Madrid GP reveals circuit layout with ‘Monumental’ banked corner

The organizers of the brand new Spanish Grand Prix venue in Madrid have unveiled the ultimate circuit format that can characteristic 22 turns, together with a severely banked nook named “Monumental.”

Set to affix the Method 1 calendar subsequent yr, 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 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 via 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%.

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The following part can be generally known as “The Bunker” and borders the Spanish Civil Struggle forts of La Mata Espesa, dropping down at 5% in what the observe designers imagine can be probably the most complicated components 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 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’ll 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 a lot of 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 which means the present residence of the Spanish GP may nonetheless be on the calendar subsequent yr.