Solar-powered Scalextric track near Barcelona

Everyone says that the following picture, taken near Barcelona’s Forum site, is of a large solar panel cluster:

scalextric

Today I can reveal exclusively that it is in fact a huge, solar-powered Scalextric (PDF) track linking Catalunya with Valencia and the Balearics, which project managers believe will be completed before the AVE high-speed rail link to Madrid.

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