In 1989 , through the joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government , the Montmeló Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya ( RACC ), work began on giving one of Europe ’ s most beautiful cities a state of the art race track to match . The Circuit de Catalunya opened on the doorstep of Barcelona in September 1991 and welcomed its first international event that same month , hosting the Spanish F1 Grand Prix . It went on to host the European Motorcycle Grand Prix and in 1995 became home to the Gran Premio de Catalunya . Considered to be one of the best designed circuits of the recent era , the Circuito de Catalunya won the much coveted IRTA ‘ Best Grand Prix ’ trophy for 2001 and has a general admission capacity of 104,000 spectators .

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