Circuito de Jerez
Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto (formerly known as Circuito de Jerez and Circuito de Velocidad Jerez), is a 4.428 km (2.751 mi) racing circuit located close to the city of Jerez de la Frontera, 90-kilometre (56 mi) south of Seville and deep within the sherry-producing region in the south of Spain. The project was led by the Spanish engineer Manuel Medina Lara, based on a preliminary idea from Alessandro Rocci.
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| Location | Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain |
|---|---|
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST) |
| Coordinates | 36°42′30″N 6°2′3″W |
| Capacity | 125,000 |
| FIA Grade | 1 |
| Broke ground | 1984 |
| Opened | 8 December 1985 |
| Former names | Circuito de Jerez (December 1985–May 2018) |
| Major events | Current: Grand Prix motorcycle racing Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix (1987, 1989–present) Expo 92 motorcycle Grand Prix (1988) Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prix (2020) World SBK (1990, 2013–2017, 2019–2021, 2023–present) Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final (2019, 2024) Ferrari Challenge Europe (2016, 2024) Former: Formula One Spanish Grand Prix (1986–1990) European Grand Prix (1994, 1997) FIM EWC (1986–1987) FIA F2 (2017) Superleague Formula (2008) World Sportscar Championship (1986–1988) |
| Website | http://www.circuitodejerez.com/ |
| Grand Prix Circuit (1994–present) | |
| Length | 4.428 km (2.751 miles) |
| Turns | 15 |
| Race lap record | 1:23.135 (Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Williams FW19, 1997, F1) |
| Motorcycle Circuit (1994–present) & Grand Prix Circuit (1992–1993) | |
| Length | 4.423 km (2.748 miles) |
| Turns | 13 |
| Race lap record | 1:35.056 (Marcel Costa, Dallara F300, 2002, F3) |
| Grand Prix Circuit (1985–1991) | |
| Length | 4.218 km (2.621 miles) |
| Turns | 16 |
| Race lap record | 1:24.513 (Riccardo Patrese, Williams FW13B, 1990, F1) |
Circuit history
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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 relatively remote location hindered significant spectator turnout, although up to 125,000 can be accommodated. Because of this, F1 moved to Barcelona following the 1990 race.
In 1992, the track eliminated four corners to create the long right hander Curva Sito Pons. Due to the hosting of the European Grand Prix in 1994, a new chicane was created (the Senna curve) at the corner where Martin Donnelly had a career-ending accident during qualifying for the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix. Jerez also hosted the 1997 European Grand Prix, which was the championship decider between Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, who collided during the race.
During the podium celebrations of the 1997 race, Jerez's Mayor Pedro Pacheco disrupted the podium celebrations by presenting a trophy that was supposed to be presented by a dignitary from Daimler-Benz. This incident resulted in the track being banned from hosting a Grand Prix ever.[1] It has not hosted another Grand Prix since, but continued to be used for winter testing until 2015.
During 2005, the track was resurfaced. It was expected that the Champ Car World Series would race there in 2008[2] until the series was cancelled early in the year after merging with the IndyCar Series.
On 2 May 2013, it was announced that the final corner would be renamed after Spanish then four-time and reigning world champion (250cc - 2006, 2007; MotoGP - 2010, 2012) Jorge Lorenzo.[3]
In 2017, FIA Formula 2 hosted a stand-alone event on October 7 and 8 at the circuit.
On 3 May 2018, the circuit was renamed in honor of the former motorcyclist Ángel Nieto, who died in 2017.
