Barcelona Grand Prix weather: What is the risk of rain this weekend?
Expect sun, sun and more sun at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The first-ever Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix takes place this weekend, after the chaos of Monaco last time out.
The longtime home of the Spanish Grand Prix has had its name rebranded for the 2026 season, with an all-new circuit in Madrid taking on its moniker later in the season.
Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix weather: How will conditions be in Barcelona?
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Sunday 14 June [Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix]
Mother Nature will continue to smile on the Barcelona circuit on Sunday, with a high of 30°C forecast.
Intermittent cloud cover will offer some relief to the drivers and the supporters packing the grandstands.
There will be a slight breeze, which will help with the humidity, which is 41%.
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How has the weather been at previous Spanish Grands Prix?
While the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona is widely heralded as one of the greatest wet races in Formula 1 history, and the rain prevented some drivers from running in January’s pre-season shakedown at the circuit, rain has rarely been a factor at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on race weekend.
Heading back to 1996, not only was it Michael Schumacher’s first ever win for Ferrari, the heralded ‘Regenmeister’ (‘Rain Master’) not only survived what were treacherous conditions in Barcelona, he lapped almost the entire field up to the podium positions, eventually finishing 45 seconds clear of Jean Alesi.
On the other side of the weather spectrum, though, the heat and circuit layout in Barcelona have often combined to produce race weekends that are famously difficult for tyre management.
Since the high-speed right-hander to finish the lap was reintroduced, tyre degradation alongside high track temperatures often provide a difficult challenge for the teams to manage throughout a race weekend.
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