Circuit de Pedralbes

What is a lap of Circuit de Pedralbes like?

A fast street circuit on wide avenues in the Pedralbes district of western Barcelona, with the start and finish on the Avenida del Generalísimo Franco (now Avinguda Diagonal) at one end of a straight of about 2 km. The track was first used in 1946 as a 4.465 km triangle; for 1950 the main straight on the Avenida del Generalísimo Franco was lengthened to about 2 km, the Paseo de Manuel Girona and Calle de Numancia were added, and the direction was changed from anticlockwise to clockwise. Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1951 Spanish Grand Prix for Alfa Romeo to clinch his first world title after Ferrari's tyres threw their treads; in 1954 Alberto Ascari put the debuting Lancia D50 on pole and set fastest lap before retiring, and Mike Hawthorn won for Ferrari. After the 1955 Le Mans disaster brought tighter safety rules, the spectator-lined street circuit was abandoned and has not been used since.

Lap length

6.316 km

Direction

clockwise

Longest straight

2,000 m

Layout described

Pedralbes street circuit in its 1950-1954 form, with the start/finish on the Avenida del Generalísimo Franco (now Avinguda Diagonal), driven clockwise; used for the 1951 and 1954 Spanish Grands Prix (6.316 km in the race reports; 6.333 km for 1954 in the Wikipedia circuit article)

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