Circuit officials have announced the 🐼Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will be held behind behind closed🐬 doors for the second F1 season running.

The 2020 edition of the event, which took place in August as a result of an amended calendar due to the pandemic, also took 🔜place without spectators.

Organisers had hoped to have been allowed to have some fans spectate the grand p�💦�rix and thus put tickets on sale this week.

With current restric🔯tions in Catalonia unlikely to be reviewed i🍨n time for May’s race, the event has confirmed it will be run without spectators.

"PROCICAT (the Catalan Civil Protection Office) has notified Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, that the Grand Prix cannot be staged under the condition🃏s defined in the Spectator Access Protocol," the circuit said in a statement.

"Under these conditions, it is impossible to establish with absolute certainty whether or not the epidemi💝c and welfare situation on 7, 8 and 9 May will allow for a further relaxation of the measures that do also restrict mobility at county level, which consequently would hinder fans from outside the Valles Oriental region from coming to the racetrack.

"Moreover, following the communication of the Departments of the Interior and Health of the Catalan Government, neither the epidemiological situation, nor, especially, the situation in hospitals𒁃 allow expecting right now a review of the current measures or a relevant liberalisation, considering tﷺhat the dates of the Grand Prix are quite close.

"Given this situation, the circuit management has proceeded to notify Fo✃rmula One Management Limited that the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio De Espana 2021 wil𓂃l have to be staged without spectator attendance."

The ci🌸rcuit has confirmed all fans who have bought tickets will be refunded.

Barcelona joins Baku in cꦑonfirming their respective races will b♛e run behind closed doors.

This weekend’s race at Imola also has no 💦fans present.