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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has now told Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya chiefs what they will need to host a race now that Madrid has stolen the Spanish Grand Prix. The IFEMA exhibition centre and F1 announced this Tuesday that a new 5.5km (3.4m) circuit near the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez airport will take over the staging of the Spanish GP in 2026. F1 has also agreed a 10-year contract to stage the Spanish GP for its return to Madrid. Madrid last staged an F1 race while the Spanish GP was held off-and-on at Jarama between 1968 to 1981. But the race has exclusively been at the Circuit …

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