Circuit info
Circuit de Pedralbes
We don't have our own real GPS-telemetry-based 3D model for this circuit (typically a pre-2023 or discontinued venue). The outline below is a freely usable, hand-drawn circuit diagram.This layout was in use during: 1951,1954.Circuit diagram: ROY Jules (julesr0y) (CC BY 4.0). source & licenseOther known layouts at this circuit: 1951,1954Interesting facts
The Circuit de Pedralbes ran along the wide avenues of Barcelona's western Pedralbes district from 1946 to 1955, its corners unusually broad and sweeping compared with many street circuits of the era. The layout was reshaped three times: from the 4.465 km, four-corner version used 1946-1950, it grew to 6.316 km and six corners in 1951, before reaching its final 6.333 km form for 1954-1955. It hosted the Penya Rhin Grand Prix four times (1946, 1948, 1950, 1954) and the Spanish Grand Prix twice, in 1951 and 1954. Tyre choice decided the 1951 race and the championship with it: Ferrari's 16-inch rear tyres shredded one after another (Taruffi, Villoresi, Ascari and Gonzalez all suffered failures), while Alfa Romeo's 18-inch tyres held up, letting Juan Manuel Fangio win the race, set a 2:16.930 lap record, and claim his first World Championship. The innovative, side-finned Lancia D50 made its Formula 1 debut here in 1954 with Ascari on pole, who also set the circuit's final lap record of 2:20.400. The circuit was permanently retired soon after, once the safety crackdown following the 1955 Le Mans disaster made street circuits like this untenable across Europe. The circuit is located in Barcelona, Spain. Formula 1 has raced here since 1951, with 2 races held so far, most recently in 1954. The first race here was won by Juan Fangio, in 1951. The most recent winner here was Mike Hawthorn, in 1954.