🚨 | BREAKING : A Madrid Grand Prix at a street circuit in IFEMA is looking very likely by each day José Luis MartÃnez-Almeida, mayor of Madrid said: "The negotiations on F1 and Madrid are going reasonably well."
Spanish Grand Prix, which is supposedly moving to Madrid in 2026, might possibly be the first night race in Europe.
Rumors around the Spanish Grand Prix surfaced recently, suggesting the race will move from the current Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to Madrid.
This would mean Formula One would lose yet another traditional track from its calendar, only to be substituted by a semi-permanent street circuit.
On the other hand, the Spanish Grand Prix has been raced at the same circuit for more than 20 years, so Formula One management and drivers might feel it is time to change things up.
Rumors suggest F1's deal with Madrid is almost done, but there are still a few details that need to be settled. See the proposed layout of the circuit.
The Madrid circuit stays true to the characteristics of typical street circuits like in Baku or Singapore but adds a few faster corners like we have seen in Las Vegas in 2023.
The interesting thing about the circuit you might notice is it includes what no other circuit in F1 does - two roundabouts.
Moreover, es.motorsport.com suggests Formula One wants the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid to be the first European night race.
On the other hand, the organizers would apparently like to stick to the casual European Grand Prix schedule, where the event would take place around 3pm local time.
As opposed to races in the Middle East, where it is preferable to race during the night because of the high temperatures, F1 drivers and their teams did not like the 2023 edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix because of the late times.
As Daniel Ricciardo explained, F1 drivers need to be in the perfect condition to perform their best, and frequent changes in time zones and times at which Grand Prix races are organized do not help.
On the contrary, no driver has yet responded to the changes in the Spanish Grand Prix, so let's not jump the gun. Would you like to see the first nighttime Grand Prix in Europe?
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