Circuito Permanente Del Jarama

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**Circuito Permanente Del Jarama**
Location	Madrid, Spain

Time Zone	GMT +1
Major events	Formula One;
Circuit length	3.404 kilometres (2.115 miles)
Turns	11
Lap record	1'16.44 - 160.328 km/h. (Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari, 1979)

The Circuito permanente del Jarama (Permanent circuit of the Jarama) is a 3.404 km (2.115 miles) race course in Spain which hosted nine Formula One Spanish Grand Prix.

Designed by John Hugenholtz (who also created Zandvoort and Suzuka), the circuit was built in 1967 north of Madrid in arid scrub land. It had a short straight, as most of the course consisted of tight, twisty corners; overtaking was extremely difficult, as shown by Gilles Villeneuve, worthy driver though he was, and his successful defence of the lead for the entirety of the 1981 race despite a tail of four cars significantly faster than his.

Jarama hosted its last F1 race in 1981 when it was deemed too narrow for modern racing; its still holds occasional sports car and motorcycle races.

[edit] Formula One history

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Constructor	Report
1981	June 21	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report
1979	April 29	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford	Report
1978	June 4	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
1977	May 8	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
1976	May 2	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Report
1974	April 28	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Report
1972	May 1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Report
1970	April 19	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	Report
1968	May 12	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	Report