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"Circuit de Valencia" redirects here. For the current Formula One European Grand Prix venue, see Valencia Street Circuit.
Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo 
Location Cheste, Valencia, (Spain) Time zone GMT +1 (DST: +2) Major events FIM MotoGP
Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
WTCC; DTM; F3; GP2;SBKLength 4.005 km (2.517 mi) Turns 14 Lap record 1:25.234 (Pedro Lamy, Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, 2007) Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as Circuit de Valencia and 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. Anthony Davidson holds the unofficial lap record, set in 2006 while testing a Honda, with a time of 1 m 08.540sec.[1]
The track hosts the MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix.
The track is named after Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer Ricardo Tormo.
References
- ^ "THE AUTOSPORT.COM F1 TESTING CENTRE". www.autosport.com. n.d.. http://www.autosport.com/f1/testing/. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
External links
- Circuit de Valencia – Official website
- Trackpedia's guide to driving the Circuit de Valencia
Coordinates: 39°29′9″N 0°37′41″W / 39.48583°N 0.62806°W
Categories:- World Superbike racing circuits
- Motorsport venues in Spain
- Sport in the Valencian Community
- Grand Prix motorcycle racing circuits
- Motorsport venue stubs
- Motorcycle racing stubs
- Spanish sports venue stubs
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