Circuito de Navarra is a motorsport race track that opened in June 2010 near Los Arcos in the Navarre region of Northern Spain. It is a permanent road course that hosted the Superleague Formula series and the FIA GT1 World Championship.

History

The circuit was inaugurated 19 June 2010 with the showing of the MotoGP Inmotec. Its first national test was held on 31 July.

On 2–4 May 2014, it was the location of the second weekend of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.

In cycling, the circuit hosted the start of stage 16 of the 2017 Vuelta a España and stage 12 of the 2019 Vuelta a España.

In 2018, Navarra held the first of two Spanish rounds of the 24H Series, with the other round being held in Barcelona.

On 9 March 2021; it was announced that Navarra to host the World SBK round on the dates of 20–22 August 2021.

On 30 September 2022, it was announced that MSV won the bid for purchasing Circuito de Navarra from November 2022. As part of its agreement, MSV resurfaced the circuit and finalized the circuit's 2023 calendar programme along with maintaining the current management of this circuit. The circuit hosted official British Superbike Championship test session in March 2023, and it will host the first race of British Superbike Championship in April 2024.

On 29 January 2024, it was announced that the circuit would be renovated, resurfaced and extended in two phases. The first phase was done between January and March for resurfacing and realigning Turn 6, while the second phase was done between July and September to extend the circuit length to .

Layout history

Events

Current

March: Ultimate Winter Cup May: , September: October: Ultimate Cup Series, TCR Spain Touring Car Championship, F4 Spanish Championship, , ,

Former

24H Series 12H Navarra (2018) Acceleration 2014 Acceleration at Navarra (2014) Auto GP (2010) Blancpain Endurance Series (2011–2012) BMW F900R Cup (2024) British Superbike Championship (2024) British Supersport Championship (2024) British Talent Cup (2024) Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship (2025) European Truck Racing Championship (2013–2014) Ferrari Challenge UK (2025) FFSA GT Championship (2012, 2015) FIA GT Series (2013) FIA GT1 World Championship (2010–2012) FIA GT3 European Championship (2011–2012) FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship (2012–2015) FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship (2012–2015) Formula Winter Series (2023) French F4 Championship (2012, 2015) Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe (2012) Porsche Carrera Cup France (2012, 2015) Superbike World Championship (2021) Supersport World Championship (2021) Superleague Formula Superleague Formula round Spain (2010) V de V Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme (2018) Vuelta a España (2017, 2019)

