Formula 1 drivers said Madring’s signature Monumental corner provided little challenge because the 2026 power units prevented them from tackling it at full speed.
But reader @RedPill reckons the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix would fail to impress regardless of the rules:
The track and that corner are pretty much a dud, but I don’t think it can be blamed on the engine and rules, despite how much I do despise the new yo-yo engines.
I think a lot of that corner being a dud, is the immediate sections just before it, and after it preventing it to be attacked in anger and to get the most out of it, but i’s a low reward corner. It could have been tweaked slightly to get drivers excited exiting the corner, next to another car for a pass, but instead it’s just another corner exit that’s best to follow the car ahead of you for a number of reasons. Sadly for Madring, that pretty much speaks for the whole track.
It’s so badly designed and executed, even F3 and F2 struggled racing on it. That’s not a good sign for F1.
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F1 drivers explain why Madring’s hyped Monumental corner failed to impress
