Pedro de la Rosa gives his verdict on Madring: “We must not lose our way, it is not the end of the world. This is not Monaco”
The premiere of Madring in the F1 leaves duties to the organizers for the 2027 race: the enormous difficulty in overtaking in the race made it clear that the circuit needs some changes in its design to allow drivers to overtake and make the races more fun.
The track will listen to the drivers and, together with the FIA, will undoubtedly work on it to resolve this key sporting aspect. And in that sense, Pedro de la Rosa, former F1 driver and current ambassador of the Aston Martin Formula 1 teamwas very optimistic that Ifema can solve this problem for the next Spanish F1 GP in 2027.
“The most important thing is to understand what the problem is. It is a newly created circuit, it has been detected that overtaking is very complicated. It was expected that it would be difficult, but it has been confirmed in the race. But what we should not do is lose our way,” he said in statements broadcast by ‘Teledeporte’.
You don’t need to start changing the whole circuit now, you need to change a corner, maybe
“Does something have to be changed? Yes, but just introducing an overtaking point is enough. You don’t need to start changing the entire circuit now, you need to change a corner, perhaps. You need to detect it very well,” he explained
Things in favor of Madrid? You have space, lots of space. This is not Monaco
“Things in favor of Madrid? You have space, a lot of space. This is not Monaco. You can’t overtake it, but… it changes something about Monaco. You can’t, because it’s all streets. “You have enough space here.”added the former driver of the highest category of world motorsport.
“The arrival of Turn 5, if you can change that corner or that arrival after a fairly long straight, is a good potential overtaking point. But there are specialists who can determine it. But hey, it’s not the end of the world. “It can be fixed and there is no problem.”he finished.
