MotoGP – Preview Aragon – The circuit

The Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, also known as Motorland Aragón, is a motor racing circuit located in Alcañiz, a town in the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon. 5.344 m long, the circuit was designed by the well-known German architect Hermann Tilke in collaboration with the British agency Foster + Partners; technical and sporting consultant of the project is the current Formula 1 driver, Pedro de la Rosa. The complex was designed to include three main areas: the technology park, the sports area and a cultural and leisure area. The technology park will host research institutes focused on the automotive industry.

The sports area includes the speed circuit (multi-track), a karting circuit and several dirt tracks, while the leisure area will host a hotel and shopping centres. The circuit hosts the Aragon Grand Prix of the 2010 MotoGP World Championship as a replacement for the Hungarian event, since the track where it should have been held, the Balatonring, has not yet been completed and approved; it is the fourth seasonal motorcycle Grand Prix to be held on Spanish soil (after Jerez, Barcelona and before Valencia. The circuit has stipulated a contract with Dorna that will keep it among the reserve circuits for another five years (until 2016), to replace any withdrawn circuits.

Track data:
Pole Position: left
Length: 5078 m.
Width: 15m. (on the pit straight), 12 m.
Straight length: 1726 m.
Curves: 16 (7 right, 9 left)