The promoters of the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix have revealed the primary official video simulation of the monitor which can host the race.
Development work is because of start this month on the Madring, a semi-permanent monitor working across the Ifema occasion venue within the north-east of the Spanish capital.
Though the monitor will use some public roads, the vast majority of its near-five-and-a-half kilometre size shall be purpose-built monitor.
This contains the monitor’s distinctive ‘Valdebebas’ nook, a high-speed right-hander which varieties flip 10. The video signifies this nook shall be steeply banked, much like Zandvoort’s Hugenholzbocht and Luyendykbocht. Nevertheless Valdebebas seems to contain larger cornering speeds sustained for an extended time than these two corners, which can inevitably place the automobiles’ tyres underneath appreciable pressure.
The video reveals different particulars of the anticipated elevation adjustments on the monitor. Flip 5, which automobiles will method at excessive speeds after round 14 seconds of flat-out acceleration, is barely blind and dips because the monitor passes beneath the M11 motorway.
After negotiating Valdebebas, drivers will arrive at excessive pace once more for flip 11, which has a correspondingly large run-off space. One other pair of fast corners brings the drivers to a pointy right-hander, after which they move beneath the motorway once more.
One level of observe for F1 strategists is that the present pit lane design joins the monitor after the flip one-two chicane, equally to the configuration seen at Jeddah. This could cut back the period of time drivers lose making a pit cease, which may encourage groups to try extra multi-stop methods.
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However exactly what sort of racing the monitor generates shall be closely influenced by the efficiency traits of the automobiles constructed to the brand new energy unit and chassis guidelines for the 2026 F1 season.
Development work on the circuit is because of be accomplished by Could subsequent 12 months. The venue has a 10-year deal to host the Spanish Grand Prix from subsequent season.
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