Categories: Look backRace and classic pictures

Walk in the park (1)

This week, while the track work will resume at testing in Barcelona, we will take you back to the old circuit located in the middle of the Catalan city, in the park of Montjuic. Here the Spanish Grand Prix was held four times between 1969 and 1975, alternating with the Jarama circuit near Madrid. It was a slightly crazy track, condemned for safety reasons after several serious accidents ...

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.