Circuit de Valencia

Motorsport venue
Name = Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo | Location = Valencia, Spain
Time = GMT +1 (DST: +2)


Events = MotoGP; WTCC; F1 testing; F3; GP2;SBK
Length_km = 4.051
Length_mi = 2.517
Turns = 14
Record_time = 1:23.489
Record_driver = Marc Gene
Record_team = LMS
Record_year = 2007The Circuit de Valencia (officially named "Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo") is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencia, Spain) and built in 1999. It has a capacity of 120,000 spectators and seating for 60,000. It is often used as a test track by the Formula One teams, because of the mild temperatures in winter. Kimi Räikkönen holds the unofficial lap record, set while testing a McLaren-Mercedes, with a time of 1 m 09.005sec.

The track hosts the MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix.

The track is named after Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer Ricardo Tormo (September 7, 1952 - December 27, 1998).

External links

* [http://www.circuitvalencia.com/ Circuit de Valencia] - Official website
* [http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Circuit_de_Valencia Trackpedia's guide to driving the Circuit de Valencia]
* [http://www.race-game.org/tracks/valencia.htm Track info from race-game.org]