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A crash means a race retirement from an accident, collision or spin. Starts exclude non-qualifications, non-starts and exclusions.History
The Circuito de Madrid Jarama is in San Sebastián de los Reyes, about 32 kilometres north of Madrid. It was built in 1967 on arid scrubland to a design by John Hugenholtz, who also designed Suzuka, with Alessandro Rocci as the builder. The circuit runs clockwise and today has 14 corners. It was formerly known as the Circuito Permanente del Jarama and the Circuito del Jarama, and took its present name in February 2022. The track was lengthened in 1991 and upgraded in 2015.
Jarama hosted the Spanish Grand Prix nine times in the Formula One World Championship between 1968 and 1981. Graham Hill won the first race in 1968 for Lotus. Jackie Stewart (March, 1970), Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus, 1972), Niki Lauda (Ferrari, 1974) and James Hunt (McLaren, 1976) followed as winners. Mario Andretti won for Lotus in both 1977 and 1978, and Patrick Depailler took victory for Ligier in 1979.
The circuit has a short main straight and is made up largely of tight, twisting corners, which made overtaking extremely difficult. That was clear in 1981, when Gilles Villeneuve held the lead in his turbocharged Ferrari 126CK against four pursuers, among them Jacques Laffite, John Watson, Carlos Reutemann and Elio de Angelis. It was the last win of his career. Jarama then held no further Formula One races, as the track was judged too narrow for modern cars. It continues to stage sports car, touring car and motorcycle events.
Moments
- 1968Graham Hill won the first Formula One World Championship race at Jarama, the Spanish Grand Prix, for Lotus.
- 1981Gilles Villeneuve won the last Formula One race at Jarama for Ferrari, holding off four pursuers.
2 layouts since 1968
Years without a Grand Prix at this circuit: 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980.
Most wins
Click a bar to see every win here with year, team and analysis.
Data: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk, CC BY 4.0 licence.