Madring's La Monumental: the banked corner that's unlike anything else in F1
Madring's banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
The fact that he was only 1.5 seconds off the fastest time in Barcelona on Monday, tends to suggest that the five-time World Rally Champion isn’t half bad in a Formula 1 car…

The Frenchman tested at a damp Silverstone in order to acclimatise himself with the car and then took on a group of Formula 1 drivers and testers in Barcelona managing to post the 8th fastest time out of 17 drivers.
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Madring's banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid's inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
From Antonelli's "impossible" Monza victory to the paranoia gripping Ferrari and McLaren's driver pairings, this week's biggest Formula 1 questions answered
As Formula 1 arrives at Madring for the first time, Max Verstappen has highlighted two key worries. Will they come true?