Major events for motorcycles, as well as cars, are envisaged on the €25.7m racing circuit planned for Tenerife, the biggest of the Canary Islands. Built to FIA standards, the track will be situated near the El Médano beach resort at the foot of Europe’s highest volcano, on land owned by the island’s government.
Designed for cars and motorcycles by GPO, responsible for laying out Spain’s Circuit de Catalunya, the Circuito de Tenerife will feature a principal 4.068km (2.53 mile) circuit with 15 corners and a 819 metre main straight allowing top speeds of 190mph-plus. There will be shorter options, including separate tracks that can be used simultaneously.
The project was announced in November at London’s RAC Club, by Tenerife’s President Carlos Alonso and Eduardo Pinto, an island politician and motor sport enthusiast. They pointed to the island’s warm climate, ideal for racing or testing in Europe’s winter months, its unrivalled tourism infrastructure and its two airports being destinations for 170 others. Investors are now being sought, with the aim that construction work following plans laid down in 2010 can commence in the spring of 2015.
Those behind the project, including ex Formula One driver Mark Blundell, are clearly out to attract major series such as MotoGP or WSB and also envisage Goodwood-style historic festivals that would include motorcycles.
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Pictured is a generated image of how the projected circuit will look.