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Asphalt down at Madrid as Sainz reveals tunnel sections
May 19 Carlos Sainz has completed the first laps of Formula 1's new Madrid circuit, with the layout's dramatic banking and motorway tunnels now emerging as defining features of the 2026 SP venue. Amid repeated speculation about construction delays and whether the ‘Madring' project would be ready in time, the first full asphalt layer is now down around the IFEMA exhibition complex in the Spanish capital. Driving a 450bhp Ford Mustang rather than his usual Williams, local hero Sainz became the first F1 driver to lap the new 5.4km semi-street circuit. 'It's something very difficult to describe for me,' Sainz said. 'I always dreamed about having the opportunity to race at my hometown....
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