class. 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. The fastest official race lap records at the Circuito de Jerez are listed as: Events Current February: GT Winter Series April: Grand Prix motorcycle racing Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Campeonato de España de Superbike June: FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship September: Eurocup-3, F4 Spanish Championship, TCR Spain Campeonato de España de Superturismos October: Jerez Historic Festival, Campeonato de España de Superbike November: Campeonato de España de Resistencia Former BPR Global GT Series (1995) Euroformula Open Championship (2014–2018) 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) 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) Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final (2019) MotoE World Cup Spanish eRace (2020–2022) Sidecar World Championship (1987–1988, 1990–1992) Superbike World Championship (1990, 2013–2017, 2019–2021) Superleague Formula (2008) TCR Europe Touring Car Series (2016) World Series Formula V8 3.5 (2014–2017) World Sportscar Championship (1986–1988) 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. Fatalities Dean Berta Viñales, 15, Spanish motorcycle racer, crashed 25 September 2021. Ismael Bonilla, 41, Spanish motorcycle racer, crashed 5 July 2020. Nobuyuki Wakai, Japanese motorcycle racer, crashed 1 May 1993. Notes References External links Formula One circuits