Name: Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Number of Grands Prix held: 9
Type: Race circuit, Clockwise
Location: San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
Track Length: 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
Seasons: 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976–1979, 1981
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, 20 miles (32 km) 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.
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