Andalucía Circuit
When people think about a raceway in the middle of the desert, they usually assume it to be in the Middle East or on the West Coast of the United States. But the Andalucia Circuit is located in the only desert of mainland Europe, the Tabernas desert, just outside Almeria in southern Spain, along the Mediterranean coast. The skies are always blue in the Andalucia Circuit, with 345 days of sunlight and very little rainfall throughout the year, so this is a perfect spot for racing over a dry surface. Tito Rabat, 2014 Moto2 World Champion, was on the design team for this road course, which combines a nice-flowing trajectory with elevation changes and every type of technical challenge available.
The Andalucia Circuit starts near the end of the front straight, right before the sweeping turn number one. After a tight turn two, drivers get to press the gas pedal through turns three and four, reaching 200 km/h (124 mph) before the first heavy braking sector at corner five. Turns six through eight are fast-paced again, and drivers develop 220 km/h (136 mph) before entering the most technically challenging sector of turns nine through 12. The back straight comes next, with 700 meters (2296 feet) of pure acceleration where racers get to 250 km/h (155 mph). Corner 13 reduces the speed to about 70 km/h (43 mph), and the loop gets closed after two straights separated by a 90-degree turn fourteen.
