This is a brief look at the Spanish Grand Prix through the years - a story told in pictures.
One of the earliest tracks in Spain was a huge oval known as Sitges
The remains of the Sitges track can still be seen today
Sitges was opened in 1922, and held races until the 30s
Rudy Caracciola at the wheel of his Mercedes in the 1935 Spanish GP in Barcelona
The Spanish GP was held at the Pedralbes circuit in the early 50s. Here is Nino Farina at Pedralbes in 1951, the last race for the mighty Alfettas.
Here is Juan Manuel Fangio that same day, also in an Alfetta. He won the race and his first World Championship.
Pedralbes, 1954: Maurice Trintignant, followed by Harry Schell and Mike Hawthorne. Hawthorne would get by them for win that day.
Montjuich Park would host the Spanish GP for several years
The 1969 Spanish GP saw one of the first full fields of cars with high airfoils, or wings. Graham Hill, Chris Amon, and Jochen Rindt lined up for the start, 1969.
A beautiful photo of Clay Regazzoni at Montjuich Park. Year unknown.
Jochen Rindt would crash that day and be injured due to his wing collapsing. The high airfoils would be outlawed after that in favor of ones mounted directly to the chassis. This is Rindt before the wing collapse.
The BRM crew readies the cars
Chris Amon's Ferrari
Piers Courage in the Brabham
A very young Jackie Ickx
Niki Lauda scoring his first Formula One victory at Montjuich 1974
Ferraris one-two at the start (Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni), Montjuich 1975. Shortly after the start, due to trouble in front of him, Lauda's day would be over. On this day, Lella Lombardi became the only woman to score points in an F1 race, albeit only half a point.
On the right hand side of this photo, you can see the number 22 Hill-Cosworth of Rolf Stommelen. He would later lose a wing and crash through the barriers, injuring himself and killing 5 spectators. The race was halted and half points were awarded. Formula One cars never again ran at Montjuich.
Barcelona 1991, Mansell and Senna go at it down the straight. Nigel would win the battle with Senna, and the race.
