The second Formula 1 winter test also takes place at the Barcelona-Catalunya track in Spain. The circuit is particularly adapted to highlighted a car’s strengths and weaknesses, with a layout that allows the cars to be pushed to their limits in terms of aerodynamics as well as other aspects of a car’s performance. It is said that if your car goes well in Barcelona it will go well at all the tracks on the calendar.

This test also runs over three days, from 26 to 28 February, from 9 to 18, with all teams aiming to do as high a mileage as possible prior to the first race.