‘Madring’ F1 circuit gets unveiled by Madrid’s Spanish Grand Prix organisers

The circuit that may host the Madrid Formulation 1 Grand Prix for 10 years from 2026, the so-called ‘Madring’, has been formally offered to the general public on Friday.

Full particulars of the circuit have been unveiled at an occasion attended by Isabel Diaz Ayuso, president of the Neighborhood of Madrid and Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, mayor of the capital, amongst different personalities from sport and politics, in addition to Williams driver Carlos Sainz, who has been introduced because the ambassador for Madring F1.

Organisers confirmed the 2026 F1 Spanish Grand Prix might be held over 57 laps of the 5.4-kilometre, 22-turn Madring circuit, having additionally offered an onboard lap of the digital model.

The Madring circuit, with quite a few nods to the historical past of Madrid and Spain, will begin with a 589-metre straight, the second longest of your complete format. From the beginning line there might be a 202-metre dash to Flip 1, however in racing situations Flip 1s and a couple of are anticipated to yield some overtaking alternatives as vehicles decelerate from 320 km/h to 100 km/h for the primary chicane.

The flat right-hander of Flip 3 known as Curva de Hortaleza, named after the eponymous Madrid neighbourhood that gives the backdrop, as the beginning of the city a part of the observe down Ribera de Sena road.

After Hortaleza are the straight curves to the precise by means of Flip 4, with a pace lure of roughly 340km/h as vehicles decelerate for a good Flip 5-6 chicane beneath a motorway overpass, simply the very best overtaking alternative across the complete lap. 

Nonetheless on the general public highway, the chicane leads onto the Subida de las Carcavas, an 8% climb named after the neighbourhood it runs by means of. After a blind climb by means of Flip 7 comes El Bunker, a pointy right-hander adjoining to Spanish Civil Conflict forts of La Mata Espesa. That leads the circuit onto the purpose-built part on the Valdebebas competition grounds, previously utilized by the Mad Cool competition.

A quick sweeping downhill part of Flip 10 and Flip 11 offers fashionable F1 vehicles extra room to flex their muscle, however probably the most thrilling part of the Madring is but to return.

Watch: Uncover the entire MADRING format

Meet Madring F1’s banked curve, La Monumental

Enter La Monumental, a steep right-hand banking with a semi-circular form that takes inspiration from Zandvoort’s Luyendyk nook in addition to Madrid’s bullfighting area Las Ventas. The nook incorporates a gradient of 24%, with 550 metres that might be coated in simply over 5 seconds at round 300 km/h. On the surface a grandstand might be put in to offer views to as much as 45,000 spectators.

A 3rd potential overtaking alternative follows at Flip 13, a sluggish 84 diploma left-hander. It is the beginning of one other high-speed part known as Las Enlazadas de Valdebebas’, swooping round soccer large Actual Madrid’s coaching advanced. After going full throttle by means of Turns 14, 15 and 16, one other exhausting braking zone follows for the right-hander at Flip 17. 

The observe handed beneath the motorway as soon as extra to return to the IFEMA fairgrounds that host the paddock. Flip 18 known as Curva Norte as a result of it passes in entrance of the IFEMA North Conference Centre, which homes hospitality areas.

The observe then goes right into a extra typical, twisty road course sector in between the varied pavilions right down to the ultimate nook of twenty-two, which is known as The Park after the adjoining Juan Carlos I Park.

Building of the Madring is predicted to begin early subsequent month as organisers purpose to prepare for the inaugural version in September 2026, when Madrid joins Barcelona on the calendar for one yr earlier than probably remaining the one Spanish venue on the F1 calendar.

Final week a contract was signed with Spanish development agency ACCIONA (60%) and France’s Eiffage Building (40%), who will kind a three way partnership to assemble the 5.47km circuit, easing considerations over the tender course of’ sluggish progress.

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