Inside the venue
Circuit Fan Zones
The venue has six official Fan Zones and they aren't open to everyone: access depends on your grandstand section, not just on your ticket category. Open each zone to see which sections get in.
Data verified on 16 September 2026
The six zones, in figures
- Official Fan Zones
- 6
- Marked as exclusive
- 2
- The largest
- Distrito
- Open to General Admission
- Distrito
- Re-entry to the venue
- Not allowed
«Exclusive» is the word the official ticket shop itself uses for two of the six zones — Bulevar Cibeles and Monumental — and it's what justifies the price of those categories.
The Fan Zone essentials
This is not the what-fits-in-your-bag list — that one covers tickets, liquids and banned items, and it lives in the venue rules guide. This is the one for the zone itself: what you'll be glad of once you are inside, on your feet and with your hands full.
The MAD-Coins wristband
Inside, this is what you pay with. The official shop presents it as the circuit's currency, at 1 MAD-Coin = €1, and you can top it up in advance. Purchased balance you don't spend is refunded at the end of the event with no commission; the bonus credit from the packs is not. Where you collect the wristband has not been published yet.
Sunglasses
The Fan Zone is open air and in mid-September Madrid keeps its edge well into the afternoon. You are not in a fixed seat here either: you move, and the sun will find you wherever it falls. A cap's peak does not cover your eyes, so a pair of sunglasses does the other half of the job.
The urge to dance
The circuit programmes «live DJs, dancing and entertainment» in the Fan Zones under the name Beats of Madrid, and there are screens spread around so you can follow the session without going back to your seat. Stay in your stand all three days and half your ticket goes unused.
A neck cup holder, to free up your hands
You eat and drink standing here, and there is no table to put anything down on: between the cup, your phone and the wristband you pay with, you run out of hands to take a photo or check the screen. That is solved by a cup holder on a neck strap, which comes in a pack of four — which is how people go to a Fan Zone. It goes in empty: outside drinks are banned and nothing has been published about empty containers.
Comfortable shoes — or an anti-friction stick
You go back and forth between your seat and the zone several times a day, the venue is big and there is no re-entry: that is three days running of walking and standing. Chafing gives no warning, it turns up on Saturday and ruins your Sunday, which is race day. If your shoes are not up to it, an anti-friction stick takes up as much room as a lip balm, and it only works if you remember it in the morning, not once it already hurts.
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The six Fan Zones
The truth lives section by section, not by category: section 9 is Gold and gets into Monumental, while the rest of Gold doesn't. Summarising it by category is what this page did before cross-checking it against the official shop.
Tap each Fan Zone to see the sections that get in
Bulevar Cibeles
3 sectionsMADRING SurExclusive
Bulevar Cibeles
Where it is
Around the main straight, next to the grid and podium grandstands. It's the Fan Zone of the three Gold sections on the finish straight (1, 1A and 2), and the only one reachable from 1A, right by the Metro entrance. The section 2 ticket also adds the Paseo Pit Lane, the walkway alongside the pit lane within this same zone.
Sections that get in
Categories with access
Venue area and stop
Reduced mobility
The circuit confirms reduced-mobility spaces in sections 1, 2 of this zone. They are booked through the official channel, stating the requirement.
Monumental
5 sectionsMADRING NorteExclusive
Monumental
Where it is
At the opposite end from the main straight, around the banked corner it takes its name from. Every ticket that includes it also carries additional access to Distrito.
Sections that get in
Categories with access
Venue area and stop
Reduced mobility
The circuit confirms reduced-mobility spaces in sections 13 of this zone. They are booked through the official channel, stating the requirement.
Distrito
14 sectionsMADRING NorteLargest on the circuit
Distrito
Where it is
It serves the bulk of the venue: the technical-sector grandstands plus General Admission, so it's also the one that will hold the most people during the busiest hours.
Sections that get in
Categories with access
Venue area and stop
Reduced mobility
The circuit confirms reduced-mobility spaces in sections 13, 14, 15, 16 of this zone. They are booked through the official channel, stating the requirement.
The only one included with General Admission (Pelouse).
Bulevar Sol
1 sectionMADRING Sur
Bulevar Sol
Where it is
At the far end of the main straight, by the finish area. The only way in is section 2A, the Silver grandstand closest to the finish line.
