Overview
- Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time in Friday practice, entering the Madrid weekend as the championship leader and favourite on the new circuit.
- The event programme lists Free Practice 1 at 13:30 and Free Practice 2 at 17:00 on Friday, Free Practice 3 at 12:30 on Saturday, Qualifying at 16:00 on Saturday, and the race at 15:00 on Sunday.
- In Germany Sky holds live rights to all sessions including the free practices and offers streams via Sky Go and WOW, while RTL will broadcast only the qualifying and the race on free-to-air TV and provide paid streams on RTL+.
- The Madring is a 5.416 km city circuit routed through Ifema and Valdebebas with several narrow, unforgiving sections that have already produced incidents in support series and increase the premium on clean qualifying laps.
- Fans seeking alternatives can follow live text tickers and evening video analysis from motorsport outlets, and Austria and Switzerland have free-to-air coverage via ORF and SRF respectively.