The road circuit in Madrid which is able to take over the Spanish Grand Prix subsequent 12 months has a brand new identify.
The race promoters have introduced the monitor shall be named “Madring” and defined the explanation behind the change.
“Formulation 1 circuits are sometimes referred to by town or area the place they’re situated – Monza, Imola, Interlagos, Spa, Silverstone, Miami, Las Vegas,” they mentioned in an announcement. “Nonetheless, their full official names are hardly ever used. For that reason, Madring goals to determine a concise and memorable identification that straight references its host metropolis, is immediately recognisable worldwide, and requires no translation.”
“In the end, it’s greater than only a identify — it’s a real, distinctive, and iconic model, designed to resonate with a contemporary and engaged F1 viewers,” they added.
The monitor was initially known as the Ifema Madrid Circuit, in reference to the exhibition centre on the identical website.
F1 is because of have two races in Spain subsequent 12 months. The Madring will exchange the Circuit de Catalunya as the house of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Nonetheless the everlasting circuit outdoors Barcelona has one 12 months to run on its contract after this season and is subsequently anticipated to seem on the 2026 F1 calendar. It has held the Spanish Grand Prix yearly because it opened in 1991.
The brand new circuit has a 10-year deal to host F1, making certain the Madring will stay on the calendar till no less than 2035. The promoter is reported to have paid almost €500 million (£427m) for the race.
The Madring will measure almost 5.5 kilometres, of which 1.5km will be public roads. F1 describes it as a “hybrid” circuit. The monitor was designed by Dromo, which beforehand labored on different F1 circuits together with Zandvoort within the Netherlands and Sepang in Malaysia.
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