At IFEMA's Pavilion 12, the final turn before Madring's start-finish straight, a vertical video shows taxis crowding the apex and crossing part of the pit-lane access lane. They brake, then line up on the basic straight. The footage circulated after the Spanish Grand Prix, held from 11 to 13 September 2026.
The recording appears to have been filmed from one of the taxis. It shows roughly three or four vehicles taking the bend faster than is appropriate for the area and copying the racing lines used by Formula 1 drivers. The clip gives no measured speed. COPE also reported dashboard-camera footage showing several taxis travelling around the circuit after the Grand Prix; Kimi Antonelli won the event.
Comments on X range from disbelief to motorsport jokes. Some mock the “velocidad” of the Toyota Corolla Sedan taxis; others take aim at Aston Martin F1. One familiar boast is “me meto con mi coche y os fundo”. The video has also been dubbed “Forza Horizon Madrid”. RUSSPAIN's Dodge Charger feature covers a different corner of car culture. This clip's humour comes from seeing everyday taxis on a Grand Prix circuit.
The circuit runs for approximately 5.4 kilometres through the IFEMA and Valdebebas area. Madring is a semi-permanent urban layout with 22 corners, including the banked “La Monumental”, whose banking reaches up to 24 degrees. How the drivers got onto the section shown has not been established. The visible basic straight is beside the fairground's southern entrance, an access point commonly used by taxis and VTC vehicles. The area shown also includes the paddock and grandstands.
Work to dismantle the circuit began after the Grand Prix as IFEMA returned to normal operations. Crews progressively removed temporary barriers and grandstands, along with other structures, as dismantling affected roads including Ribera del Sena, Vía de Dublín and Francisco Umbral. The route used in the video may have been left open during those works, giving the drivers a chance to imitate Fernando Alonso or Max Verstappen, but that explanation has not been confirmed. During the Grand Prix, taxis had designated pick-up and drop-off areas in the northern and southern sectors, and taxis carrying passengers were allowed certain accesses inside restricted perimeters. Those event-time arrangements did not authorize recreational driving or racing.