Lap records

Joseph Loake holds the unofficial lap record, set in December 2024 during the GB3 testing with a Tatuus MSV GB3-025, with a time of 1:40.620. As of September 2026, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuito de Navarra are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Full Circuit (September 2024–present): Superbike 1:44.336 BMW M1000RR 2026 2nd Navarra Spanish Superbike round Ferrari Challenge 1:45.313 Gilbert Yates Ferrari 296 Challenge 2025 Navarra Ferrari Challenge UK round Formula 4 1:46.361 Thomas Strauven Tatuus F4-T421 2025 Navarra Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship round SRO GT2 1:46.486 Daniel Carretero Audi R8 LMS GT2 2025 Navarra Campeonato de España de Resistencia round Supersport 1:46.508 Marcos Ludeña Ducati Panigale V2 2026 2nd Navarra Spanish Supersport round Porsche Carrera Cup 1:46.948 Borja García Porsche 911 (992 I) GT3 Cup 2025 Navarra Campeonato de España de Resistencia round Sportbike 1:51.175 Alvaro Fuertes Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 2026 2nd Navarra Spanish Sportbike round GT4 1:52.592 Manuel Bertolín BMW M4 GT4 Evo 2025 Navarra Campeonato de España de GT round Sports car racing 1:56.641 Antonio Sainero BMW M2 CS Racing 2024 Navarra Copa Racer round Supersport 300 1:58.808 Miguel Bernal Kawasaki Ninja 400 2025 2nd Navarra Spanish Supersport 300 round F1 Historic 2:02.001 Tim Child Brabham BT3 2024 Navarra Historic Festival Renault Clio Cup 2:06.091 Nicolas Milan Renault Clio Cup V 2025 1st Navarra Copa Clio España round Toyota GR Cup 2:08.802 Daniel Losada Toyota GR86 2025 Navarra Toyota GR Cup Spain round Truck racing 2:20.886 Jose Alberto Vila MAN TFS 2026 Navarra CECC round Original Long Circuit with Realigned Turn 6 (March 2024–July 2024): Superbike 1:36.896 Kyle Ryde Yamaha YZF-R1 2024 Navarra British Superbike round Supersport 1:39.394 Luke Stapleford Triumph Street Triple 765 2024 Navarra British Supersport round Porsche Carrera Cup 1:39.445 Dieter Svepes Porsche 911 (992 I) GT3 Cup 2024 Navarra GT-CET round Ferrari Challenge 1:42.345 Álvaro Fontes Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo 2024 Navarra GT-CET round GT4 1:45.402 Francesc Gutiérrez McLaren Artura GT4 2024 Navarra GT-CET round BMW F900R Cup 1:47.036 Mason Johnson BMW F900R 2024 Navarra BMW F900R Cup round Moto3 1:49.157 Filip Surowiak Honda NSF250R 2024 Navarra British Talent Cup round Group 4 1:50.031 Christophe Gadais Chevron B16 2024 V de V VHC Endurance 6 Hours of Navarra TCR Touring Car 1:50.609 Joan Vinyes Jr. CUPRA León TCR DSG 2024 Navarra GT-CET round Renault Clio Cup 1:55.889 Renault Clio R.S. IV 2024 Navarra GT-CET round Original Long Circuit (June 2010–January 2024): Superleague Formula 1:27.348 Frédéric Vervisch Panoz DP09 2010 Navarra Superleague Formula round Auto GP 1:27.838 Edoardo Piscopo Lola B05/52 2010 Navarra Auto GP round FA1 1:29.805 Nigel Melker Lola B05/52 2014 Navarra FA1 round CN 1:34.770 Mathias Beche Nova Proto 02 2023 Navarra Ultimate Cup round LMP3 1:35.535 Hugo Rosati Ligier JS P320 2023 Navarra Ultimate Cup round GT1 1:37.027 Ricardo Zonta Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670 R-SV 2010 Navarra FIA GT1 round World SBK 1:37.065 Scott Redding Ducati Panigale V4 R 2021 Navarra World SBK round GT3 1:38.579 Emmanuel Collard Mercedes-AMG GT3 2022 Navarra Ultimate Cup round Formula 4 1:39.652 Tatuus F4-T014 2017 Navarra F4 Spain round SRO GT2 1:40.921 Ronnie Bremer KTM X-Bow GT2 2023 Navarra GT Winter Series round Porsche Carrera Cup 1:41.029 Ola Nilsson Porsche 911 (992 I) GT3 Cup 2023 Navarra GT Winter Series round World SSP 1:41.196 Dominique Aegerter Yamaha YZF-R6 2021 Navarra World SSP round GT2 1:41.295 Álvaro Parente Ferrari F430 GT2 2010 Navarra Spanish GT round FIM CEV Moto2 1:41.470 Xavi Vierge Tech3 Mistral 610 2015 Navarra FIM CEV Moto2 round Ferrari Challenge 1:43.781 Danilo del Favero Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo 2023 Navarra GT Winter Series round Formula Renault 1.6 1:45.203 Gabriel Aubry Signatech FR 1.6 2015 Navarra French F4 round FIM CEV Moto3 1:45.236 Fabio Quartararo Honda NSF250R 2014 Navarra FIM CEV Moto3 round GT4 1:45.615 Mercedes-AMG GT4 2023 Navarra GT Winter Series round TCR Touring Car 1:47.310 Isidro Callejas CUPRA León Competición TCR 2022 Navarra TCR Spain round Pickup truck racing 1:50.263 Eoin Murray MWV6 Pick Up 2014 Navarra MW-V6 Pickup Series round Renault Clio Cup 1:56.774 Rafael Villanueva Renault Clio R.S. IV 2015 Navarra Renault Clio Cup Spain round

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