The corner has been remodelled in🔴 time for this year’s race as part of safety improvements made in conjunction with the ♛FIA and MotoGP’s governing body, FIM.

Barcelona has abandoned the tight sharp le𝄹ft turn that was introduced in 2004 in favour of a more gentle sweep that ౠresembles the original corner layout used when F1 first visited the circuit in 1991.

Several drivers had🔯 a look at the revamped Turn 10 during their track walks on Thursday, before they get to grips with the corner behind the ꦡwheels of their cars for the first time in practice on Friday.

There was a mixed response 𒈔to the changes and difference in opinion as to whether the modifi🐠ed corner will help improve the racing.

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas said he was 💎happy to see the changes after admitting tha𓆉t Turn 10 was “never my strongest corner”.

Returning two-time world champion Fernando Alonso - who is 🦹preparing for his first home race since 2018 and has raced on both previous versions of the corner - does not believe it ꩵwill make much of a difference.

“I don’t think it will change much, honestly,” he said. “It was there anyway in the past, so sometimes even if you brake a little bit l🎀ate into🗹 10, you take that run off area and you rejoin the track in 12.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a huge impact on the lap time, on the setups, or the💮 overtaking possibilities. I think it’s pretty similar. It should be transparent I think from the outside, to the spectator's point of view.”

Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc 🍒is concerned 𝓀that the new Turn 10 could make overtaking opportunities even harder to come by.

“I’m not so sure,” he said. “I’m pretty sure that there will be different lines there 🌺and that will be a bit better to follow.

“But I also feel that Turn 10 was an opportunity to overtake so I don’t know. I think there will be less overtaking in Turn 10 but if then it helps us to follow closer for overtaking before turn one, then that’s great. But I think we’ll have to try be✨fore commenting on that.”

His team꧟mate Carlos Sainz shared a similar view, adding: "In the past at Turn 10, it was always difficult to follow a car in front, just because there was only one line.

“There’s a strong 🏅point that maybe having a wider line, you can maybe place your car a bit differently to the car in front and get a bit more clean air.

“At ไthe same time, it’s a higher-speed corner, we will feel a bit more the downforce loss if we follow. One thing might compensate the othe⛦r but let’s see. We’ll try it first and then our comments on Friday.”

However, AlphaTauri’s꧂ Pierre Gasly is hop𝓰eful the change can bring about positives and help improve racing.

“Clearly I think there will be slightly more lines possible out of Turn 10,” the Frenchman explained. “So I do hope racing improves and it gives us the opporཧtunity to put a bit of pressure on braking and maybe try something different on exit and overtake, give us a bit more opportunities in t🌸erms of racing.

“In terms of driving it’s obviously a bit more open, a bit faster corner. Let’s see how it ꩵgo📖es this weekend.”