1 hr. ago
Round 14 of the 2026 Formula 1 season heads to the new Madring circuit, for the Spanish Grand Prix, from 11-13 September.
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli came back from 19th on the grid for a spectacular win in front of his home fans at the Italian Grand Prix.
In another surprise during the weekend, Alpine's Pierre Gasly managed to secure the first pole position of his career on Saturday.
Antonelli was joined by his Mercedes team-mate George Russell on the Monza podium, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third.
It was a disappointing weekend for Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc crashing out of the race and Lewis Hamilton finishing sixth.
#madring
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli came back from 19th on the grid for a spectacular win in front of his home fans at the Italian Grand Prix.
In another surprise during the weekend, Alpine's Pierre Gasly managed to secure the first pole position of his career on Saturday.
Antonelli was joined by his Mercedes team-mate George Russell on the Monza podium, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third.
It was a disappointing weekend for Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc crashing out of the race and Lewis Hamilton finishing sixth.
#madring
21 days ago
For the first time, Formula One is headed to Madrid, which will be hosting the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix at the city's brand new circuit, Madring. With the race now less than a month away, a drone shot of the circuit shows the ongoing work that is expected to be completed ahead of the race weekend scheduled for September 11–13.
The track in question was ready since Ferrari conducted a filming day at the 5.416 km, 22-corner circuit last month. However, construction of the grandstands and the pit building still seems to be ongoing, as seen in the drone footage. The deadline for that is not known, but there could be some considerable work to catch up on in case of a delay.
Madrid took over Grand Prix hosting duties from Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, which was the official venue for the Spanish GP that hosted its first F1 race in September 1991. Madrid reportedly offered F1 around €48 million per year for the rights, almost double what Barcelona was paying.
Madrid boasts the ****** le of "first major European capital" to host a Grand Prix, meaning accessibility shouldn't be an issue for fans traveling to the venue using various modes of transport. Tickets for the event have been sold out, according to a report by GP Fans.
Image Credit: Scuderia Ferrari on X
#race #spanish #september #fans
The track in question was ready since Ferrari conducted a filming day at the 5.416 km, 22-corner circuit last month. However, construction of the grandstands and the pit building still seems to be ongoing, as seen in the drone footage. The deadline for that is not known, but there could be some considerable work to catch up on in case of a delay.
Madrid took over Grand Prix hosting duties from Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, which was the official venue for the Spanish GP that hosted its first F1 race in September 1991. Madrid reportedly offered F1 around €48 million per year for the rights, almost double what Barcelona was paying.
Madrid boasts the ****** le of "first major European capital" to host a Grand Prix, meaning accessibility shouldn't be an issue for fans traveling to the venue using various modes of transport. Tickets for the event have been sold out, according to a report by GP Fans.
Image Credit: Scuderia Ferrari on X
#race #spanish #september #fans
3 months ago
Madrid’s new F1 venue is already one of the most unconventional tracks on the calendar – the Madring is effectively split into two distinct halves by the M-11 motorway, with the southern portion built around the existing IFEMA exhibition halls and the northern section constructed on previously undeveloped land.
But the people running the place are already thinking about how to make it stranger. The layout is not set in stone, with the Spanish Grand Prix contracted to run at the venue through 2035.
That long runway gives the circuit’s operators room to experiment, and one idea on the table would make the Madring genuinely unprecedented in F1 history.
“We can also consider having the track inside the exhibition halls,” said track chief operating officer Carlos Jimenez to The Race. “It’s something that Formula E does in London, in the ExCel [Centre], and we are thinking about it here.”
The London ExCel comparison isn’t a throwaway comment from the executive. Formula E’s indoor/outdoor hybrid through the London docklands venue has been a fixture on that championship’s calendar for years, demonstrating that racing machinery can transition between open air and enclosed ***** e in a single lap. The logic is the same here. The IFEMA halls already sit directly alongside the circuit’s southern sector, so threading the track through them would be a matter of evolution rather than reinvention.
But the people running the place are already thinking about how to make it stranger. The layout is not set in stone, with the Spanish Grand Prix contracted to run at the venue through 2035.
That long runway gives the circuit’s operators room to experiment, and one idea on the table would make the Madring genuinely unprecedented in F1 history.
“We can also consider having the track inside the exhibition halls,” said track chief operating officer Carlos Jimenez to The Race. “It’s something that Formula E does in London, in the ExCel [Centre], and we are thinking about it here.”
The London ExCel comparison isn’t a throwaway comment from the executive. Formula E’s indoor/outdoor hybrid through the London docklands venue has been a fixture on that championship’s calendar for years, demonstrating that racing machinery can transition between open air and enclosed ***** e in a single lap. The logic is the same here. The IFEMA halls already sit directly alongside the circuit’s southern sector, so threading the track through them would be a matter of evolution rather than reinvention.
