The calendar of Formula 1, normally it does not usually undergo many changes from one season to another. However, the Championship is always open to novelties and, by 2027, Madrid enters the scene.
Barcelona has been a competition layout for four wheels since 1991, and has done so without interruption. But the Circuit de Barcelona has a few years left to finish the contract. And according to ‘Daily Mail UK’, Madrid volunteers to remove Barcelona’s position.
More details are unknown because, for the moment, it is still an option that they are on the air. The only thing is that the mythical layout of the Jarama is not on the table. If Madrid finally entered the World Cup, it would be one more race that would be added to that list of urban races.
Approval
At the F1 expo presentation last week, Stefano DomenicaliCEO of F1, talked about IFEMA as one of the possible scenarios of a future Spanish Grand Prix. In substitution of the one held in the Circuit of Barcelona.
“They are working to bring a race and F1 is delighted to have so many applicants because it is becoming more and more popular all over the world, we know the passion there is in Spain, I have worked with Fernando and I know him well,” said Domenicali.
The remnants of a spectacular display of engineering that assisted in saving @RGrosjean‘s life in Bahrain
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—Formula 1 (@F1) March 24, 2023
Option of two careers in Spain?
After days sounding this news, fans have begun to give their opinion through social networks, and the most prominent has been the question, And two Grand Prix in Spain is it possible?
At the moment, it is an option that is not contemplated, although Domenicali does not close the door. The CEO of F1 is very happy with the Madrid project: “Madrid wants the race, there is great interest.”
But Barcelona He has been around for a long time: “We are currently focused on Barcelona, which has a contract and the relationship is strong,” said Domenicali.
In September of last year, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, spoke of the possibility of hosting a Grand Prix in the capital. He even went so far as to admit that he had been in talks with F1, although he admitted that “it’s kind of preliminary.”
