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F1 row in Spain: Environmentalists blast plans to parade sports cars through the streets of Barcelona ahead of Grand Prix in June

ENVIRONMENTALIST groups have blasted plans to host a Formula One roadshow in Barcelona city centre ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix in June. F1 cars, which can reach speeds in excess of

8 Apr, 2024 @ 11:36

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Sport

Revealed: This will be the track for F1’s Grand Prix in Madrid – measuring more than 5,000m and bringing over 110,000 spectators

FORMULA One has revealed the layout of the track that will be built to host the new Madrid Grand Prix from 2026. The new circuit will incorporate both street and non-street sections

23 Jan, 2024 @ 16:20

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Spain to host debut of world's first official Formula 1 travelling exhibition highlighting history and future of the sport

F1 is coming to Spain’s capital! President of Madrid reveals her plans for hosting the Spanish Grand Prix

IN an exclusive interview with El Mundo, Madrid Community President Isabel Ayuso confirmed that the capital will hold a Formula One race in 2026, with or without the government’s help. The interview,

23 Jan, 2024 @ 07:58

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid

British Formula One hotshot Lando Norris’s Marbella villa burgled while out for dinner with influencer friends

HE may be blessed with youth, wealth, good looks and a career as F1 driver that many would kill for, but Englishman Lando Norris’ good fortune seems to have deserted him in

30 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·Sport

World’s first official Formula 1 experience set to make global debut in Spain’s capital

THE WORLD’S first official Formula 1 exhibition will be making its global debut in the Spanish city of Madrid on March 24, running until the early summer. The show, which has been

1 Mar, 2023 @ 20:15

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Madrid wants Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix to move from Barcelona to Spain’s capital

MADRID has officially expressed a desire to host the Spanish Grand Prix after the current Formula One contract with the Circuit de Barcelona expires. Madrid’s regional government sent a letter of intent

23 Jun, 2022 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Michael Schumacher’s family buy land in Spain’s Mallorca to raise horses

The plot is only a stone's throw away from the mansion the Formula One legend's wife purchased in 2017

24 May, 2021 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Mallorca·Sport

Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr. agrees to a pay cut with McLaren due to the coronavirus crisis

CARLOS Sainz Jr. has agreed to a pay cut amid the COVID-19 crisis.

2 Apr, 2020 @ 19:51

Lead·Sport

F1 2020 roars into action during Barcelona testing

THE Circuit de Cataluña in Barcelona saw rubber hit tarmac for the first time in 2020 for the first Formula One test of the year. The test give manufacturers a chance to

23 Feb, 2020 @ 09:33

Lead·Sport

Spain’s Fernando Alonso wants to return to Formula One

FERNANDO Alonso has targeted a return to Formula One.

31 Jan, 2020 @ 11:18

Lead·Sport

Spain’s racing legend Carlos Sainz wins Dakar Rally for THIRD time

CARLOS Sainz and Lucas Cruz have won the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

17 Jan, 2020 @ 09:52

Lead·Sport

Spain’s superstar rally driver Fernando Alonso suffers heartbreak with broken wheel suspension at Dakar Rally

Fernando Alonso, has suffered heartache at the Dakar Rally, with a ripped wheel and broken suspension that cost him over two and a half hours

7 Jan, 2020 @ 16:00

Sport

Formula One scrap grid girls for being at ‘odds with societal norms’

Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says he cannot see why a ‘good looking’ woman standing next to a driver at the start of a race could be ‘offensive’.

2 Feb, 2018 @ 10:48

Business & Finance·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Sport

Mercedes mechanics forced to check 1,200 parts of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s cars following Spanish grand prix crash

Rosberg has subsequently taken the blame for the collision

8 Jun, 2016 @ 10:57

Sport

Formula One driver Rio Haryanto plans to relocate to Spain

Haryanto's trainer is Spanish

14 May, 2016 @ 11:01

Sport

Ferrari Land coming to Spain with world’s fastest and tallest roller coaster

The park is penned to open in 2017

15 Apr, 2016 @ 11:09

Business & Finance·Sport·Travel News

Spanish F1 star Fernando Alonso may have to sit out China Grand Prix

The star had to sit out of Bahrain following horrific crash

13 Apr, 2016 @ 14:19

Sport

Fernando Alonso ‘lucky to be alive’ after horror Formula One crash

Spaniard crawls from wreckage after surviving 200mph smash at Australian Grand Prix

21 Mar, 2016 @ 10:16

Lead·Sport

Fernando Alonso WILL compete in next season’s Formula One

The Spanish driver has dispelled retirement rumours

2 Jan, 2016 @ 16:37

Lead·Sport

Steak for a Sheik

Local masterchef Steven Saunders of BBC TV Ready Steady Cook fame takes a trip down memory lane in Abu Dhabi

8 Oct, 2015 @ 11:52

Steven Saunders: Flower Power

La Liga stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi among world’s top paid sportsmen

Boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are the only sportsmen richer than the La Liga duo

16 Jun, 2015 @ 11:06

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Sport

Lewis Hamilton Spanish F Grand Prix Barcelona

Nico Rosberg wins Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espana ahead of Lewis Hamilton

The Formula One teams are no strangers to the Spanish circuit; not only have they raced there every year since 1991, they also conduct extensive testing at the venue

10 May, 2015 @ 15:45

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