Announcement of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Madrid next week
ANDThe open secret will be officially confirmed next week, as has been published in recent weeks and as This was stated by the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, in her end-of-year speech. “On January 23 there will be an announcement about F1,” announced on New Year’s Eve
It’s still It is not yet known whether the next Madrid or Spanish Grand Prix will start in the capital in 2026 or 2027.as Barcelona still has a contract for this year and an agreement must be reached on his resignation.
Almeida is confident that Formula 1 will be able to reach Madrid
4 billion in 10 years.
The contract will initially be for 10 seasons, during which the annual economic impact will be approximately 400 million per edition, that is, more than 4000 million that F1 will go indirectly to Madrid. It is one of the most global sports in which there are some 210 million people at the Grand Prix on television, about 140 via television and another 70 through the F1 TV platform on the official website.
Ayuso: “Great Illusion”
President of the Community, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, He commented on this at a meeting with the media on Tuesday: “The dream and illusion is that there is not a single administration or country that could reject such a project,” although he urges caution “until we imagine it.”
City track with a covered part
The presentation at Ifema, where the city circuit with pits and main straight will be headquartered, will take place on January 23 (next Tuesday). as MARCA learned, outside of official sources. Personalities have already been invited to the event which will take place on the territory of the fair and where the company itself will be located Diaz Ayuso, Mayor, Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, and, as expected, the CEO of Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali.
“The only thing that remains are those who invested the capital and those who bear all the responsibility for announcing this, beyond what the administrations do on our end,” he said. Ayuso made the announcement this morning, which Formula 1 has yet to officially confirm.
Ayuso stressed that the arrival of Formula 1 in Madrid will not cost a single euro of public money. “We therefore have full respect for the Madrid treasury” and promised that they would do “everything in our power and provide the best conditions.” so that the project remains and is consolidated as the best track in the world,” pointed out.
“In Madrid we do it big. We not only want Formula 1 to come, but also for it to be the best track. what the organization has right now,” added the President of the Community of Madrid.