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 126 C, Ferrari 126CK, while powerful and fast on the straight, did not have as efficient Ground effect (cars), ground effect aerodynamics as his pursuers - Jacques Laffite (V12 engine, V12 Equipe Ligier, Ligier-Equipe Matra Sports, Matra), John Watson (racing driver), John Watson (McLaren MP4/1, McLaren-Cosworth DFV, Ford), Carlos Reutemann (Williams FW07, Williams-Ford), and Elio de Angelis (Lotus 87, Lotus-Ford) and was 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 when it was deemed too narrow for modern racing. It still holds Sports car racing, sports car, Touring car racing, touring car and motorcycle racing, motorcycle races. The circuit was lengthened in 1991, and then upgraded in 2015. In 1987, Jarama hosted Round 2 of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship season, 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 Motorsport, BMW E30 M3, M3. Pole position for the race had been taken by triple 24 Hours of Le Mans, 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.Layout history
Events
; Current * March: UV Endurance Race Jarama * April: Renault Clio Cup, Renault Clio Cup Europe, TCR Spain Campeonato de España de Superturismos, G.P. CECC – Jarama * May: Campeonato Open de Portugal GT, Campeonato Open de Portugal Turismos * June: FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup, 2022 ERA Championship, Electric Racing Academy Championship * October: FIA European Truck Racing Championship ''GP Camiones de España'', Espiritu Del Jarama * December: UV Endurance Race Jarama ; Former * BPR Global GT Series (1994–1996) * BOSS GP, EuroBOSS Series (2008) * European Formula Two Championship (1967–1969, 1971, 1983) * European Touring Car Championship (1968–1972, 1974–1979, 1985–1986, 1988, 2001–2002) * F4 Spanish Championship (2016, 2020) * FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1975–1984), FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1977–1984) * FIA GT Championship (2001–2002) * FIM Endurance World Championship (1969, 1983) * Formula 750 (1974, 1976–1978) * Formula One ''Spanish Grand Prix'' (1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976–1979, 1981) * World Series by Nissan, Formula Nissan (2002–2004) * Grand Prix motorcycle racing ** ''European motorcycle Grand Prix'' (1991) ** ''FIM motorcycle Grand Prix'' (1993) ** ''Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix'' (1998) ** ''Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix'' (1987) ** ''Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix'' (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977–1986, 1988) * GTR Euroseries (1998) * 2001 European Le Mans Series, IMSA European Le Mans Series (2001) * International Formula 3000 (1986–1987) * FIA Sportscar Championship, International Sports Racing Series (1997) * European Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series ''2006 1000 km of Jarama, 1000 km of Jarama'' (2006) * Sidecar World Championship (1981, 1991) * Superbike World Championship (1991–1992) * Superleague Formula (2009–2010) * TCR Europe Touring Car Series (2020) * World Sportscar Championship ''360 km of Jarama'' (1987–1989) * World Touring Car Championship (1987)Lap records
The official race lap records at the Circuito del Jarama are listed as:References
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