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GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Barcelona (Circuit de Catalunya) (965 words) |
 | The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 ended the racing and it was not until 1946 that another race was held on the streets of Barcelona, on a 3.9 mile circuit called Pedralbes. |
| It was not until 1966 that the Catalans revived the old Montjuich Park circuit, as a response to the construction of the Jarama circuit near Madrid. |
| Jarama hosted the Grand Prix that year but an agreement was reached for Montjuich to hold the race in 1969. |
| GrandPrix.com > Features > Historical > The Spanish Grand Prix - a history (1938 words) |
| The Spanish Grand Prix, however, was still not established and in 1928 and 1929 was run to sportscar regulations, both races being won by Louis Chiron. |
| It would be three years until the next Spanish GP at San Sebastian, by which time the Alfa Romeo P3 was the machine to have and Chiron ended his 1933 season with a win, his third Spanish GP triumph. |
| The 1981 Spanish Grand Prix will long be remembered as one of the most exciting races of its era as Gilles Villeneuve hurled his cumbersome Ferrari turbo around the track, with a queue of cars trying to pass him. |
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