Jacarepagua

Official name
Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Type
permanent
Length
5.031 km
Turns
11
Direction
anticlockwise
Grands Prix
10
First
1978
Last
1989
Confidence
high

Flat, hot and abrasive; a long pit straight and a longer back straight with grandstands giving a view of the whole lap

Opened in 1978 and originally called the Autodromo Internacional do Rio de Janeiro; renamed for Nelson Piquet in 1988 after his third title. Hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix in 1978 and from 1981 to 1989, after which the race returned permanently to Interlagos. Demolished in 2012 for the 2016 Olympic park.

Grands Prix held here