Madrid track layout and everything you need to know about the 2026 Spanish GP

It was a widely known but unconfirmed fact that the race at the Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit would not be continued after the 2025 season. Following F1's 2026 calendar announcement it is now clear that a fan and driver favourite has been bumped off the championship to make way for yet another street circuit.

The Madring track which will host the 2026 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix and is made up of 22 turns, various hard braking zones to improve overtaking possibilites, several sweeping corners, and a daunting banked corner that evokes the historic bull-fighting rings.

The Spanish Grand Prix weekend will now be moved from Barcelona to Madrid, and it will take place in the weekend of 11-13 September. Furthermore it will be demanding on teams and drivers due to the traction requirements in terms of traction and speed, rendering the need to find the right balance in terms of setup essential.

The track it's replacing, Imola, is vastly different, with predominantly fast and flowing corners that lead into the next with a particular flow to it, it is also built the old school way, around the landscape and the natural ondulating surface of the terrain, making a driver and a fan favorite due also to its ability to alwasy produce memorable races.

The Spanish track, though, has a feel to it reminiscent of the circuit that held the Russian Grand Prix until 2021, Sochi. Long straights, hard braking zones and a pronunciated banking corner that has a particular Zandvoort feel, a circuit which will suffer the same fate as Imola, albeit next year, with its voluntry extrication from the race calendar.

Williams driver Carlos Sainz is the track's ambassador and has been deeply involved in the design of the Spanish capital's track to help ensure that the event held in and around the IFEMA (Ferial Institution of Madrid, ed.) yields exciting racing, i.e., clear overtaking opportunities. Whether it will live up to the ousted legendary track remains to be seen.

In fact, the Grand Prix is not 100% yet certain to take place with the development and building work for the track suffering delays which put the Grand Prix in a compromised position ahead of its debut come next year.