Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

The Jerez circuit, located near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in the south of Spain, will host the MotoGP World Championship series through the year 2011. The announcement was made Wednesday by Jerez de la Frontera mayor Pedro Pacheco and Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta.

Built in 1986, Jerez has hosted the premiere motorcycle road racing series since 1987 and regularly draws in excess of 100,000 spectators on race days and drew a three-day attendance over 200,000 for its 2002 MotoGP event.