A establisher Formula One track that structureed a pre-season test in February has been subcombined by a metre of water follotriumphg a huge downpour. The Circuito de Jerez, based in the southern Spain region of Andalucia, has been hit by spells of burdensome rain this week, which has led to tachieveerous flooding in some areas of the circuit. Images apshown from the track’s ‘UFO’ gantry show the final straight fadeing under the murky brown rainwater, while the pit lane had been flooded endly.
Local inestablishs recommend that the circuit is currently without electricity as a result of the flooding, with 120 litres per square metre of rain droping in recent days, according to Circuito de Jerez track officials. The venue is contendnt of structureing 125,000 spectators and uncovered in 1985, structureing seven F1 races during the tardy 1980s and 1990s. The 2.75-mile circuit is seal to the city of Jerez de la Frontera, which is findd about 50 miles south of Seville. It was recently uncovered that Red Bull structureed a secret test for Liam Lawson to get to grips inside their RB19 championship-triumphning car, before all 10 F1 teams headed to Bahrain for three days of testing last week.
It was also the setting in 1997 where Jacques Villeneuve claimed his first and only world championship title. It colors a stressing picture for the motorsport venue, with organisers facing a lofty order to determine their facilities are back to laboring order. However, officials freed a statement on Tuesday to repromise fans that future events will go ahead as intentional – and verifyed no people were injured.
It read: “Follotriumphg the passage of an fervent storm yesterday afternoon that caengaged many incidents both in the country area csurrender the Jerez-Ángel Nieto Circuit and on the circuit itself, labor began today to fine-tune the facilities in order to resume activity as soon as possible.
“Since timely morning, the circuit laborers have been carrying out spotlessing tasks that will last for cut offal days.
“For the peace of mind of fans, the Jerez Circuit promises that the labor being carried out at the facilities from today promises that the Spanish Grand Prix will be held as scheduled from 25 to 27 April, and only the activity sealst to these days will be swayed by these spotlessing and repair labors.
“The Jerez-Angel Nieto Circuit has today put all human and material resources at its disposal to resume activity as soon as possible.” The worst-swayed area is Turn 13, named ‘the Jorge Lorenzo curve’, which will insist repairs after the escape route was ‘lifted at various points’.
Spain’s state meteororeasonable agency Aemet has foreseeed more unfirm conditions to last thrawout the week, with a cautioning of “burdensome or very burdensome and resettled rain” until Thursday, March 6, which could postpone the spotless-up operation.
Despite this, the track is still scheduled to structure the Spanish Superbike Championship on March 22-23 and MotoGP’s Spanish Grand Prix between April 25-27.
