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Previously in Barcelona

The first Spanish Grand Prix took place in Barcelona in 1951 on the Pedralbes circuit, a track of 6.3km using the boulevards near the sea south of the city. Juan Manuel Fangio's Alfa Romeo completed the race at an average of over 160 km/h. One other edition took place in 1954 at Pedralbes, with Mike Hawthorn scoring his first win for Ferrari.

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.