Antonelli Faces Monumental Challenge at New Madring Circuit
The new circuit’s 550-meter La Monumental curve and 130,000 daily spectators set up a close fight for Mercedes and McLaren, organisers said.
- Formula One makes its debut this weekend at Madrid's new Madring semi-street circuit, the first new track since Las Vegas three years ago, featuring the 550m-long 'La Monumental' banked curve.
- Mercedes championship leader Kimi Antonelli enters uncharted territory fresh from winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, holding a 66-point lead over teammate George Russell as the Spanish capital hosts its first race since 1981.
- Drivers expect a chaotic weekend, with Spaniard Carlos Sainz warning, "I think we are all expecting safety cars, red flags and yellow flags." Max Verstappen added, "It's going to be very difficult" after simulator testing.
- Organizers confirm the event is sold out, expecting 130,000 spectators daily and nearly 350,000 cumulatively. Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc noted the track was "very hot and very dusty" during testing.
- Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff expects a "very close-fought weekend," with McLaren and reigning world champion Lando Norris emerging as primary rivals. Home favorite Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin aim to improve after recent disappointing results.
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"I think the race is going to be complicated for everyone, I think there will be enough abandonments, there can be security cars," explained Fernando Alonso.
For the first time since Las Vegas three years ago, Spain's Grand Prix is waiting for the Formula 1 race this weekend in Madrid. The highlight of the winding course ("Madring") through the exhibition grounds of the Spanish capital is the spectacular high-speed section curve "La Monumental".
Madrid, 10 Sep (EFE).- The Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), the youngest in all history to lead the general, arrives, after exhibiting last Sunday before his hobby in Monza, as solid leader of the Formula One World Championship at the Grand Prix of Spain; the fourteenth of the year, which will be played this end of [...] The entry Antonelli arrives solid leader to the baptism of Madring was first published in HolaNews.
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Antonelli faces new challenge after stirring triumph in Monza
The 20-year-old, who last Sunday became the first Italian to win his home race at Monza since 1966, drives into uncharted territory as the Spanish capital hosts a race for the first time since June 1981, when the legendary Gilles Villeneuve won for Ferrari at Jarama. This Sunday's race is to be held at the spectacular newly-completed Madring semi-street circuit, built in an exhibition centre close to Barajas airport. It is the final Grand Prix i…
The riders look with respect to the longest tilted curve of the World Cup, the Madring emblem, a unique turn in the calendar, with a 24 % slope. It will be a technical challenge for the single-seaters, which will take about six seconds to travel it in front of 45,000 spectators. Read
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