On 3 May 2019, the sixth corner (formerly Curva Dry Sac) was renamed after Dani Pedrosa, retired three-time world champion (125cc - 2003; 250cc - 2004, 2005) and three-time runner-up in the MotoGP class.[4][5]
Layout history
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Original Grand Prix Circuit (1985–1991)- Motorcycling Circuit (1992–present)
- Grand Prix Circuit (1994–present)
Events
- Current
- February: Formula Winter Series, TCR Spain Winter Series, GT Winter Series
- April: Grand Prix motorcycle racing Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Campeonato de España de Superbike
- June: Ferrari Challenge Europe
- September: FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship, Campeonato de España de GT
- October: Superbike World Championship, Supersport World Championship, Supersport 300 World Championship, Eurocup-3, F4 Spanish Championship, FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship
- November: Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final, Campeonato de España de Superbike
- Former
- BPR Global GT Series (1995)
- Euroformula Open Championship (2013–2018)
- Euroseries 3000 (2002–2004, 2008)
- FIA Formula 2 Championship (2017)
- FIM Endurance World Championship (1986–1987)
- Formula One
- European Grand Prix (1994, 1997)
- Spanish Grand Prix (1986–1990)
- Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (2014–2015)
- French F4 Championship (2014, 2018)
- GP3 Series (2017)
- Grand Prix motorcycle racing
- Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prix (2020)
- Expo 92 motorcycle Grand Prix (1987)
- International Formula 3000 (1988–1991, 1997)
- International GT Open (2013–2014)
- MotoE World Cup Spanish eRace (2020–2022)
- Renault Sport Trophy (2015)
- Sidecar World Championship (1987–1988, 1990–1992)
- Superleague Formula (2008)
- TCR Europe Touring Car Series (2016)
- TCR Spain (2022–2023)
- World Series Formula V8 3.5 (2014–2017)
- World Sportscar Championship (1986–1988)
Lap records
The all-time outright track record is 1:15.651, set by Pedro de la Rosa in a McLaren MP4-20, during Formula One testing in April 2005.[6] As of April 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuito de Jerez are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix Circuit: 4.428 km (1994–present) | ||||
| F1 | 1:23.135 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams FW19 | 1997 European Grand Prix |
| Formula 2 | 1:29.296 | Nyck de Vries | Dallara GP2/11 | 2017 Jerez Formula 2 round |
| Formula V8 | 1:30.014[7] | Pietro Fittipaldi | Dallara T12 | 2017 Jerez Formula V8 round |
| Superleague Formula | 1:30.029 | Davide Rigon | Panoz DP09 | 2008 Jerez Superleague Formula round |
| GP3 | 1:32.279 | George Russell | Dallara GP3/16 | 2017 Jerez GP3 round |
| F3000 | 1:34.669[8] | Adam Khan | Lola B02/50 | 2008 Jerez Euroseries 3000 round |
| Formula 3 | 1:35.281[9] | Borja García | Dallara F300 | 2004 2nd Jerez Spanish F3 round |
| Euroformula Open | 1:36.988[10] | Harrison Scott | Dallara F312 | 2017 Jerez Euroformula Open round |
| Formula Regional | 1:39.763[11] | Nikola Tsolov | Tatuus F3 T-318-EC3 | 2023 Jerez Eurocup-3 round |
| GT3 | 1:40.714[12] | Colin Caresani | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2023 Jerez GT Winter Series round |
| Formula Renault 2.0 | 1:41.859[13] | Nyck de Vries | Tatuus FR2.0/13 | 2014 Jerez Formula Renault Eurocup round |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo | 1:42.555[14] | Gerard van der Horst | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo | 2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final |
| Formula 4 | 1:43.226[15] | Dilano van 't Hoff | Tatuus F4-T014 | 2021 Jerez F4 Spain round |
| GT2 | 1:44.326[16] | Miguel Ramos | Ferrari 458 Italia GT | 2011 Jerez Spanish GT round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 1:46.556[17] | Hubert Darmetko | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2024 Jerez GT Winter Series round |
| Renault Sport Trophy | 1:48.311[18] | Richard Gonda | Renault Sport R.S. 01 | 2015 Jerez Renault Sport Trophy round |
| Ferrari Challenge | 1:49.382[19] | Álex Palou | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 2016 Jerez Ferrari Challenge round |
| GT1 | 1:49.680[20] | John Nielsen | McLaren F1 GTR | 1995 4 Hours of Jerez |
| GT4 | 1:50:692[21] | Jamie Day | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | 2024 Jerez GT4 Winter Series round |
| TCR Touring Car | 1:52.299[22] | Isidro Callejas | CUPRA Leon Competición TCR | 2022 Jerez TCR Spain round |
| Renault Clio Cup | 2:01.873[23] | Alex Royo | Renault Clio R.S. IV | 2017 Jerez Renault Clio Cup Spain round |
| Motorcycling Circuit: 4.423 km (1992–present) | ||||
