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Madrid to host Grand Prix as Formula One announces 2026 calendar
- Formula One announced its 2026 calendar featuring a new Grand Prix in Madrid alongside the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain.
- This addition follows Imola’s removal from the calendar and Barcelona’s contract expiring after the 2026 season, leaving its future uncertain.
- The Madrid street circuit, measuring 5.47 km with 20 corners, runs past the IFEMA exhibition centre and includes long straights and tight chicanes.
- The Madrid race is scheduled for September 11 to 13 as round 16 of a 24-race season, with qualifying laps estimated around one minute 32 seconds.
- This expanded calendar, featuring new venues, teams, and technical regulations, signals a fresh era for F1, which FIA president Ben Sulayem calls "a significant new chapter.
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Formula 1 has a new schedule. Now, looking towards the 2026 season, in which Dutchman Max Verstappen will have to defend the title he won in the championship that has just finished.The new edition of the highest category of motorsports worldwide will have some novelties and, of course, some polemics that soon took place soon became known the list of circuits that will contemplate the Circus.With Madrid as a novelty and a historic circuit less: F…
The 2026 season of Formula 1 (F1) will come with important changes. In addition to the entry of General Motors -with Cadillac- into the starting grill, among others, one of the main innovations is the extension of the calendar with a new race: the Spanish Grand Prix, to be held in Madrid.Read more]]>
How will F1's new venues fit into an already packed calendar?
Announcing the following season’s Formula 1 calendar before the current one has reached its half-way point is a calculated power move – one the present regime seems to be making an annual fixture after it revealed this year’s running order in April 2024. The message it sends to the wider world is one of peace between the stakeholders and commercial stability. But while this creates a ...Keep reading
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