Sainz promises Madrid’s urban F1 circuit will not lack character

Carlos Sainz believes Madrid’s Madring Components 1 circuit can have its personal character because it combines road sections with quick and flowing swoops.

On Friday, the organisers and local authorities presented Madrid’s 5.47km layout that can take over the operating of the Spanish Grand Prix from September subsequent 12 months, becoming a member of Barcelona on the calendar in 2026 earlier than doubtless turning into Spain’s sole grand prix venue.

The format is a hybrid between tight road circuit sections across the IFEMA exhibition centre in addition to a purpose-built, extra open half that includes high-speed corners and a steep banking across the Valdebebas competition grounds.

Sainz, who joined the presentation as an envoy for the occasion, mentioned he reassured his fellow F1 drivers that his new dwelling monitor will characteristic loads of character.

“The drivers have requested me in regards to the circuit, the corners, the format… I’ve instructed them to not fear, that I’ll attempt to assist as a lot as doable to make the circuit a superb present,” Sainz mentioned.

“What I ask of an F1 circuit as a driver is that it has charisma and character, that it has a whole lot of corners that make it totally different.

“There are circuits like Baku, which has no main corners past the citadel part, but it surely has character, as a result of it’s totally lengthy straights, there’s a whole lot of overtaking, it is spectacular.

“There’s Jeddah, which is all quick corners and likewise spectacular. They’re all city circuits, however they’ve managed to have character.

“And what I ask of Madring and what we’re reaching is that it has that character between being a hybrid circuit, with an city space with the partitions very shut after which that extra open half, extra like a standard European circuit, which is what we drivers like essentially the most.

“The ultimate half, the banked corners and quick nook sequences… it is extra what we like and what we see on the conventional European circuits. And this circuit has each, it has the open space and the extra closed space of the partitions.”

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With the venue constructed on the outskirts of Spain’s capital, on properly linked fairgrounds near the Barajas airport, Sainz hopes Madrid can elevate the Spanish Grand Prix to among the finest occasions on the calendar.

“Every part that might be round it, all of the live shows and all of the activations will assist the town quite a bit,” he argued.

“I believe we are able to have the very best circuit on this planet and the very best occasion of the entire calendar.

“There are going to be 24 races, and Mexico, Miami and Las Vegas are doing very properly, however I sincerely consider that Madrid can beat them, and we’re going to go for it.”