Circuito de Cartagena

The Circuito de Cartagena is a 2.17-mile (3.5-km) road course located inland from Cartagena, Spain, a coastal city in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the busiest racing facility in the country because of its strategic location relative to Spain's major population centers and pleasant weather year-round. Many professional racing teams use the venue for driver training and several high-profile competitions like the Formula 3 Championship have the Cartagena Circuit on its calendar. There are 18 turns organized in a demanding layout with numerous direction changes making even the most experienced drivers face an exciting journey.  

The Circuito de Cartagena has ten right-handers and eight left-hander corners, with a front straightaway 610 meters (2001) long. The track elevation constantly changes and combines with the surrounding terrain to hide the road ahead from the driver's perspective. This factor keeps up the challenge of adapting to the trajectory, downregulating the average speed of the track to 74 mph (119 km/h). The top speed in the main straight is near 220 km/h (136 mph), and the average lap time is 1:45.3. The Circuito de Cartagena is a Mediterranean jewel and a very well-kept key for the Spanish motorsports teams training there as mastering such a circuit guarantees drivers get the best skills to compete anywhere in the world.