The Madring

The track at a glance

The Madring is a hybrid circuit: part of the lap runs on roads between the halls of the IFEMA exhibition centre in north-east Madrid, and part is permanent track built on open land next to it. It is 5.414 km long with 22 turns (the official map also lists a 5A and a 20A), and a Grand Prix there runs to 57 laps.

The Spanish Grand Prix moved here from Barcelona under a deal announced in January 2024 that runs from 2026 to 2035. The circuit was designed by the Italian studio Dromo, the name Madring was announced in March 2025, and the first Grand Prix was held in September 2026.

The site sits next to Madrid-Barajas airport and is served by Metro Line 8, about eight minutes from the terminals. Two short tunnels take the track under an elevated motorway, and the paddock is fully covered — a first for the championship.

La Monumental

The circuit's signature is Turn 12, La Monumental: a 550-metre right-hander banked at up to 24%, or about 13.5 degrees. That makes it the longest banked corner on the Grand Prix calendar. The banking lets drivers pick from several lines through it, and it gives the cars the highest vertical load of the season.

Banked corners are rare in modern road-course design. The bowl rewards carrying speed rather than braking late, and the extra grip changes where the fastest line sits — a useful thing to think about when you remaster the layout.

A lap of the Madring

Only some of the Madring's 22 corners are well documented, so this guide follows the lap section by section. Turn numbers are the official ones.

• StartThe start/finish line is only about 200 metres from Turn 1, so the field arrives at the first corner still tightly bunched.
• T1–T3A left, then a right, then a fast right-hander at Turn 3. Turn 2 is the lowest point on the lap. The exit of Turn 3 matters most because it opens onto the longest straight.
• T3–T4The longest straight, and one of the two zones where cars can run in straight mode. Speeds are expected to reach around 340 km/h before the stop for Turn 4.
• T4–T8The street section through the exhibition district. From Turn 6 the road climbs at up to 8% to Turn 7, the highest point of the lap at about 700 metres above sea level. It then drops sharply into Turn 8, a heavy braking zone with a blind apex where the street section ends.
• T9–T12A chicane sets the cars up for La Monumental, the long banked right-hander described above.
• After T12A run of flat-out corners, then a section where the walls close in.
• To T22A slower, twisty run of tight, often 90° corners that has drawn comparisons with Baku. It ends at Turn 22, a tight corner back onto the main straight and its straight-mode zone.

The 2026 debut

The first Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring was held in September 2026, with grandstands built for around 110,000 spectators. Its race lap record, set that weekend, is 1:35.587.

After the race, the layout was criticised for offering too few chances to overtake. With a single overtake-mode detection point before Turn 22, most passing chances come on the main straight into Turn 1.

For the full story of how the project came together, read our guide to the Madring, or see our articles on overtaking zones and race track design principles.

Ideas for your remaster

The Remaster button opens the traced layout in the designer. You can move any point and the lap time, speed trace and corner analysis update as you go. A few places to start:

Fix the overtaking problem. The Madring was criticised for its lack of passing chances. Try a slower corner at the end of the T3–T4 straight, or a longer run into Turn 22, and watch the braking zones in the speed trace.

Rethink the final sector. The tight, 90° street corners at the end of the lap are the slowest part. Can you make them flow without losing the street-circuit character?

Name the corners. Most of the Madring's turns don't have names yet. Group and name them in the designer, and they'll show on your exports and share link.

Finish it properly. Add track width, kerbs, run-off and a pit lane so it reads like a real venue.

When you're happy with it, share your version with its own link. The original stays here for the next person to remaster.

Frequently asked questions

Layout traced from the open circuit data in bacinger/f1-circuits (MIT licence). Circuit facts: Wikipedia, Pirelli. RaceTrackDesigner is not affiliated with the circuit, its organisers or any racing series.