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Has F1 gone too far with its street race switch?

"Not another street circuit," was the dominant line of response on social media in the wake of F1's announcement that the Spanish GP would move away from its long-time home in Barcelona.

With Barcelona's future in limbo, from 2026 onwards the event will head to a new semi-street circuit in Madrid, located at the IFEMA fairgrounds close to its Barajas airport, much closer to the city centre than its Catalan counterpart.

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