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Revision as of 10:50, 9 March 2008
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| Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo | |
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| 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 | 1:30.936 |
| Record driver | Daniel Martín |
| Record team | F3000 |
| Record year | 2001 |
The 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 (7 September 1952 - 27 December 1998).
External links
- Circuit de Valencia - Official website
- Trackpedia's guide to driving the Circuit de Valencia
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