DATA POINTS: What we learned from Friday practice in Spain

F1 Correspondent & PresenterLawrence Barretto

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 02: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull

Formula 1 teams were greeted by bright and toasty conditions in the familiar surroundings of Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday. The layout is renowned as the ideal testbed for every aspect of car design, courtesy of its variety of corners.

This year, that design has featured a tweak with the removal of the final chicane to leave a super-fast double right to end the lap – much to the delight of the drivers.

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DATA POINTS: What we learned from Friday practice in Spain

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