Spanish Grand Prix

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**Spanish Grand Prix**
Circuit de Catalunya

Laps'''	66
Circuit length	4.655 km (2.88 miles)
Race length	307.104 km (189.68 miles)
Most wins by single driver	Michael Schumacher (6)
Most wins by single constructor	Ferrari (10)
Last race (2007):
Winner	Felipe Massa
Winning constructor	Ferrari
Winning time	1:31:36.230
Pole time	1:21.421
Pole driver	Felipe Massa
Pole constructor	Ferrari
Fastest lap	1:22.680
Fastest lap driver	Felipe Massa
Fastest lap constructor	Ferrari

The Spanish Grand Prix (Gran Premio de España) is a Formula One race currently held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual Formula One championship season.

History

The first Spanish Grand Prix in 1913 was not actually run to the Grand Prix formula of the day, but to touring car rules, taking place on a 300-kilometre road circuit at Guadarrama, near Madrid, on the road to Valladolid.

Motor racing events had taken place in Spain prior to that - the most notable among them being the Catalan Cup of 1908 and 1909, on roads around Sitges, near Barcelona. Both of these events were won by Jules Goux, establishing a strong racing tradition in Catalonia, which has continued to this day. This enthusiasm for racing led to the plan to build a permanent track at Sitges - a 2-kilometre oval which became known as Sitges-Terramar, and was the site of the 1923 Spanish Grand Prix.

After this first race, the track fell into financial difficulties, and the main race in Spain moved to the Circuito Lasarte track on the northern coast (called the San Sebastian Grand Prix). Following the 1936 race, Spain descended into civil war and racing stopped. In 1946, racing returned to Spain in the form of the Penya Rhin Grand Prix at the Pedralbes Circuit in Barcelona.

Spain did not return to the international calendar until 1951, joining the list of races of the Formula One championship, on the Pedralbes Circuit. In 1955, a terrible accident at the 24 Hours of Le Mans resulted in regulations governing spectator safety, and the pedestrian-lined street track at Pedralbes was dropped from the racing calendar.

Comeback

In the 1960s, Spain made a bid to return to the world of international motor racing - the Royal Automobile Club of Spain commissioned a new circuit north of Madrid at Jarama, and Cataluña refurbished their circuit at Montjuïc circuit in Barcelona. A non-championship Grand Prix took place at Jarama in 1967, which was won by Jim Clark racing in a Lotus.

In 1968, Jarama hosted the Spanish Grand Prix, near the beginning of the F1 season. It was agreed, following this event, that the race would alternate between Jarama and Montjuich.

The 1975 Grand Prix at Montjuich was marked by tragedy. There had been concerns about track safety during practice races, and double-winner Emerson Fittipaldi retired in protest after a single lap. On the 26th lap of the race, Rolf Stommelen's car crashed when the rear wing broke off, killing four spectators. The race was stopped later and won by Jochen Mass, though only half the points were awarded.

The Spanish Grand Prix was confined to Jarama until 1981, after which it was dropped from the racing calendar. In 1985, the Mayor of Jerez commissioned a new racing circuit in his town to promote tourism and sherries. The track, the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, was finished in time for the 1986 championship, which saw a furious battle between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell, with the two cars finishing side by side. The stewards awarded the win to Senna, by 0.014 seconds - one of F1's closest finishes.

The 1990 Spanish Grand Prix was the last in Jerez (although Jerez did stage the European Grand Prix in 1994 and 1997). During the practice, Martin Donnelly's car was destroyed in a high-speed collision, and Donnelly was severely injured.

Work on the Circuit de Catalunya was underway in Barcelona, and in 1991, the event moved to this new track, where it has remained since. The 1992 event was advertised as the Grand Prix of the Olympic Games.

Winners of the Spanish Grands Prix

Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championhip are indicated by a pink background.

A cream background indicates an event which was part of the pre-war European Championship.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
2007	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Catalunya	Report
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Catalunya	Report
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	Catalunya	Report
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Catalunya	Report
2003	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Catalunya	Report
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Catalunya	Report
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Catalunya	Report
2000	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Catalunya	Report
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Catalunya	Report
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Catalunya	Report
1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	Catalunya	Report
1996	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Catalunya	Report
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	Catalunya	Report
1994	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	Catalunya	Report
1993	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	Catalunya	Report
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	Catalunya	Report
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	Catalunya	Report
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Jerez	Report
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Jerez	Report
1988	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Jerez	Report
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Jerez	Report
1986	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Jerez	Report
1985 - 1982	Not held
1981	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Jarama	Report
1980	Alan Jones	Williams-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1979	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1977	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1976	James Hunt	McLaren-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1975	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Cosworth	Montjuïc circuit	Report
1974	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Jarama	Report
1973	Émerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Cosworth	Montjuïc circuit	Report
1972	Émerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Montjuïc circuit	Report
1970	Jackie Stewart	March-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Cosworth	Montjuïc circuit	Report
1968	Graham Hill	Lotus-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus-Cosworth	Jarama	Report
1966 - 1955	Not held
1954	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Pedralbes	Report
1953	Not held
1952	Not held
1951	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Pedralbes	Report
1950 - 1936	Not held
1935	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Lasarte	Report
1934	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz	Lasarte	Report
1933	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo	Lasarte	Report
1932	Not held
1931	Not held
1930	Achille Varzi	Maserati	Lasarte	Report
1929	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Lasarte	Report
1928	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Lasarte	Report
1927	Robert Benoist	Delage	Lasarte	Report
1926	Bartolomeo Costantini	Bugatti	Lasarte	Report
1925	Not held
1924	Not held
1923	Albert Divo	Sunbeam	Sitges-Terramar	Report
1922 - 1914	Not held
1913	Carlos de Salamanca	Rolls-Royce	Guadarrama	Report

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Spanish Grand Prix can refer to:

Spanish Grand Prix, a Formula One motor race
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The Circuit de Catalunya [seer-kweet-da-Cataloonya] is a racetrack in Montmeló, to the north of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is home to the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix and the motorcycle Catalonia Grand Prix.
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Michael Schumacher (pronounced / (help• info /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)^[4] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion.
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Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's
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The 2007 Gran Premio de Espana Telefonica was a Formula One motor race, fourth round of the 2007 Formula One season, won by Felipe Massa. It was held on the weekend of 11-13 May at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.
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Felipe Massa (born April 25, 1981) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently employed by the Ferrari team. He is under contract to race for Ferrari until the end of the 2010 season.
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Category Single seaters
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Inaugural season 1950^[1]
Drivers 22
Teams 11
Engine suppliers 6
Drivers' champion Fernando Alonso
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Barcelona

Barcelona from the air

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Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver.
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Guadarrama is a town in the Community of Madrid in Spain.

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Valladolid is an industrial city and it is a municipality in north-central Spain, upon the Rio Pisuerga and within the Ribera del Duero region. It is the capital of the province of Valladolid and of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon, therefore is part of the historical
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Sitges

Sitges (Catalonia)

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Jules Goux, born April 6, 1885 - died March 6, 1965, was a Grand Prix motor racing champion and the first Frenchman to win the Indianapolis 500, as well as the first European to do so.
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