The organizers of the brand new Spanish Grand Prix venue in Madrid have unveiled the ultimate circuit format that may characteristic 22 turns, together with a severely banked nook named “Monumental.”
Set to hitch 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. Saying 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 observe will open with a chicane earlier than a high-speed right-hander that sweeps by means of two turns and can see vehicles reaching a predicted 211mph/340km/h earlier than the low-speed Flip 5 and a bit that climbs at 8%.
The following part will probably be referred to as “The Bunker” and borders the Spanish Civil Conflict forts of La Mata Espesa, dropping down at 5% in what the observe designers consider will probably be one of the complicated components 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 cross in entrance of a grandstand that’s deliberate to carry round 45,000 spectators. The designers describe the nook as harking back to a bullring, and calculate it would take round six seconds to navigate earlier than exiting at excessive velocity for an additional overtaking alternative on the 90-degree Flip 13 left-hander.
A collection of high-speed corners will comply with earlier than the ultimate sector that options quite a few lower-speed turns, the ultimate two being over 90-degree right-handers that then deliver 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 12 months of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s deal additionally that means the present residence of the Spanish GP might nonetheless be on the calendar subsequent 12 months.
