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Ten things we learned at the 2023 F1 Spanish Grand Prix
With a reversion to its classic layout and the risk of rain, the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix brought a refreshed challenge to Formula 1. Despite a familiar result, there were battles up and down the order as recovery missions and surprise presences in the points shook up the order. Here's what we learned
After what seemed like an endless string of street circuits and semi-permanent venues monopolising the opening part of the 2023 calendar, Formula 1 went back to basics in Barcelona.
Under its previous configuration, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya had been extensively mined for data amid thousands of miles in testing down the years, but a reversion to the classic layout offered a slightly refreshed challenge for the 10 teams on the grid.
That's not to say that it didn't serve up an altogether familiar result and, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Max Verstappen rocked up and blitzed the rest of the field with minimal competition over the 66-lap race distance.
But as frequent gig-goers will attest, it's not uncommon to see the support acts outclass the main headliner, and there were lots of battles up and down the order as recovery missions and surprise presences in the points pockmarked the unfolding narrative of the grand prix. If by some strange coincidence you were in the hunt for 10 of them, then you're in luck: here's the Spanish Grand Prix's key points of interest.