Between them, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have led every lap in 2014, but did you know that Lotus’s Pastor Maldonado has led more laps at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya than both Mercedes drivers combined?
We present all the need-to-know facts, stats and trivia ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli 2014…
Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Circuit length: 4.655 km
Number of corners: 16 (7 left, 9 right)
DRS zones: 2
Race laps: 66
Race distance: 307.104 km
2014 tyre compounds: Hard, Medium
Circuit lap record: 1m 21.670s – Kimi Raikkonen (2008), Ferrari
First world championship Grand Prix: 1951, Pedralbes (won by Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo)
First world championship Grand Prix at Catalunya: 1991 (won by Nigel Mansell, Williams)
Number of races: 43 (23 – Catalunya; 9 – Jarama; 5 – Jerez, 4 – Montjuic Park; 2 – Pedralbes)
Number of races with at least one safety car appearance: Four of the last 14
Longest race at Catalunya: 1996 (1h 59m 49.307s)
Shortest race at Catalunya: 2006 (1h 26m 21.759s)
Last year’s pole position: 1m 20.718s, Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
Last year’s podium: 1 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 2 – Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), 3 – Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
Most appearances (current field): 13 – Jenson Button; 12 – Fernando Alonso; 11 – Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa; 8 – Nico Rosberg; 6 – Adrian Sutil, Sebastian Vettel
Most wins (driver): 6 – Michael Schumacher