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, 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 circuit was built by Alessandro Rocci in 1967 on arid scrub land.

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. 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 (E30). 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.

Layout history

Events

Current

March: Formula E Madrid ePrix, TCR Spain Touring Car Championship, Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship, , , Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship May: Drift Masters June: Supercars Endurance Series Jarama Classic August: F4 Spanish Championship October: FIA European Truck Racing Championship GP Camiones de España,

Former

BPR Global GT Series 4 Hours of Jarama (1994–1996) EuroBOSS Series (2008) European 2-Litre Sports Car Championship (1971–1972, 1974) European F3 Open Championship (2001–2010) European Formula Two Championship (1967–1969, 1971, 1983) European Touring Car Championship (1968–1972, 1974–1979, 1985–1986, 1988, 2001–2002) FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1977–1984) FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup (2022) FIA GT Championship (2001–2002) FIA GT3 European Championship (2010) FIM Endurance World Championship (1969, 1983) Formula 750 (1974, 1976–1978) Formula One Spanish Grand Prix (1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976–1981) Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup (1994, 1996, 1998–1999, 2001–2002) French Formula Renault Championship (1986, 1994) 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) IMSA European Le Mans Series (2001) International Formula 3000 (1986–1987) International Sports Racing Series (1997) Le Mans Series 1000 km Jarama (2006) Sidecar World Championship (1981, 1991) Superbike World Championship (1991–1992) Superleague Formula Superleague Formula round Spain (2009–2010) TCR Europe Touring Car Series (2020) V de V Sports (2007–2011, 2017) World Series by Nissan (1998–2004) World Sportscar Championship Trofeo Repsol Jarama (1987–1989) World Touring Car Championship (1987)

