MADRID (September 10, 2026) – This weekend, the area around the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix at MADRING will host a journey through more than a century of motoring history, bringing together the past and present of Hispano Suiza in an exhibition organized by CarDesign.es together with Fever and MADRING.

The brand will be represented by nine vehicles, eight of them historic, which will form a chronological journey from 1912 to 2002 within the Marca España area of Fan Zone E2, ending with the Carmen Sagrera (2024), Hispano Suiza’s latest model which will be on display in Fan Zone A alongside the hypercars and competition-inspired vehicles. This will be the largest representation of a single brand within the exhibition, which brings together around 60 vehicles in total.

A history written between innovation and competition
Since its origins, Hispano Suiza saw motorsport as a tool for demonstrating the technical capability of its vehicles. From its earliest years, the brand competed in various motor races and was linked to some of the great sporting events of the early 20th century.

Among these, the Copa Catalunya, whose first edition, in 1908, is considered the first circuit race held in Spain. From that first edition, Hispano Suiza supported this pioneering competition organized by the Real Automóvil Club de Cataluña, in which numerous models from the brand took part over the years.

Among its most notable milestones is the Concurso Automovilista del Guadarrama, held in Madrid in 1912, where King Alfonso XIII himself competed at the wheel of a Hispano Suiza HS 45 HP. Two years later, at the 1914 Concurso de Navacerrada, the brand achieved an outstanding one-two finish: Louis Massuger, Hispano Suiza’s test driver, took victory at the wheel of the T20 bis “La Sardina”, while Lluís Carreras finished third in a T20/21. In 1921, Alfonso XIII once again demonstrated the brand’s performance at the Cuesta de las Perdices, setting a new record at the wheel of his Hispano Suiza H6, exceeding an average uphill speed of 102 km/h.

This close relationship with competition also translated into major international successes, from the victory achieved in the Mont Ventoux hillclimb in France in 1909, considered Hispano Suiza’s first in competition, to the triumphs achieved in the Boulogne-sur-Mer races in 1921, 1922 and 1923, which consolidated the brand’s sporting prestige beyond Spain’s borders.

The cars that built a legend
The historic journey that Hispano Suiza will present in Madrid begins with the Alfonso XIII from 1912, considered one of the first sports cars built in series production. Named in honor of the Spanish monarch, a great motoring enthusiast and regular customer of the brand, it combined high performance, lightness, and innovation for its time.

Alongside it will be the Rabassada from 1922, a unique piece directly linked to the legendary Subida a la Rabassada hillclimb in Barcelona, one of the most prestigious hillclimb competitions in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. Based on the Alfonso XIII, it was conceived as a lightweight build designed to maximize its competition performance.

The historic selection also includes the H6C Boulogne from 1924, a variant developed from Hispano Suiza’s successes on the French Boulogne-sur-Mer circuit, representing the sportier side of a brand renowned worldwide for its luxury and engineering.

From historic legacy to the electric hypercar of the future
More than a century after its first competition experiences, Hispano Suiza upholds the same principles of exclusivity, innovation and high performance in a new technological era.

The Carmen Sagrera, presented in 2024 to mark the brand’s 120th anniversary, represents the contemporary interpretation of Hispano Suiza’s sporting spirit. Located in the MADRING hypercar and competition-inspired vehicle area, this model embodies the brand’s historic legacy and carries it into the world of electrification through a hypercar handcrafted in Barcelona.

With this gathering of historic vehicles and its most advanced creation, Hispano Suiza shows, during the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend at MADRING, how the same philosophy has evolved over more than a century: from its first high-performance sports cars to today’s electric hypercars.