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Hi, fitta, I'll try to give you a little help about the Montjuïc Circuit.
Where the old track went? Anywhere. The old track is in the same spot that always and you can walk or drive around it... though the roads seem very narrow by today's standards.
It's very easy to find the circuit. Next time you'll go to Barcelona, ask for the Plaça de Espanya, then you must walk no more than 200 meter to be in the one and only straight, worth of this name, of the track: is the little straight that you can see in the lower part of the map picture; then, you must take right, anti-clockwise, and follow the circuit -with a map picture is very easy-. You can walk or drive it around completely.
The start/finish line was, at first, this short straight. In the 60's was changed to the fast left-hander that we can see in the upper part of the map picture.
The circuit is 3790'65 meter long. One of his features, was that remain unchanged since his first race -IV G.P. de la Penya Rhin, 1933- to the very last Grand Prix -XXIII G.P. de España, 1975-.
This way, you can compare the first pole position with the last one, fastests laps, etc.
'33/Tazio Nuvolari/2.9 Alfa Romeo 8C Monza/PP:2'16"/FL:2'13"
'73/Ronnie Peterson/3.0 Lotus Ford 72/PP:1'21"8/FL:1'23"8
Montjuïc, what a GREAT circuit...
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