Lap records

held the unofficial lap record with a lap of 1:16.994 with Jaguar R5 in a demonstration event in 2017. As of June 2026, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuito de Madrid Jarama - RACE are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Grand Prix Circuit (1991–present): Superleague Formula 1:20.011 Yelmer Buurman Panoz DP09 2009 Jarama Superleague Formula round LMP900 1:23.034 Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 2001 ELMS at Jarama Formula Nissan 1:23.530 Ricardo Zonta Dallara SN01 2002 Jarama Formula Nissan round Group C 1:24.200 Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C 1992 Jarama Interserie round LMP1 1:24.570 Jean-Marc Gounon Courage LC70 2006 1000 km of Jarama Interserie 1:24.770 Frederico Careca HSB-Penske PC-18 Buick 1993 Jarama Interserie round Eurocup-3 1:25.391 Keanu Al Azhari Dallara 326 2026 Jarama Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship round Formula One 1:25.657 Karl-Heinz Becker Minardi M190 1995 Jarama Interserie round LMP2 1:26.138 Miguel Angel Castro Lola B05/40 2006 1000 km of Jarama Group C2 1:27.490 Spice SE90C 1993 Jarama Interserie round LMP675 1:27.792 Didier de Radiguès Reynard 01Q 2001 ELMS at Jarama LMP3 1:29.200 Nelson Panciatici Norma M30 2017 Jarama 4 Hours Formula Three 1:29.375 José Manuel Pérez-Aicart Dallara F305 2005 Jarama Spanish F3 round WSC 1:29.472 Jérôme Policand Courage C41 1997 International Sports Racing Series Jarama GT1 (GTS) 1:29.783 Stéphane Ortelli Saleen S7-R 2006 1000 km of Jarama GT3 1:32.018 Ferrari 488 GT3 2017 Jarama 4 Hours Formula 4 1:32.303 Kas Haverkort Tatuus F4-T014 2020 Jarama F4 Spain round GT1 (Prototype) 1:32.627 Geoff Lees McLaren F1 GTR 1998 GTR Euroseries Jarama 4 Hours GT2 1:33.248 Vimal Metha Ferrari F430 GT2 2010 Jarama Spanish GT round GT1 1:33.345 Jean-Marc Gounon Ferrari F40 GTE 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Jarama 500cc 1:33.617 Carlos Checa Honda NSR500 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix Formula Renault 2.0 1:33.950 César Campaniço Tatuus FR2000 2001 Jarama Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup round GT 1:34.268 Dirk Müller BMW M3 GTR 2001 ELMS at Jarama 250cc 1:34.941 Loris Capirossi Honda NSR250 1993 FIM motorcycle Grand Prix N-GT 1:36.091 Porsche 911 GT3-RS 2001 FIA GT Jarama 500km Super Touring 1:36.733 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 D2 2001 Jarama ESTC round World SBK 1:36.955 Doug Polen Ducati 888 SBK 1992 Jarama World SBK round GT4 1:37.594 Mathieu Martins Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo 2026 Jarama SuperCars Endurance round TCR Touring Car 1:38.265 Isidro Callejas CUPRA León Competición TCR 2022 Jarama TCR Spain round 125cc 1:39.330 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia RS125R 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix ETCR 1:40.706 Maxime Martin Alfa Romeo Giulia ETCR 2022 Jarama FIA ETCR round Super 2000 1:43.094 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 2002 Jarama ETCC round Renault Clio Cup 1:46.376 Alejandro Royo Renault Clio R.S. IV 2017 Jarama Renault Clio Cup Spain round Toyota GR Cup 1:48.640 Marco Aguilera Toyota GR86 2026 Jarama Toyota GR Cup Spain round Truck racing 1:57.392 Jochen Hahn MAN TGS 2018 Jarama ETRC round Formula E Circuit (2026): Formula E 1:32.941 Nyck de Vries Mahindra M12Electro 2026 Madrid ePrix Grand Prix Circuit (1980–1990): F1 1:15.467 Alan Jones Williams FW07B 1980 Spanish Grand Prix Group C 1:17.871 Hans-Joachim Stuck Porsche 962C 1987 360 km of Jarama F3000 1:19.510 Michel Ferte March 86B 1986 Jarama F3000 round Formula Two 1:20.020 Mike Thackwell Ralt RH6/83 1983 Gran Premio de Madrid Formula Three 1:23.440 Johnny Dumfries Ralt RT3 1984 Jarama F3 round Group C2 1:23.669 Fermín Vélez Spice SE89C 1989 480 km of Jarama 500cc 1:27.990 Wayne Gardner Honda NSR500 1987 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix 250cc 1:30.120 Sito Pons Honda NSR250 1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix 125cc 1:33.250 August Auinger Morbidelli 125 1987 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Group A 1:33.710 Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1987 Jarama 4 Hours 50cc 1:47.070 Eugenio Lazzarini Garelli 50 GP 1983 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Grand Prix Circuit (1967–1979): F1 1:16.440 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T4 1979 Spanish Grand Prix Sports 2000 1:24.450 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Alpine A441 1974 Jarama 2-Litre Championship round Formula Three 1:27.290 Alain Prost Martini MK21B 1978 Jarama European F3 round Formula Two 1:28.200 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS7 1968 Jarama F2 round Group 6 1:30.700 Jorge de Bagration Porsche 908/02 1970 Jarama Spanish SCC round Formula 5000 1:30.900 Peter Gethin McLaren M10A 1969 Madrid Grand Prix Group 5 sports car 1:30.900 Alex Soler-Roig Porsche 917 1970 Jarama Trofeo Primavera 500cc 1:33.900 Kenny Roberts Yamaha YZR500 1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Group 2 1:34.740 Toine Hezemans Ford Capri RS3100 1974 Jarama ETCC round Group 4 1:35.420 Reinhold Jöst Porsche Carrera RSR 1975 Jarama ETCC round 250cc 1:36.200 Kork Ballington Kawasaki KR250 1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix 350cc 1:39.900 Michel Rougerie Yamaha TZ 350 1977 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix 125cc 1:42.000 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 125 GP 1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Group 5 touring car 1:46.100 Dieter Quester BMW 2002 Ti 1969 Jarama ETCC round 50cc 1:50.300 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 50 GP 1977 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Group 3 2:09.100 Juan Merelo Alpine A110 1970 Jarama Spanish SCC round

Notes

References

External links

Circuito del Jarama at Google Maps