For the first time since the 2023 Formula 1 season, a new track has been added to the calendar: Spain’s Madring.But the sport is no stranger to Madrid.It’s been 45 years since F1 raced in the country’s capital. The sport previously competed just shy of 19 miles north of Madrid, at Circuito del Jarama, and F1’s tenure at that track lasted from 1968 to 1981, though four of those years were spent at Montjuïc Circuit in Barcelona.This time, F1 will compete close to the city center, about five miles from the airport and 20 minutes from central Madrid. Madring is built around the IFEMA Madrid exhibition center. Accessibility is a key selling point, as it’s connected to the public transit network.The F1 teams are stepping into the unknown with this purpose-built venue, given there’s no historical racing data for Madring. But here’s everything you need to know about the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix.Preparations take place at the new 3.36-mile Madring circuit ahead of Madrid’s inaugural F1 Spanish Grand Prix on September 13, 2026 (Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP via Getty Images)How Madring was builtThe track is nestled in the Valdebebas district north-east of the city center.Before construction began, the lot of land was flat and covered with vegetation. The construction moved the equivalent of about 500 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of earth, part of which was reused to shape Madring’s layout.This track, though labeled as a street course, has no maintenance holes or drain covers like the kind that plagued the Las Vegas race debut.Turn 12, named La Monumental, was a complex engineering challenge because of its extreme banking. It runs 547.82 meters in length and features 24 percent maximum banking, with close to 10 meters of level change.According to the FIA, the turn is at 13.5 degrees, making it one of the steepest corners on this year’s F1 calendar.