Formula 1 has urged Spanish GP officials to fix significant traffic problems that arose throughout the weekend in Barcelona. The race was a near sell-out at the weekend and had more than 120,000 people descend on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. But while the circuit has been on the calendar for more than 30 years, the demand for tickets has seldom been seen in Spain, leading to an unexpected swell of people trying to use its usual public transport and car infrastructure. This led to significant traffic jams with fans trying to leave the circuit, while the nearby Montmelo train station had an unexpectedly high number of passengers which led to lengthy...
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