Puerto Madero Street Circuit

Puerto Madero Street Circuit at a glance

Location

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Ciudad Autónoma)

Type

historic circuit (defunct)

Length

2.48 km (1.541 mi)

Turns

12

Direction

clockwise

Surface

asphalt

Opened

2015

Owner

formerly City of Buenos Aires (temporary street circuit; no longer laid out)

Address

Puerto Madero waterfront district

Track map and layout

The Puerto Madero Street Circuit was a temporary 2.480 km (1.541 mi), 12-turn layout designed by Santiago García Remohí through the redeveloped Puerto Madero docklands district on the Río de la Plata waterfront in central Buenos Aires. Like all Formula E street circuits of its era, it used ordinary city streets and dock-side roads closed for the event, running past the district's modern high-rises, converted brick warehouses and waterside promenades, rather than any purpose-built racing infrastructure. It was the only circuit to feature in Formula E's first three championship seasons, hosting the Buenos Aires ePrix in January 2015, 2016 and 2017 before the event left the calendar.

Configurations

Events and race weekends

The Buenos Aires ePrix ran at Puerto Madero for three consecutive seasons, from the inaugural 2014-15 Formula E championship through the 2016-17 season, with António Félix da Costa (2015), Sam Bird (2016) and Sébastien Buemi (2017) taking the wins. No Formula E race, or any other motorsport event, has been held in Puerto Madero since 2017, and the district's streets no longer carry any temporary racing circuit.

Getting there and parking

Puerto Madero is a redeveloped waterfront district directly adjacent to central Buenos Aires, easily reached today on foot, by taxi or rideshare from downtown, or via the city's bus network; there is no circuit infrastructure left to visit, only the ordinary streets and public spaces of the neighbourhood.

• Jorge Newbery Airfield (Aeroparque) (AEP) · about 20 min drive
• Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza) (EZE) · about 40 min drive

There is nothing to see of the former circuit itself; Puerto Madero today is best visited as a waterfront dining, walking and cycling district rather than a motorsport destination.

Hotels and camping near Puerto Madero Street Circuit

Puerto Madero itself is one of Buenos Aires's more upscale districts, with a number of hotels directly in the neighbourhood, while the wider Recoleta, Palermo and downtown Microcentro areas offer a far broader range of accommodation, dining and nightlife within a short taxi or subway ride. There is no camping, RV or trackside accommodation culture associated with the area; it functions as an ordinary city district.

Where to look

Puerto Madero itself for waterfront hotels; Recoleta, Palermo and the Microcentro downtown area for a wider range of accommodation nearby.

Track days, driving experiences and lap records

There is no track-day or ride access of any kind; the circuit was a temporary street layout used only for the Buenos Aires ePrix and was dismantled after each event, with no trace of a permanent racing facility ever built in the area.

Lap records

Spectator guide

There is no event to attend and no spectator infrastructure remaining; Puerto Madero today functions purely as a waterfront residential, business and leisure district of Buenos Aires, popular for walking, cycling and dining along the old docks.

Weather

• Dec-Feb (summer): hot and humid, highs around 29-31°C
• Jun-Aug (winter): mild, highs around 14-16°C, occasional rain

History of Puerto Madero Street Circuit

Formula E's founding host in South America

The Puerto Madero Street Circuit was laid out through Buenos Aires's redeveloped docklands district for the fourth round of Formula E's inaugural 2014-15 championship, with the first Buenos Aires ePrix run on 10 January 2015. Designed by Santiago García Remohí, the temporary 2.480 km, 12-turn layout threaded between Puerto Madero's converted brick warehouses, glass office towers and waterside promenades on the Río de la Plata, giving the fledgling electric racing series a striking, upmarket urban backdrop in one of South America's most photogenic city districts.

Three seasons on the calendar

Puerto Madero went on to become the only circuit to host a round in each of Formula E's first three championship seasons. António Félix da Costa won the debut 2015 race for Amlin Aguri, Sam Bird took victory for DS Virgin Racing in 2016, and Sébastien Buemi won the 2017 edition for Renault e.dams after starting third; Felix Rosenqvist set the circuit's fastest-ever lap, 1:09.467, in a Mahindra M3Electro during that final 2017 race weekend.

Dropped from the calendar

After the 2017 race, Buenos Aires was not included in Formula E's calendar for the following season, and the series has not returned to Argentina since; no official reason was widely publicised, and the circuit itself, always a temporary street layout rather than a permanent facility, was simply not laid out again. Puerto Madero today has no trace of its Formula E history for a visitor to see, and functions purely as one of Buenos Aires's premier waterfront districts for dining, walking and cycling.

Frequently asked questions

Other tracks nearby

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