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The end of Formula 1ও’s second triple-header sees it head to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which plays host to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Pri🐎x.

Usually held in May, F1 heads to Spain after back-to-back r⛎a💜ces at Silverstone.

Heading to Spain in the middle of th♏e summer means temperatures will be a lot warmer than usual, especially compared to winter testing here back in Fꦬebruary.

Sergio Perez returns to Racing Po🌊int having been ruled out of the previ🎃ous British and 70th Anniversary Grands Prix after testing positive for COVID-19.

Last time out

Pirelli’s decision to bring softer tyres to the second race at Silvཧerstone proved to be a critical one with Max Verstappen s🅺torming to a shock victory.

Despite securing a 1-2 in qualifying yet again, Mercedes was unable to maintain its advantage into the race, bli✨stering its rear tyres quickly allowing the Red Bull driver to take his first victory of 2020. 

The result means Lewis Hamilton has a 30-point lead over Verstappen go🌸ing into Spain, with Bottas a further four points back.

Charles Lec🤪lerc continued his strong run of form, finishing fourth 💦at the 70th Anniversary GP.

Alexander Albon recovered from ninth on the grid to finish fif🃏th, beating the two Racing Points 🌱of Lance Stroll and Nico Hulkenberg.

Es꧒teban Ocon, Lando Norris and Daniil Kvyat completed the points-paying positio꧋ns.

What to expect from this weekend?

Mercedes will once again be the team to beat in qualifying but warmer track t𒁏emperatures may allow Red Bull to close the gap over a race distance.

Pirelli has nominated the C1, C2 and C3 tyres for this weekend - the hardest three compounds it can bring to a gran🙈d prix.

No rain is expected this weekend.