Round 5 of the Formula 1 World Championship brings us back to Europe for the start of the European Formula 1 season.

We can expect many teams to bring about their first major changes to their cars. After three weeks of down time after the Chinese Grand Prix we can expect to see a few big upgrades from the teams. Mercedes are looking to keep their advantage over the other teams. Red Bull and Ferrari are enduring to close the gap to Mercedes and McLaren will be looking for some kind of improvement after a very lacklustre start to the season. That does not mean that the other teams would have twirled their thumbs.

The track will play to Mercedes’ advantage with the long pit straight, the fast swooping corners and with the tight and twisty final sector. We can expect to see them well ahead. The fight at the moment is for second fastest between Ferrari and Red Bull with the Milton Keynes based team edging slightly ahead.

With the race weekend taking place in Spain we return to “normal” TV times for everyone in Europe and Africa. The full broadcast schedule is included below.

Free Practice 1: Friday 10:00

Free Practice 2: Friday 14:00

Free Practice 3: Saturday 11:00

Qualifying: Saturday 14:00

Race: Sunday 1400

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