Summary

  • Final practice Saturday at 11:00 BST and qualifying 14:00

  • Hamilton fastest, Raikkonen breaks down after spin, Perez stops with loose wheel

  • Bottas fastest in first practice, Ricciardo crashes

  • Get involved #bbcf1: dream F1 destinations

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Listen to First Practice

    You can listen to full commentary from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona from 09:55 BST on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra by using the media player at the top of this page.

    Find full coverage details of the Spanish Grand Prix on the BBC here.

    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

  2. 'A most enjoyable place to be'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    Glorious Iberian skies greet the first European race of this compelling Formula 1 season. Lace-delicate seedpods float in the spring air, white silhouetted against azur. Trees sway in the morning breeze. The Pyrenees, just visible through the haze, to the north.

    The Spanish Grand Prix at the demanding Circuit de Catalunya, twisting and turning up the side of the one of the valleys that give the name to this region to the north of Barcelona, is a fixture on the Formula 1 calendar.

    With all the testing done here, the track is almost a second home to everyone in F1. It’s not so appealing in February, but by early May it’s a most enjoyable place to be.

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    The contrast between the weather at Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya this week and at testing in February

  3. Hello! Welcome along to our coverage of first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.

    After a fascinating first four races of the season, Formula 1 is in Europe for the first time this year with Lewis Hamilton having just nudged ahead of Sebastian Vettel in the title race.

    It should be another thrilling weekend on the track, boosted by the sight of Robert Kubica behind the wheel of the Williams as he steps in for Sergey Sirotkin this morning.

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  4. Good to be back

    Almost eight years ago, a 23-year-old Sebastian Vettel took victory at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch the first of his four world titles...

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    ... but also significant about that day was the driver who finished fifth. It was Robert Kubica and that was the last time he participated in a grand prix weekend.

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    But today, he is back.

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