| Formula 3 | 1:35.056[24] | Marcel Costa | Dallara F300 | 2002 1st Jerez Spanish F3 round |
| MotoGP | 1:37.449 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Desmosedici GP24 | 2024 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| World SBK | 1:39.004[25] | Álvaro Bautista | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 2019 Jerez World SBK round |
| Moto2 | 1:41.020 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro B-24 | 2024 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| World SSP | 1:41.875[26] | Nicolò Bulega | Ducati Panigale V2 | 2023 Jerez World SSP round |
| 250cc | 1:43.338 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia RSV 250 | 2009 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 500cc | 1:43.779 | Valentino Rossi | Honda NSR500 | 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Moto3 | 1:45.105 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM RC250GP | 2024 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 125cc | 1:47.075 | Julián Simón | Aprilia RS125R | 2009 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| MotoE | 1:47.473 | Eric Granado | Energica Ego | 2021 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| Supersport 300 | 1:52.778[27] | Koen Meuffels | KTM RC 390 R | 2019 Jerez Supersport 300 round |
| Original Grand Prix Circuit: 4.218 km (1985–1991) | ||||
| F1 | 1:24.513 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams FW13B | 1990 Spanish Grand Prix |
| F3000 | 1:34.780[28] | Éric Bernard | Lola T89/50 | 1989 Jerez F3000 round |
| Group C | 1:38.090[29] | Oscar Larrauri | Porsche 962C | 1986 360 km of Jerez |
| 500cc | 1:47.615 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha YZR500 | 1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 250cc | 1:50.002 | Helmut Bradl | Honda NSR250 | 1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| World SBK | 1:51.850[30] | Raymond Roche | Ducati 888 SBK | 1990 Jerez World SBK round |
| Sidecar (B2A) | 1:52.237 | Steve Webster | Krauser sidecar | 1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 125cc | 1:54.038 | Ezio Gianola | Derbi 125 | 1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix |
| 80cc | 2:03.410 | Stefan Dörflinger | Krauser 80 | 1988 Expo 92 motorcycle Grand Prix |
Weather and climate
Jerez racetrack is located near the airport where the city's official weather station is located. The site has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa with mild and rainy winters coupled with hot summers with pronounced drought. As a result, all of Jerez' Formula One and MotoGP races have been held during shoulder seasons when the air temperatures normally are gentler. The current placement of the MotoGP event in early May has reduced rainfall risk compared to the previous April date, as well as raising the likely average temperature by several degrees. Formula One races used to be held in latter parts of the autumn, but were discontinued after 1997.
Jerez used to be a primary winter testing venue for Formula One and remains so for both MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship, in part due to the favourable temperatures in winter mimicking potential conditions during the race season farther north in Europe even in January.
| Climate data for Jerez de la Frontera (Jerez Airport) (1981–2010), Extremes (1921–) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.7 (112.5) |
45.1 (113.2) |
44.6 (112.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
45.1 (113.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−5 (23) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−2 (28) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−1 (30) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78 (3.1) |
56 (2.2) |
37 (1.5) |
49 (1.9) |
30 (1.2) |
9 (0.4) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
27 (1.1) |
72 (2.8) |
96 (3.8) |
109 (4.3) |
570 (22.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 53 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 73 | 67 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 79 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 184 | 187 | 224 | 251 | 300 | 318 | 354 | 334 | 250 | 225 | 184 | 158 | 2,965 |
| Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología[31][32] | |||||||||||||
Fatalities
- Dean Berta Viñales, 15, Spanish motorcycle racer, crashed 25 September 2021.[33]
- Ismael Bonilla, 41, Spanish motorcycle racer, crashed 5 July 2020.[34]
- Marcos Garrido, 14, Spanish motorcycle racer, crashed March 2019.[35]
- Nobuyuki Wakai, 25, Japanese motorcycle racer, crashed 1 May 1993.[36][37]
- Javier Moreno, 21, Spanish motorcycle racer, crashed 1990.[38]
Notes
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