The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is to host a Grand Prix in 2028, 2030, and 2032 on a rotational foundation with Spa-Francorchamps.
That is along with this 12 months’s occasion, which is re-named as Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix as Madrid’s Madring turns into host of the Spanish Grand Prix.
The contract extension follows vital funding on the circuit in recent times together with the development of the Circuit Rooftop, a brand new hospitality house overlooking turns 9, 10, and 11 and the doorway of the primary straight, in addition to the set up of photo voltaic panels all through the circuit.
Inbuilt 1991 as a part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Video games improvement programme, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya options a mixture of excessive and low velocity corners and has performed host to many memorable moments, together with Max Verstappen’s maiden Grand Prix victory in 2016.
In 2025, 300,000 followers attended the race weekend, which noticed Oscar Piastri declare victory with teammate Lando Norris in second. From the present grid, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have additionally crossed the road first in Barcelona.
In recent times, organisers have taken steps to raise the general fan expertise and be sure that the broader group is on the coronary heart of the Grand Prix. For the final two years there was a fan pageant hosted within the Placa de Catalunya forward of the Grand Prix weekend, which can return in 2026.
The races in Barcelona shall be in rotation with the Grand Prix on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, which can happen in 2026, 2027, 2029, and 2031.
„Barcelona is an unbelievable metropolis,“ mentioned Stefano Domenicali, „and the Method 1 followers there at all times welcome us with such ardour, so I’m delighted that we are going to proceed to race on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for years to return. The crew have invested closely within the circuit and hosted unbelievable fan festivals in recent times, so we sit up for seeing how they proceed to develop the expertise, each for attendees on the race and for the town as a complete.
„I wish to thank Salvador Illa, President of the Authorities of Catalunya, Pol Gibert, CEO of Circuits de Catalunya SL and Basic Secretary of the Division of Enterprise and Employment for his or her unwavering dedication to internet hosting Method 1, and Oriol Sagrera, the previous CEO of Circuits de Catalunya SL and former Basic Secretary of the Division of Enterprise and Employment, who was key to securing the renewal. I can not wait to see our good followers in Barcelona in June!“
„We welcome the renewal of the Method 1 Grand Prix in Catalonia, at the very least till 2032,“ added Pol Gibert, CEO of Circuits de Catalunya SL and Basic Secretary of the Division of Enterprise and Employment. „We wish to categorical our gratitude to Method 1 for the belief positioned within the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and within the area over all these years.
„This renewal is the results of a robust relationship and shut collaboration and represents a vital step in additional consolidating Catalonia as a key fixture on the worldwide calendar. Method 1 generates an financial impression of greater than €300 million per version, however above all it’s a strategic occasion that helps mission Catalonia worldwide as a rustic able to internet hosting top-level sporting competitions.“
