Location Madrid, Spain Length 3.850 km (2.392 mi) Website www.jarama.org Phone +34 916 57 08 75 | Time zone GMT +1 Turns 11 Province Community of Madrid | |
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Lap record 1:16.44 (Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4, 1979) Address Autovía A-1, km 28, 28700 San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain Major events Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Similar Circuit Zolder, Spanish Grand Prix, Kyalami, Brands Hatch, European Truck Racing C Profiles | ||
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The Circuito del Jarama (Circuit of Jarama), formerly known as Circuito Permanente del Jarama (Permanent circuit of Jarama) is a 3.850 km (2.392 mi) located north of Madrid, Spain which was home to the Spanish Grand Prix nine times between 1968 and 1981.
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Designed by John Hugenholtz (who also created Suzuka), the circuit was built by Alessandro Rocci in 1967 north of Madrid in arid scrub land. It had a short straight and most of the course consisted of tight, twisty corners so overtaking was extremely difficult. An example of this came when Gilles Villeneuve successfully defended his lead for the entirety of the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix despite a tail of four cars significantly faster than his (Villeneuve's turbocharged Ferrari 126CK, while powerful and fast on the straight, did not have as efficient ground effect aerodynamics as his pursuers - Jacques Laffite (V12 Ligier-Matra), John Watson (McLaren-Ford), Carlos Reutemann (Williams-Ford), and Elio de Angelis (Lotus-Ford) and was thus much slower through the turns). This victory was to be the last one of Villeneuve's career.
Jarama hosted its last Formula One race in 1981 directed by Alessandro Rocci when it was deemed too narrow for modern racing. It still holds sports car, touring car and motorcycle races.
In 1987, Jarama hosted Round 2 of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship for Group A cars, the 1987 Jarama 4 Hours. The race was won by Roberto Ravaglia and Emanuele Pirro driving a Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3. Pole position for the race had been taken by triple Le Mans 24 Hour winner Klaus Ludwig in a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth turbo with a time of 1:31.434, while the fastest lap was by England's Andy Rouse (also in a Sierra Cosworth) with a time of 1:33.710.
The circuit was lengthened in 1991, and then upgraded in 2015.