{"id":676555,"date":"2026-05-18T01:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676555\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:31:10","slug":"f1-fans-split-over-carlos-sainzs-first-laps-at-madrids-new-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676555\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 fans split over Carlos Sainz&#8217;s first laps at Madrid&#8217;s new circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 fans have shared their verdict after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/carlos-sainz\/15916\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlos Sainz<\/a> completed his first laps of the\u00a0Madring circuit ahead of its maiden grand prix in September.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/williams\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Williams<\/a> driver has given fans their first real glimpse of the all-new circuit, driving a 450bhp Ford Mustang GT. While the Spaniard claimed that the\u00a05.4km, 22-turn circuit is faster than it looks, the reaction from fans has been mixed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The big banked bit looks cool, in complete contrast to how utterly garbage the rest of it looks,&#8221; one fan commented on Reddit, while another added: &#8220;Probably one of the ugliest layouts I&#8217;ve ever seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other comments were more optimistic about the inaugural race in September. &#8220;I&#8217;m actually pretty excited about this. I think the contrast of street spaces and dedicated track will be interesting. And the new track looks really wide,&#8221; someone else wrote, and another commented: &#8220;The track is cool, people just like hating on everything now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other reactions included: &#8220;The first half looks kinda good, but the 2nd is just meh,&#8221; and &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to describe it but if you rotate the track layout 90 degrees anti-clockwise it looks much better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sainz was announced as a brand ambassador for the Madring circuit in 2025. &#8220;Madrid is the best city in the world and the place I miss the most when I\u2019m away,&#8221; the 31-year-old driver said at the time of the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an easy decision to become Madring\u2019s ambassador because I truly believe we can build the best circuit in the world. I have complete faith in Madrid \u2014 it\u2019s unbeatable. And we\u2019re going for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Spanish Grand\u00a0Prix at the Madring circuit will take place from 11-13 September as the second stage of a double-header with the Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 fans have shared their verdict after Carlos Sainz completed his first laps of the\u00a0Madring circuit ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,245948,3020,247117,578,248667,576,577,82,4962],"class_list":["post-676555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-gp","tag-carlos-sainz","tag-circuit-gilles-villenueve","tag-f1","tag-f1-fans-split-over-carlos-sainzs-first-laps-at-madrids-new-circuit","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}