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[[Image:Circuit Jerez.png|thumb|right|250px|Jerez de la Frontera]]


'''Circuito Permanente de Jerez''' is a 4,428 m (2.752-[[mile]]s) racing circuit located in the city of [[Jerez de la Frontera]], deep within the [[sherry]]-producing south of [[Spain]]. It was built by Alessandro Rocci, who was also in charge of [[Circuito Permanente del Jarama]]'s project.

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 can be accommodated.  Because of this, F1 moved to [[Circuit de Catalunya|Barcelona]] following the [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|1990 race]].

Due to the hosting of the [[European Grand Prix]] in 1994, the circuit instituted safety changes from the {{F1|1990}} configuration, including a new chicane (the ''Senna'' curve) at the corner where [[Martin Donnelly]] had an appalling accident. Jerez also hosted the 1997 [[European Grand Prix]], which was the championship decider between [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Jacques Villeneuve]]), who collided during the race.

While the circuit currently does not host a Formula 1 race, it is often used as a venue for testing. During 2005, the track was resurfaced.  It was expected that the [[Champ Car World Series]] would race there in [[2008 Champ Car World Series season|2008]] until the series was cancelled early in the year after merging with the [[IndyCar Series]].[http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/champcar/41439/]


====Formula One history====
''Grands Prix held with the title "European Grand Prix" are indicated with a light gray background.''

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|- tr BGCOLOR=darkred
! Season
! Date
! Winning Driver
! Winning Team
! Report
|- bgcolor=#8c8c8c
| [[1997 Formula One season|1997]]
| [[October 26]]
| {{flagiconFinland}} [[Mika Häkkinen]]
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| [[1997 European Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor=#8c8c8c
| [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]
| [[October 16]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[1994 European Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1990 Formula One season|1990]]
| [[September 30]]
| {{flagiconFrance}} [[Alain Prost]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1989 Formula One season|1989]]
| [[October 1]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[1989 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1988 Formula One season|1988]]
| [[October 2]]
| {{flagiconFrance}} [[Alain Prost]]
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[1988 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1987 Formula One season|1987]]
| [[September 27]]
| {{flagiconUK}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[1987 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1986 Formula One season|1986]]
| [[April 13]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[1986 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]]
|}


====Moto Grands Prix history====
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|- tr BGCOLOR=darkred
|align=center|'''Season'''
|align=center|'''Date'''
|align=center|'''125 winner'''
|align=center|'''250 winner'''
|align=center|'''MotoGP winner'''
|align=center|'''Report'''
|-
| [[2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2008]]
| [[March 30]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Simone Corsi]]
| {{flagiconFinland}} [[Mika Kallio]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Dani Pedrosa]]
| [[2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2007]]
| [[March 25]]
| {{flagiconHungary}} [[Gábor Talmácsi]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Jorge Lorenzo]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| [[2007 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2006]]
| [[March 26]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Alvaro Bautista]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Jorge Lorenzo]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Loris Capirossi]]
| [[2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2005]]
| [[April 10]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Marco Simoncelli]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Dani Pedrosa]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| [[2005 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2004]]
| [[May 2]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Marco Simoncelli]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Roberto Rolfo]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Sete Gibernau]]
| [[2004 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2003]]
| [[May 11]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Lucio Cecchinello]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Toni Elías]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| [[2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2002]]
| [[May 5]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Lucio Cecchinello]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Fonsi Nieto]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| [[2002 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2001]]
| [[May 6]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Masao Azuma]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Daijiro Kato]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| [[2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2000]]
| [[April 30]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Emilio Alzamora]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Ralf Waldmann]]
| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Kenny Roberts, Jr.]]
| [[2000 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1999]]
| [[May 9]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Masao Azuma]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Àlex Crivillé]]
| [[1999 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1998]]
| [[May 3]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Kazuto Sakata]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Loris Capirossi]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Àlex Crivillé]]
| [[1998 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1997]]
| [[May 4]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Ralf Waldmann]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Àlex Crivillé]]
| [[1997 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1996]]
| [[May 12]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Haruchika Aoki]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Max Biaggi]]
| {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Michael Doohan]]
| [[1996 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1995]]
| [[May 7]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Haruchika Aoki]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Tetsuya Harada]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Alberto Puig]]
| [[1995 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1994]]
| [[May 8]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Kazuto Sakata]]
| {{flagiconFrance}} [[Jean-Philippe Ruggia]]
| {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Michael Doohan]]
| [[1994 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1993]]
| [[May 2]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Kazuto Sakata]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Tetsuya Harada]]
| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Kevin Schwantz]]
| [[1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1992]]
| [[May 10]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Ralf Waldmann]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Loris Reggiani]]
| {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Michael Doohan]]
| [[1992 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1991]]
| [[May 12]]
| {{flagiconJapan}} [[Noboru Ueda]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Helmut Bradl]]
| {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Michael Doohan]]
| [[1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1990]]
| [[May 6]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Jorge Martínez (motorcyclist)|Jorge Martínez]]
| {{flagiconUSA}} [[John Kocinski]]
| {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Wayne Gardner]]
| [[1990 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1989]]
| [[April 30]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Àlex Crivillé]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Luca Cadalora]]
| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Eddie Lawson]]
| [[1989 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
| [[1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1987]]
| [[April 26]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Fausto Gresini]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Martin Wimmer]]
| {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Wayne Gardner]]
| [[1987 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
|}


== External links ==
* [http://www.circuitodejerez.com/ Circuito de Jerez official website]
* [http://www.formula1.com/ Formula 1 official website]
* [http://www.motogp.com/ MotoGP official website]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Jerez,+Spain&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=36.707651,-6.032524&spn=0.016239,0.043259&t=k&om=1 Satellite picture by Google Maps]

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