The organizers of the brand new Spanish Grand Prix venue in Madrid have unveiled the ultimate circuit structure that can characteristic 22 turns, together with a severely banked nook named “Monumental.”
Set to hitch the Method 1 calendar subsequent 12 months, the circuit is predicated predominantly on public roads that run across the IFEMA exhibition heart 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 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 via 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 subsequent part can 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 can be probably the most advanced elements of the circuit.
A extra spread-out chicane is designed to restrict speeds earlier than the “Monumental” nook, that can be over 500m lengthy and that includes banking of 24% as drivers will go 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 pace 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 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 which means the present house of the Spanish GP might nonetheless be on the calendar subsequent 12 months.
