F1 2021 Barcelona Setup: Fastest full race setup, qualifying setup, esports, drivability setup
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Race Setup
A setup designed to balance pace and tyre wear, your fastest way to 100% distance. Suggested for Career Mode, League Racing, Esports, or Braking Point.
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World Record Lap Setup
The fastest one lap setup can be found here! No compromises, just your fastest way around the Spain circuit. Recommended for Time Trial.
Race Setup
The Barcelona circuit is an iconic part of the F1 calendar, often being one of the first places we see the cars being driven each year as it hosts testing. Also, a man called Pastor once won here, in one of the strangest weekends in recent history. Anyway, scroll down to find race setups for the spanish circuit.
Aerodynamics
With its long sweeping curves, we are recommending 6-10 wing angles here. We found this kept the car planted and reduced the risk of sliding about once the tyres were worn. It may be faster over a single lap to increase both values, however, you may find it slightly harder to overtake on the straights.
Front Wing Aero – 6
Rear Wing Aero – 10
Transmission
Transmission is a critical area of the setup for traction, affecting acceleration, grip, rotation, tyre wear, and drivability. Increasing the On Throttle Differential will make the car more stable on acceleration, however, will increase tyre wear. Here in Spain we will use 70%/55%. This will aid rotation in lower speed corners and should help protect the tyres from excessive wear. Increasing rear diff will improve straight-line acceleration and stability on corner exits, however, will come with a slight cost on wear.
Differential Adjustment On Throttle – 70%
Differential Adjustment Off Throttle – 50%
Suspension Geometry
Geometry adjustments mainly impact grip and tire wear, however on F1 2021 most circuits suit the same settings! Stick with high front camber, and low everything else in this section for best results.
Front Camber – -2.50°
Rear Camber – -2.00°
Front Toe – 0.06°
Rear Camber – 0.20°
Suspension
Suspension adjustments impact responsiveness and stability through corners. This is probably the most important area of the setup, so if you are struggling with rotation then the anti-roll bars are where you should start. Ride height plays a much more important role this year, so the keep the rear high to avoid the diffuser bottoming out at high speed. Floor damage can ruin performance, so a higher than usual ride height here should help protect those delicate aerodynamic surfaces.
Front Suspension – 8
Rear Suspension – 7
Front Anti-Roll Bar – 8
Rear Anti-Roll Bar – 8
Front Ride Height – 3
Rear Ride Height – 6
Brakes
For players on controller, brake adjustments can have minimal impact. If you use ABS, maintain 100% brake pressure. Otherwise, see below.
Brake Pressure – 95%
Front Brake Bias – 58%
Tyres
Tyre pressures can have a huge impact on wear and traction. Typically high rear pressures and lower front pressures are the way to go, however increasing front pressures here will result in faster lap times. You will pay in front wear, but if you are finding this not to be an issue then increase to around 22.6psi.
Front Right Tyre Pressure – 21.4psi
Front Left Tyre Pressure – 21.4psi
Rear Right Tyre Pressure – 23.1psi
Rear Left Tyre Pressure – 23.1psi
Hotlap Setup
This setup is currently the fastest one lap setup we can recommend. bookmark the page and check back as we will be tweaking it regularly as we find extra tenths. Drivability may be compromised in this setup but it is damn quick! Running a race distance on this setup will result in some fairly extreme tyre wear.
Aerodynamics
A higher front and rear wing angle here, meaning maintaining a high corner speed is critical to keep the lap times down.
Front Wing Aero – 11
Rear Wing Aero – 11
Transmission
High on throttle differential here for acceleration out of corner. This will allow you to be aggressive on the accelerator while the car stays stable and planted. Low off throttle diff will help with the chicane, keep off the gas mid-corner to get the car rotated faster!
Differential Adjustment On Throttle – 70%
Differential Adjustment Off Throttle – 52%
Suspension Geometry
Standard suspension geometry for this one, with slightly lower front camber.
Front Camber – -2.70
Rear Camber – -2.00
Front Toe – 0.06
Rear Toe – 0.20
Suspension
A radically different set up to the race setup, very good for a one lap time, however be aware tyre life will be reduced with these settings.
Front Suspension – 1
Rear Suspension – 1
Front Anti-Roll Bar – 2
Rear Anti-Roll Bar – 6
Front Ride Height – 3
Rear Ride Height – 8
Brake Pressure
Brake Pressure – 100%
Brake Bias – 50%
Tyres
Maximum pressures all round here for the quickest time.
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