The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a world-class racetrack born in 1991 for hosting the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Montmeló, a suburb of Barcelona, Spain. The privileged temperate Mediterranean climate of La Ciudad Condal (the City of Counts) allows racing throughout the year with an average temperature of around 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit), with hot summers and mild winters. This fact, combined with the massive influx of tourists in the region, makes the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya a staple part of other high-profile motorsports events like the European Le Mans Series, the MotoGP, or the FIM Superbike World Championship, to name a few.
The total length of the Barcelona-Catalunya raceway is 4.675 km (2.905 mi), consisting of a 1 km (0.62 miles) front straight on the southeastern side and 16 turns of varying angles on the northwestern side. The start/finish line lays in the middle of the main straight. The first turn is called ELF and is a 90-degrees right-hander followed by a left-right sweeping turn combination. At turn number 4, Repsol, drivers steer heavily to the right and, after a short straight, they take another challenging turn in the opposite direction. Turns six to nine are fast sweepers, and the track's second-longest straight comes right after then, between turns nine and ten, known as La Caixa. The six remaining turns include a chicane and get the speed down as riders need to focus on good maneuvering to avoid hitting the curbs.