Welcome to Europe! The F1 circus heads for Catalonia in the first European GP of 2015. But not everyone is happy.
On the face of it, there's a lot to like about the Circuit de Catalunya. It's relatively modern but is still one of the longest-tenured circuits currently on the calendar (built in 1991) - it's not a Hermann Tilke atrocity (important in the modern F1 calendar), there's elevation changes all round the circuit and a variety of fast and slow corners, and in its location near Barcelona, it's close to one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities not just in Spain, but in all Europe.