The organizers of the brand new Spanish Grand Prix venue in Madrid have unveiled the ultimate circuit structure that may function 22 turns, together with a severely banked nook named “Monumental.”
Set to hitch the Method 1 calendar subsequent yr, the circuit is predicated 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 structure, with particulars together with its flagship banked flip.
The 22-turn, 3.35-mile/5.4-kilometer observe will open with a chicane earlier than a high-speed right-hander that sweeps by two turns and can see vehicles reaching a predicted 211mph/340km/h earlier than the low-speed Flip 5 and a piece that climbs at 8%.
The following part might be often called “The Bunker” and borders the Spanish Civil Warfare forts of La Mata Espesa, dropping down at 5% in what the observe designers imagine might be one of the vital complicated components of the circuit.
A extra spread-out chicane is designed to restrict speeds earlier than the “Monumental” nook, that might 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 is going to take round six seconds to navigate earlier than exiting at excessive velocity for one more overtaking alternative on the 90-degree Flip 13 left-hander.
A sequence of high-speed corners will comply with earlier than the ultimate sector that options numerous 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 observe 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 yr of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s deal additionally that means the present dwelling of the Spanish GP may nonetheless be on the calendar subsequent yr.