Sections that get in
Categories with access
Venue area and stop
Barrio
3 sectionsMADRING Sur
Barrio
Where it is
In the opening-corners area, the stretch right after the start. It's the Fan Zone of the first three Bronze grandstands.
Sections that get in
Categories with access
Venue area and stop
La Milla
Hospitality only
La Milla
Where it is
In the final stretch of the track, around turns 18-19, before the return to the main straight. It's the circuit's hospitality zone: trackside guides place it as home to rooms like Ignition Club, Traction Club and La Terminal.
How you get in
No numbered grandstand opens it. The official map lists it among the six, but the shop doesn't publish which hospitality product gets you in. This card fills in as soon as it does.
Your seat decides your Fan Zone, and there is no going back
The venue is two independent areas, MADRING North and MADRING South, and the organisers warn that «it is not possible to move between the two zones from inside the circuit». In plain terms: a South ticket will never get you into Distrito or Monumental, and a North ticket will never get you into Bulevar Cibeles, however close they look on the map. And since there is no re-entry either, taking the wrong entrance can't be fixed by walking out and around. Check your zone's stop before you leave: the South is served by Metro (L8, Feria de Madrid) and the North by Cercanías (C-1, Valdebebas).
What's inside a Fan Zone
This part the circuit does publish, and it's the same for all six zones: what changes between them is who can get in and how many people share the space.
Beers and tapas
«Authentic Madrid atmosphere with quality beers and tapas in MADRING's shaded and comfortable fan zones», with menus «ranging from street food to renowned chefs, in dynamic spaces with activities, simulators and exhibitions».
Beats of Madrid
«Live DJs, dancing and entertainment in MADRING's fan zones», with «exclusive lounges and activity rooms». This is atmosphere programming, not the concert lineup.
Giant screens
Screens are spread across the venue's different areas so you can follow the session without going back to your seat. That's what makes spending part of the day away from your grandstand workable.
Ground and accessibility
IFEMA North is natural ground stabilised with cement plus artificial turf pathways; IFEMA South is «completely asphalted, continuous and uniform», better suited to accessible movement.
One warning that changes your whole day
The venue has a strict no re-entry policy: leave and your ticket won't get you back in. Everything you plan to eat, drink or watch that day has to fit inside — which is why the Fan Zone you get matters more than it looks when you're buying.
For the concerts
Two sources of noise in the same day
A weekend like this stacks engines in the afternoon on top of concerts at night. That is a good deal more than an ear takes in a normal day. And at a concert the problem is not only volume: plugs that cut too much leave you listening to a hum where the music was. A set of filtering earplugs like the Loop Experience 2 is built for exactly this — 17 dB with certified high-fidelity reduction, according to their listing — stays in for hours without bothering you, and works just as well for the afternoon at the circuit.
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Concerts and musical lineup
Awaiting official confirmation
With 358 days until the Grand Prix, the organisers have not yet published the concert lineup or the artists for the venue's musical programme.
Where is unpublished too: the organisers have not said which venue would host it. The Riyadh Air Metropolitano does appear in an official MADRING release, but for something else: it will act as the official park-and-ride for fans who booked a space, with a shuttle to the circuit, and Atlético de Madrid will have a hospitality area inside MADRING. That release mentions no concert at all (checked on 4 September 2026 against the published note). The venue, the day, the artist and how you get in are all still unpublished.
We will not invent names or prices. As soon as MADRING or IFEMA publish the lineup, this page gets the dates, the stages and where to buy.
Real Madrid joins as a local supporter
Real Madrid is joining as a Local Event Supporter for the Grand Prix, alongside Atlético de Madrid. MADRING's official statement says the circuit's north entrance sits barely 200 metres from the main gate of Ciudad Real Madrid.
That is why «certain club facilities» move into the event's operations. The club will also have a presence across MADRING's hospitality spaces, with club legends expected.
The statement mentions no concert, and does not say which facilities.
The rest of Race Week
- Clubs and nightlifeThere's no official lineup yet, but Madrid's nights can still be planned.
- Grandstand guideWhich Fan Zone you get depends on the section you buy: price, views and cover stand by stand.
- Paddock ClubWhat circuit hospitality includes — the Pit Lane Walk among other things — and where it's sold.
- Where to eatTables that must be booked weeks in advance.