Circuito del Jarama

The Circuito del Jarama, formerly known as Circuito Permanente del Jarama is a 3.850km located north of Madrid, Spain which was home to the Spanish Grand Prix nine times between 1968 and 1981.Designed by John Hugenholtz, the circuit was built by Alessandro Rocci in 1967 north of Madrid in arid scrub land. It had a short 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 for the entirety of the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix despite a tail of four cars significantly faster than his . This victory was to be the last one of Villeneuve's career.