Circuito del Jarama

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Circuito del Jarama

Location	San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
Time zone	GMT +1
Major events	Formula One Spanish Grand Prix Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix SBK FIA European Truck Racing Championship World Touring Car Championship
Grand Prix Circuit (1990 - present)
Length	3.850 km (2.392 mi)
Turns	14
Race lap record	1:20.011 ( Yelmer Buurman, R.S.C. Anderlecht, 2009, Superleague Formula)
Grand Prix Circuit (1980 - 1989)
Length	3.314 km (2.059 mi)
Turns	14
Race lap record	1:15.467 ( Alan Jones, Williams-Cosworth FW07B, 1980, Formula One)
Original Grand Prix Circuit (1966 - 1979)
Length	3.404 km (2.115 mi)
Turns	15
Race lap record	1:16.44 ( Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4, 1979, Formula One)
Website	www.jarama.org

Jarama's previous configuration (1967–1990)

The Circuito del Jarama (Circuit of Jarama), formerly known as Circuito Permanente del Jarama (Permanent circuit of Jarama) is a motorsport racetrack located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, north of Madrid. It was home to the Spanish Grand Prix nine times between 1968 and 1981, and the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix 15 times between 1969 and 1988.

Designed by John Hugenholtz (who also created Suzuka), the 3.850 km (2.392 mi) circuit was built by Alessandro Rocci in 1967 on arid scrub land.^{[citation needed]}

It has a short main 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 throughout the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix, despite a tail of four potentially faster cars. 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 slower through the turns.^{[citation needed]} This victory was to be the last one of Villeneuve's career.

Jarama hosted its last Formula One race in 1981 when it was deemed too narrow for modern racing. It still holds sports car, touring car and motorcycle races. The circuit was lengthened in 1991, and then upgraded in 2015.

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.

Lap records[]

The lap records at the Circuito del Jarama are listed as:

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Circuito del Jarama at Google Maps

Coordinates: 40°37′1.6″N 3°35′8.1″W / 40.617111°N 3.585583°W / 40.617111; -3.585583

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