

Circuit de Catalunya is the second Spanish race on the calendar of MotoGP. The original name of the circuit is Montmeló. Especially the local people know it as Montmeló. By the time the riders will travel to Catalunya the Moto Grand Prix Championship is half way so the season is heating up and the media starts picking favourites for the MotoGP Championship.
The track of Catalunya was built for Formula 1 and MotoGP and introduces a special complication for riders and technicians. The length of the circuit is 4.727 km (2.937-mile). The huge braking forces generated by the cars causes the tarmac to distort on the corner entries. Historically, this washboard effect has made things difficult for the suspension engineers and even more so for the riders.
Interestingly, the MotoGP machines clock higher top speeds on the long pit straight than the F1 cars, which are heavily encumbered by the enormous downforce created by their wings and bodywork.
The different altitudes that the track reaches make the circuit really interesting. The circuit runs up and down the hillside overlooking the massive pit and paddock complex. There are a few really slow corners and the sweeping bends are made all the more difficult by changing gradients because of the different altitude. The medium/fast Campsa corner leading onto the back straight, for example, sits atop the crest of a rise and is unsighted. Although the modern layout might at first appear somewhat sterile, in fact this is one of the more challenging circuits from a technical standpoint, and a fine arena for high-class racing.
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Sightseeing during the MotoGP of Catalunya at Circuit de Catalunya
Barcelona is a big city known for a lot of things. Sports, culture, history and religion are very important to the people of Catalunya. A few of the many things you can visit during you stay in Barcelona are, Camp Nao, Barcelona Cathedral, The Arc de Triomf, The View from Gaudi's Park Güell, etc.