The mayor of Madrid has hit out at rumours of the grand prix being cancelled, labelling them as “fake news.”<\/p>\n
From 2026, the Spanish GP is moving to a new street circuit in the capital, taking over official duties from Barcelona, with the race set to run back-to-back with the Italian GP at Monza in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, rumours have appeared online stating that the race could be cancelled owing to delays in construction, with Imola touted as a possible replacement should the event fall through.<\/p>\n
However, the mayor of Madrid has categorically denied the rumours.<\/p>\n
The idea of a potential cancellation is “unbelievable and absurd”, with Motorsport Total also reporting that organisers have labelled the rumour as “fake news and completely unfounded.”<\/p>\n
“On the 12th of September 2026, there will be a Formula 1 race in Madrid “, the mayor of Madrid, Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, is quoted as saying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I don’t know where this news comes from, but the construction of the course is ahead of schedule and is going smoothly.<\/p>\n
“And Madrid, despite some reservations and the annoyance of some, will host a grand prix that will be among the best, if not the best.<\/p>\n
“The sponsors are on board, and the construction of the route is progressing. So I’m sorry, but on September 12th next year, Formula 1 will be run in Madrid, and it will be a complete success.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mayor of Madrid has hit out at rumours of the grand prix being cancelled, labelling them as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-310000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}