Circuito_del_Jarama

Circuito del Jarama

Circuito del Jarama

Motorsport venue in Madrid, Spain

The Circuito de Madrid Jarama - RACE, formerly known as Circuito del Jarama and Circuito Permanente del Jarama is a motorsport racetrack located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, 32 km (20 mi) 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.

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Aerial view of the Jarama Circuit in 2023.

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]

History

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.

Since February 2022, the circuit's name is changed as Circuito de Madrid Jarama - RACE.[1]

Layout history

Circuito de Madrid Jarama - RACE Layout History
  • Original Grand Prix Circuit (1967–1990)
  • Grand Prix Circuit (1991–present)
  • Differences of Circuito del Jarama layouts

Events

Current
Former

Lap records

Klaas Zwart [de] held the unofficial lap record with a lap of 1:16.994 with Jaguar R5 in a demonstration event in 2017.[2] As of June 2023, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuito de Madrid Jarama - RACE are listed as:

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Notes

    References

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      "Jarama 4 Hours 2017". 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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      "2005 Spanish Formula 3 Jarama (Race 1)". 17 April 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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      "FIA GT Championship Jarama 2001". 30 September 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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      "European Super Touring Championship 2001 » Jarama Round 17 Results". 30 September 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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      "1992-06-19 to 1992-06-21 World Superbike Andorra Round Race 2". 21 June 1992. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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      "TCR ES 2022 » Jarama Round 2 Results". 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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      "2023 Circuito de Madrid Jarama Super Cars - Race 1 Results" (PDF). 11 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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      "ETCC 2002 » Jarama Round 8 Results". 2 June 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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      "Jarama 360 Kilometres 1987". 22 March 1987. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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      "1986 Jarama F3000". 5 October 1986. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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      "1983 Jarama F2". 12 June 1983. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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      "1984 Jarama European F3". 21 October 1984. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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      "World Sportscar Championship Jarama 1989". 25 June 1989. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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      "Jarama 2 Hours 1974". 20 October 1974. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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      "1978 Jarama European F3". 17 September 1978. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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      "1968 Jarama F2". 28 April 1968. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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      "Spanish SCC Copa Alfil Jarama 1970". 1 March 1970. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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      "Trofeo Primavera Jarama 1970". 3 May 1970. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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      "1974 Jarama ETCC". 6 October 1974. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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      "200 km Jarama 1975". 2 November 1975. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
    38. [38]
      "1969 Jarama ETCC". 28 September 1969. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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