All the key details ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, including big-race betting tips from our 'Pit-lane insider', the full weekend race schedule and start times, a selection of statistics, a track guide, the latest odds and standings.
The 2017 Formula One season continues this weekend, with the Spanish Grand Prix taking place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday, May 14.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel headed to Spain as the championship leader and the new title favourite after winning two of the opening four races but Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are out to stop him getting too far ahead.
Here, we bring you our prediction from our 'pit-lane insider' while we also have the full weekend race schedule, results, key statistics, track guide and the latest odds.
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Spanish Grand Prix: Weekend Schedule & TV Guide
Friday May 12
Free Practice 1: 1000-1130 (UK time: 0900-1030) - full report
Free Practice 2: 1400-1530 (UK time: 1300-1430) - full report
Saturday May 13
Free Practice 3: 1100-1200 (UK time: 1000-1100) - full report
Qualifying: 1400-1500 (UK time: 1300-1400) - full report
Sunday May 14
Spanish Grand Prix: 1400 (UK time: 1300) - full report
TV Coverage
Sky Sports F1 will be broadcasting the race and all the other sessions while Channel 4 will show highlights.
Spanish Grand Prix: Sky Bet Odds
PRICE BOOST: Hamilton to win & set the fastest lap of the race at 5/2 from 2/1
Lewis Hamilton has been cut to 4/6 from 6/4 to win the Spanish Grand Prix after securing pole position while he's now 1/6 to finish on the podium - something he failed to do in Sochi last time out.
Sebastian Vettel is 2/1 to claim his third Grand Prix triumph of the season while Valtteri Bottas, who triumphed in Russia, is 8/1 to win for the second race running.
Vettel's Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen is the best of the rest at 14/1 ahead of Red Bull duo Max Verstappen - the 2016 winner here - and Daniel Ricciardo at 40/1 and 80/1 respectively.
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Spanish Grand Prix: Betting preview
Our in-form and informed Pit Lane Insider gives his thoughts and best bets for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix (written pre-practice).
F1 returns to Europe and Spain's famous Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where most teams will be showing their first major tech updates of the season.
After a dreadfully disappointing weekend at the Russian Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton, the British driver will be desperately hoping he can make up some of the ground on championship leader and favourite Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton is now 13 points adrift of the German after finishing a distant fourth in Sochi as Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas secured his first ever win.
Last year’s race here was a memorable one for 18-year-old Red Bull star Max Verstappen, who marked his debut by becoming the youngest winner in F1 history.
Verstappen took full advantage of a first-lap collision between Nico Rosberg and Hamilton to hold off Ferrari’s Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen and write his name into F1 folklore.
It’s hard to see Red Bull repeating that success this year with 18/1 shot Verstappen and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, fifth and sixth in the drivers’ standings, struggling to compete with the more powerful Ferrari and Mercedes engines.
But Barcelona is traditionally a taxing race for drivers, with tyre wear on the abrasive and bumpy track surface critical, and the victor could literally come from anywhere, a point backed up by the fact that there have been 10 different winners of the race since 2006.
Half of those races have been won by the ‘big two’ but the main protagonists this season Hamilton (2014), Vettel (2011, for Red Bull) and Raikkonen (2008) have all tasted victory once in Catalunya so know what it takes to win around this historic circuit.
Not surprisingly, that trio head the betting once again this weekend, but it’s Hamilton who appeals most at 6/4 to record his second win of the campaign.
The Briton didn’t drive badly in Russia but admitted he was at a loss to explain why he was so far off the pace.
However, the Silver Arrows have a bag of upgrades to unleash in Spain that they hope will give them the edge over their rivals Ferrari.
Hamilton will also not have taken losing out to his team-mate Bottas lightly and will be more determined than ever to top the podium and looks a great price.
Sadly, I’m not expecting the same for Fernando Alonso, winner here in 2006 and 2013, in his home grand prix.
McLaren and Honda have still not resolved the issues that have plagued them for far too long and Alonso is the only man not to see the chequered flag in any of the four races so far.
Even with expected upgrades, it's hard not to see another early finish for the Spanish legend in front of his legions of fans this weekend before he heads off to the Indy 500.
Finally, after finishing 11th in Sochi, I can’t ignore the chances of Williams’ Lance Stroll this weekend to get among the points.
The Canadian rookie performed well here in testing so there are no complete unknowns. There’s every chance he can make a first top-10 finish at 6/5.
Sporting Life suggestions:
Lewis Hamilton to win the race at 6/4
Fernando Alonso not to be classified at evens
Lance Stroll to finish in the top 10 at 6/5
Posted at 1015 BST on 11/05/17.
Spanish Grand Prix: Track Guide
Venue: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Circuit length: 4.655 km
Laps: 66
Race distance: 307.104 km
In-race lap record: 1:21.670 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2008)
2016 winner: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2016 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:22.000
2016 fastest race lap: Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:26.948 on lap 53
Number of corners: 16 (7 left/9 right)
Spanish Grand Prix: Statistics & Facts
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Latest Formula One Driver Standings 2017
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 86pts
2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 73
3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 63
4 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 49
5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 35
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 22
7 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 22
8 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 18
9 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 11
10 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 9
11 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 6
12 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 4
13 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 4
14 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 2
15 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Sauber-Ferrari 0
16 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 0
17 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Sauber-Ferrari 0
18 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault 0
19 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 0
20 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 0
21 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 0
Latest Formula One Constructors Standings 2017
1 Mercedes GP 136pts
2 Ferrari 135
3 Red Bull 57
4 Force India 31
5 Williams 18
6 Scuderia Toro Rosso 13
7 Haas F1 8, 8 Renault 6
9 Sauber-Ferrari 0
10 McLaren 0