What is Circuito de Jerez?
{{coord|36|42|30|N|6|2|3|W|type:landmark|display=title}} {{Motorsport venue| Name = Circuito de Jerez | Location = [[Jerez de la Frontera]], [[Andalucia]], [[Spain]] | Time = [[GMT]] +1 | Image = [[Image:Circuit Jerez.png|275px]] | Events = '''[[Formula One]]'''<br> [[Spanish Grand Prix]]<br> [[European Grand Prix]]<br> [[Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix]]| Length_km = 4.428 | Length_mi = 2.751 | Broke_ground = 1984 | Opened = 1985 | Turns = 13 | Record_time = 1:23.135| Record_driver = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen]] | Record_team = [[Williams F1|Williams]] | Record_year = [[1997 European Grand Prix|1997]] }} '''Circuito de Jerez''' is a Spanish race track near [[Jerez de la Frontiera]]. It opened on December 8, 1985, and started holding motorcycling events and the [[Spanish Grand Prix]] in [[Formula One]]. The race was held in Jerez until 1990, since the circuit was in a remote (rural) area, and the Spanish Grand Prix was moved to [[Circuit de Catalunya]] in 1991. However, in 1994, when the [[Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez]] was not finished for it's grand prix, known as the [[Argentine Grand Prix]], Jerez hosted the [[European Grand Prix]] that year. As well, a chicane was added in Turn 11 to slow down the cars and to avoid possibly fatal (deadly) accidents, such as the one suffered by [[Roland Ratzenberger]] at the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]]. The European Grand Prix returned in 1997, this time being the final race of the season, and the championship was going to be decided between [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Jacques Villeneuve]]. However, during the podium celebrations, 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, which was related to Mercedes, an engine supplier who won the race. This incident resulted on the track being temporarily banned from ho