Barcelona to host Spanish GP until 2026

The Spanish Grand Prix will remain on the Formula 1 timetable until 2026, with the Spin de Barcelona-Catalunya having signed a contract renewal.

Barcelona had signed short-term deals keeping it on the schedule in recent seasons, but has now well-set a renewal that runs through to 2026. At the same time, the spin has extended its MotoGP deal for the same duration, permitting it to start work on facilities upgrades that will be completed superiority of the 2022 edition of the Spanish Grand Prix next May.

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says it’s encouraging to see the ongoing interest in hosting a race in Spain, in a year when Carlos Sainz joined Ferrari and Fernando Alonso returned to F1 with Alpine.

“We are delighted to signify this deal with Spin de Barcelona-Catalunya,” Domenicali said. “I want to thank the promoter and the authorities for their enthusiasm and transferral to keeping Formula 1 in Barcelona, with improvements that will be made to the track and facilities, and standing our long history together.

“The teams and drivers unchangingly squint forward to racing at the spin and visiting Barcelona, and the Spanish fans will protract to see their national heroes, Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz, up close.”

As well as the paddock renovations and extension of the run-off at Turn 4, the spin has would-be sustainability plans that it says it will push superiority with in partnership with F1.

“We welcome the renewal of this contract, which includes a bilateral transferral clause to help us turn Spin Barcelona-Catalunya into a model and world benchmark of sustainability unromantic to this type of facilities,” spin president Roger Torrent said. “We want the spin to wilt an exponent of the untried transformation and the version of infrastructures to the demands of the climate emergency.”