Max Verstappen has predicted that there will be some \u201cbig shunts\u201d throughout the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix weekend.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The Circuito de Madring will host its first F1 race event in the coming days, becoming the newest track to join the schedule.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The street circuit will pose a high-speed challenge for the drivers as they bid to become the first to stand on the top step of the podium at the venue.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
At a recent Formula 3 test from Madrid, 19 red flags were deployed across two days, 11 of which were for contact with the barriers.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
It has created speculation that the track could be the scene of multiple collisions throughout the weekend.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
When asked if he has driven the track on his home setup, Verstappen replied: \u201cYeah I did, we also have it on the F1 sim.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s going to be very difficult. It’s not an easy track. If you do a few laps in a row, it’s always hard to cross the line and say ‘I nailed the lap’.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s very hard. It also has a tendency of creating some big shunts in some places.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
F1 has seen an increase in visits to street circuits in recent years, with Jeddah, Miami and Las Vegas among those that have been included in the calendar.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Verstappen has likened the Madrid track to Jeddah, which is known as one of the most challenging circuits on the schedule.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reminds me a little bit of Jeddah in a way, with fast corners and the walls being very close,\u201d\u00a0he added.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has predicted that there will be some \u201cbig shunts\u201d throughout the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix weekend.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885631,"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-885630","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\/885630","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=885630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}