The organizers of the brand new Spanish Grand Prix venue in Madrid have unveiled the ultimate circuit format that can function 22 turns, together with a severely banked nook named “Monumental.”
Set to affix the Formulation 1 calendar subsequent 12 months, the circuit relies predominantly on public roads that run across the IFEMA exhibition middle within the Spanish capital. Asserting Carlos Sainz because the official race ambassador, a press convention on the venue on Friday featured the reveal of the format, with particulars together with its flagship banked flip.
The 22-turn, 3.35-mile/5.4-kilometer monitor will open with a chicane earlier than a high-speed right-hander that sweeps by means of two turns and can see automobiles reaching a predicted 211mph/340km/h earlier than the low-speed Flip 5 and a piece that climbs at 8%.
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The subsequent part will probably be often called “The Bunker” and borders the Spanish Civil Conflict forts of La Mata Espesa, dropping down at 5% in what the monitor designers imagine will probably be one of the vital complicated elements of the circuit.
A extra spread-out chicane is designed to restrict speeds earlier than the “Monumental” nook, that will probably be over 500m lengthy and that includes banking of 24% as drivers will move in entrance of a grandstand that’s deliberate to carry round 45,000 spectators. The designers describe the nook as paying homage to a bullring, and calculate it’s going to take round six seconds to navigate earlier than exiting at excessive pace for an additional overtaking alternative on the 90-degree Flip 13 left-hander.
A collection of high-speed corners will observe earlier than the ultimate sector that options a lot of lower-speed turns, the ultimate two being over 90-degree right-handers that then convey the circuit again onto the pit straight — the widest a part of the monitor at 49ft/15 meters, in comparison with 39ft/12 meters for almost all of the circuit.
At current, Spain has a contract for 2 races in 2026, with the ultimate 12 months of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s deal additionally that means the present house of the Spanish GP might nonetheless be on the calendar subsequent 12 months.
