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Name = Montjuïc circuit |<br />
Location = Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |<br />
Time = GMT +1 |<br />
Image = [[Image:Montjuïc circuit.png|Route of the Montjuïc Circuit as laid out for the Spanish Grand Prix]] |<br />
Events = '''[[Formula One]]'''<br> [[Spanish Grand Prix]]<br> [[Penya Rhin Grand Prix]] |<br />
Length_km = 3.79 |<br />
Length_mi = 2.35 |<br />
Turns = 12 |<br />
Record_time = 1:23.8 |<br />
Record_driver = [[Ronnie Peterson]] |<br />
Record_team = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |<br />
Record_year = 1973<br />
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The '''Montjuïc circuit''' is a former [[street circuit]] located on the Montjuïc mountain in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is considered among the best Formula One circuits of all time, with [[Autosport]] rating it among its ten best for their 50th anniversary of Formula One issue.<br />
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== History ==<br />
By 1908 international motorsport was conducted at the Circuit Baix Penedès with the ''Copa Catalunya''. In 1923 the first Great automobile Prize of Spain in the permanent [[Sitges Terramar]] circuit was run near Barcelona. In 1932 a race was held on a street circuit with the start in the Montjuïc Park, wooded parkland on a hill above the city's harbour. The course of the 1933 east circuit of that race became the Montjuïc Circuit proper, holding the [[Penya Rhin Grand Prix]].<br />
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In 1968, Montjuïc was selected as the venue for the [[Spanish Grand Prix]], which had been held at the [[Circuito Permanente Del Jarama|Jarama]] circuit in Madrid, with the inaugural Grand Prix being held there on May 4 1969. The variable character of the anticlockwise course (with one half slow and the other very fast) made setting the cars up correctly a challenge.<br />
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The [[1975 Spanish Grand Prix]] was marked by tragedy. Many drivers felt the circuit was unsafe, and twice world champion [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] withdrew in protest before the start of the race. On lap 26 the vehicle of [[Rolf Stommelen]] left the track, killing five people. The race was stopped at half way and half of the points were given, with [[Jochen Mass]] recorded as the winner. [[Lella Lombardi]] became the first female driver to score world chmpionship points, taking 0.5 points for 6th place. Formula One never returned to the circuit after the accident.<br />
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The circuit of Montjuic was also the scene of the 24 hours of Montjuic, a motorcycle endurance race.<br />
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Since 1991 the Spanish Grand Prix has been held at the [[Circuit de Catalunya]] on the outskirts of Barcelona.<br />
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In 2004, the city council of Barcelona decided to mark the layout of the old circuit.<br />
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On October 13-14 2007 the circuit was used for the Martini Legends, to honour the 75th anniversary of the circuit. Signalling the return of Formula One cars to Montjuïc, Emerson Fittipaldi (re-)appeared in his Lotus 72, and Marc Gené drove a present-day Ferrari.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://montjuich.speedgeezers.net/history.html Montjuïc Park History]<br />
* [http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/story?id=279114 (news in ESPN Sports)] <br />
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Barcelona,%20Spain&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=41.368677,2.152312&spn=0.007601,0.021629&t=k&om=1 The streets of the former circuit in Google Maps]<br />
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