The fifth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship began with practice Friday at Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya as teams prepared for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Two 90-minute sessions – FP1 and FP2 – were run in sunny to partly cloudy conditions on the 4.655-kilometre (2.892-mile), 16-turn track where Rich Energy Haas F1 Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen conducted the annual two weeks of preseason testing Feb. 18 to March 1 along with their Formula One counterparts. The team’s familiarity with the circuit, as well as significant upgrades,  debuted today on Grosjean’s No. 8 Haas VF-19 and scheduled to be introduced on Magnussen’s No. 20 Haas VF-19...
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