Circuito Permanente de Jerez

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**Circuito Permanente de Jerez**
Location	4 miles north-east of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Time Zone	GMT +1
Major events	Formula One; V8 Supercar; Carrera Cup; Formula Ford; MotoGP
Circuit length	4.428 kilometres (2.751 miles)
Turns	13
Lap record	1'15.650 (Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004)

Circuito Permanente de Jerez is a 4,428 m (2.752-miles) racing circuit located deep within the sherry-producing south of Spain.

The circuit opened on 8 December 1985. During 1986 the circuit hosted the first international motorcycle event in Spain in March and the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix in April. The circuit's remote location hindered significant spectator turnout, although up to 125,000 places are available. Despite some great racing, including a race won by Ayrton Senna by 14 thousandths of a second, F1 moved to Barcelona following the 1990 race.

However, in 1994 Jerez instituted safety changes throughout the circuit, including a new chicane (the Senna curve) at the corner where Martin Donnelly had an appalling accident in 1990. As a result, Jerez hosted the European Grand Prix in 1994 and in 1997 (the memorable race featuring the coming together of Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve).

While the circuit currently does not host an Formula 1 race, it is often used a venue for testing by the teams. During 2005, the tracks were resurfaced.

[edit] Formula One history

Grands Prix held with the title "European Grand Prix" are indicated with a light blue background.

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1997	October 26	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
1994	October 16	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	Report
1990	September 30	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Report
1989	October 1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
1988	October 2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
1987	September 27	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
1986	April 13	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Report

[edit] Moto Grands Prix history

Season	Date	125 winner	250 winner	MotoGP winner	Report
2007	March 25	Gabor Talmacsi	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
2006	May 5	Lucio Cecchinello	Fonsi Nieto	Valentino Rossi	Report
2005	May 5	Lucio Cecchinello	Fonsi Nieto	Valentino Rossi	Report
2004	May 2	Marco Simoncelli	Roberto Rolfo	Sete Gibernau	Report
2003	May 11	Lucio Cecchinello	Toni Elías	Valentino Rossi	Report
2002	May 5	Lucio Cecchinello	Fonsi Nieto	Valentino Rossi	Report
2001	May 6	Masao Azuma	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
2000	April 30	Emilio Alzamora	Ralf Waldmann	Kenny Roberts Jr	Report
1999		Masao Azuma	Valentino Rossi	Álex Crivillé	Report
1998		Kazuto Sakata	Loris Capirossi	Álex Crivillé	Report
1997		Valentino Rossi	Ralf Waldmann	Álex Crivillé	Report
1996		Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Michael Doohan	Report
1995		Haruchika Aoki	Tetsuya Harada	Alberto Puig	Report
1994		Kazuto Sakata	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Michael Doohan	Report
1993	May 2	Kazuto Sakata	Tetsuya Harada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
1992	May 10	Ralf Waldmann	Loris Reggiani	Michael Doohan	Report
1991	May 12	Noboru Ueda	Helmut Bradl	Michael Doohan	Report
1990	May 6	Jorge Martínez	John Kocinski	Wayne Gardner	Report
1989	April 30	Álex Crivillé	Luca Cadalora	Eddie Lawson	Report
1987		Fausto Gresini	Martin Wimmer	Wayne Gardner	Report