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Formula One F1 – Hungarian Grand Prix – Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary – July 29, 2021 AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly during a press conference ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix Pool via REUTERS/Florion Goga
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Formula One F1 – Hungarian Grand Prix – Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary – July 29, 2021 AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly during a press conference ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix Pool via REUTERS/Florion Goga
The F1 teams are in Barcelona for the Spanish GP. But ahead of the thrilling race in Catalan city, drivers and team principals will participate in the press conference. Further, the F1 rivals Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon would be together for the press conference.
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The press conference is an essential part of a race weekend. Because during the media interaction, the drivers and teams share some of their plans for the qualifying and race. Further, the teams also use this opportunity to challenge their rivals. As we might see, Ocon and Gasly challenge each other.
What’s the Spanish GP Press Conference schedule?
The Spanish Grand Prix will begin on Friday, May 20, with the practice sessions, FP1 and FP2. However, there would be a press conference ahead of the Friday and Saturday practice sessions. So, FIA released the official date and time for the press conference.
Friday, May 20
Time | Drivers/ Team Members |
06:00 PM (Australian Time) 04:30 AM (Eastern Time) 10:30 AM (European Time) | Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) Fernando Alonso (Alpine) Mick Schumacher (Haas) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) Sergio Perez (Red Bull) |
06:30 PM (Australian Time) 05:00 AM (Eastern Time) 11:00 AM (European Time) | Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) Esteban Ocon (Alpine) Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Nicholas Latifi (Williams) |
07:00 PM (Australian Time) 05:30 AM (Eastern Time) 11:30 AM (European Time) | Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) Kevin Magnussen (Haas) Lando Norris (McLaren) Alex Albon (Williams) |
07:30 PM (Australian Time) 06:00 AM (Eastern Time) 12:00 PM (European Time) | Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) George Russell (Mercedes) |
Saturday, May 21
Time | Drivers/ Team Members |
06:00 PM (Australian Time) 04:30 AM (Eastern Time) 10:30 AM (European Time) | Andrew Green (Aston Martin) Laurent Mekies (Ferrari) Dave Robson (Williams) |
06:30 PM (Australian Time) 05:00 AM (Eastern Time) 11:00 AM (European Time) | Jody Egginton (AlphaTauri) Mike Elliott (Mercedes) Pierre Wache (Red Bull) |
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What to expect from the race weekend in Spain?
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The Spanish Grand Prix will take place at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya. The F1 drivers experienced this track earlier this year during the pre-season testing. However, some might feel the difference because the 2022 challengers upgraded significantly over the last five races.
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. during an interview after qualifying in second place in Miami GP. Pool via REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski
Ferrari and Red Bull would be the favorites to win the races. Further, the Barcelona race will be a home race for the Spanish F1 drivers Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso. Reports suggest a vast crowd would come to Support Sainz, and the circuit would name a stand after the Ferrari driver.
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The mid-field would witness a great battle between the other F1 teams because most of the teams would come with new upgrades. So, it would be fascinating to see how the Spanish GP race weekend turns out?
