Lewis Hamilton says the resurfaced Circuit de Catalunya has lost its character and has become easier to drive on than at any point in his Formula One career.
F1 testing will resume at the Barcelona circuit this week, a venue which has featured in every season since 1991 as the host of the Spanish Grand Prix. The circuit is also used by Moto GP and complaints from riders of that series about dangerously low grip levels prompted the surface -- which had been unchanged since Hamilton's F1 debut in 2007 -- to be re-layed.
Hamilton was frustrated with his initial impressions of the new tarmac after his first laps of 2018 during the opening week of testing.