Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya planning significant tweak for F1
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is planning a significant tweak for future F1 , intending to run races without the final chicane to improve overtaking opportunities.
The circuit added the Turns 14 and 15 chicane in 2007 due to safety reasons, prior to that the cars ran flat out through two right-handers before the start/finish straight.
To make the tweaks they must ensure that the circuit complies with the safety requirements to be granted an FIA Grade 1 licence, which is required to host F1 races. This would include increasing the run-off area and safety systems at the corner.
At the moment the track only has an FIA Grade 1 licence to run races with the chicane, but a spokesperson told TheFOXposts.Com that they plan to homologate to Grade 1 without it.
They said: "The intention is to homologate the track without the chicane at the beginning of 2023 (end of January-February). But the track with the chicane will remain the same.
"Once the homologation is d...