcelona every year. Ferrari will be called upon to close the two-tenths gap (cit. Binotto) against Red Bull. In the meantime, here are some numbers and curiosities about the history of the Spanish Grand Prix provided by the Maranello Scuderia.

13. The Spanish drivers who have contested at least one Grand Prix in Formula 1. The only one capable of winning world titles and races so far has been Fernando Alonso, while Carlos Sainz is second for races disputed (145), points (574,5) and podiums (nine, seven of which with Ferrari). Also worth mentioning are Marc Gené (36 GPs and 5 points) who drove more Ferraris during his F1 Clienti activities than any of his compatriots, and Alfonso De Portago, who raced with the Scuderia in 1956 and 1957.

68. The parks of the city of Barcelona, ​​which represent more than 10% of the city surface. The largest is that of Collserola, while the most famous are the Parc de la Ciutadella - with its famous fountains - and the Parc Güell, embellished with the works of Antoni Gaudì. Not far from the city there is also another very special park, the Portaventura amusement park, within which there is Ferrari Land, inaugurated in 2017, full of attractions inspired by the Maranello company.

100. The km of the cycling team time trial that the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya hosted as part of the 1992 Olympics. Germany (Rich-Meyer-Dittert-Peschel) won ahead of Italy (Peron-Anastasia- Colombo-Contri) and France (Harel-Boussard-Faivre–Pierret-Gaumont).

109. The years since the first car race held in Spain. It was June 15, 1913 when the race took place on a circuit located in the town of Guadarrama, not far from Madrid, and the winner was the local driver Carlos de Salamanca in a Rolls-Royce. The inaugural edition of the Spanish Grand Prix dates back to 1923 and was held on the oval circuit of Sitges-Terramar (Catalunya): the Frenchman Albert Divo triumphed on Sunbeam. The roll of honor also includes three victories by the Monegasque Louis Chiron (1928, 1929 and 1933) while the first edition valid for the Formula 1 World Championship was in 1951, raced on the city track of Pedralbes, in Barcelona , and won by Juan Manuel Fangio in Alfa Romeo. In 1954 the first of eight Ferrari victories came, thanks to Mike Hawthorn with the 553 F1.

3.500. Spectators who can find a seat on the “Grada CS55” dedicated to Carlos Sainz for this race. Tickets completely sold out in just a few hours on the wave of enthusiasm from Carlos' great season last year and after the double achieved by Scuderia Ferrari in the inaugural 2022 race in Bahrain.