The Circuito del Jarama (Circuit of Jarama), formerly known as Circuito Permanente del Jarama (Permanent circuit of Jarama) is a 3.850 km 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.