CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

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DETAILS

Madring

Av. de la Capital de Espana
5A, Barajas
Madrid
28042
Spain

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Fax:

Official website:
www.madring.com

STATISTICS (PRIOR TO 2026)

Length:

5.474km (3.401miles)

Race laps:

2025 winner:

Configuration:

Clockwise

First GP:

2026

Lap record:

Type:

Street Track

Total races:

BIOGRAPHY

The first Spanish Grand Prix as part of the Formula One world Championship was in 1967, though there were twelve Spanish Grands Prix between 1913 and 1954, won by the likes of Louis Chiron, Achille Varzi, Juan Manuel Fangio and Mike Hawthorn.

Since 1967, the Spanish Grand Prix has been held at several venues, Jarama, Montjuic, Jerez, and Barcelona-Catalunya, though Jarama, the only one of these venues in Madrid, last hosted a race in 1981.

As part of the sport's desire to take F1 into the cities, in late 2022, the City Council and the Community of Madrid entered into preliminary contact with Formula One organizers. The proposal was officially presented to Stefano Domenicali in early 2023 and the FIA gave initial approval to the Madrid Circuit a couple of months later. That said, the idea of a Madrid street track dates back to 2014, when it was presented to Bernie Ecclestone.

In 2022, Jarno Zaffelli, who previously worked on the Zandvoort, Spa-Francorchamps, Silverstone, Marina Bay, and Mugello tracks, was commissioned to refurbish Jarama, however IFEMA subsequently invited him to design a new circuit from scratch.

Organisers of the new event are understood to have offered to pay a hosting fee of €48m pa, almost double what Barcelona was paying, in exchange for the rights to host the race.

Behind the scenes however there was a fierce political row - isn't there always - as it was argued the money involved could be spent on better things like hospitals and roads, whilst a Deloitte study commissioned by race organisers claimed the event would attract 85,000 tourists a year, generating €450m in revenue.

In January 2024, F1 announced that the Spanish Grand Prix would be held at the IFEMA Exhibition Centre, along with F2 and F3, from 2026 to 2035 as contractors Acciona and Eiffage agreed to build the circuit for €83.2m and Match Hospitality agreed to invest €400m over ten years to build VIP areas.

While moving the race put the future of the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit in doubt, Domenicali having initially said that retaining the track on the calendar was "unlikely", Catalonia's (then) president, Pere Aragones confirmed he was still negotiating with F1 about keeping its slot on the calendar beyond 2026.

In March 2025, race organisers announced that the IFEMA circuit, which has a total length of 5.474 kilometres (3.401 miles) and features 22 corners, would be named the Madring.

The circuit uses a combination of public roads and non-public land, much like Miami, and while it will initially seat 110,000 fans, within five years this should expand to 140,000, making it "one of the largest venues on the F1 calendar".

According to Zaffelli there are four overtaking zones, at Turns 1, 5, 11, and 17, while Turn 12 (La Monumental) is set to be the "longest banked curve" in F1. There are two tunnel sections running underneath an elevated motorway and there is a sharp downhill drop between Turns 7 and 9.

Set to host the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix in 2026, as well as a five-day closed test before the official F1 tests in Bahrain, it is understood that Montmelo will continue to host the sport in future, albeit on a rotating basis with the likes of Spa.

Madring

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

DETAILS

Madring

STATISTICS (PRIOR TO 2026)

BIOGRAPHY

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