Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as ''Circuit de Valencia'' and officially named ''Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo'', is a

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located in

Cheste Cheste (Valencian language, Valencian: Xest) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencia (autonomous community), Valencian Community, Spain, located 26 ...

(

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) and built in 1999. The track is named after Spanish, two-time world champion

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motorcycle racer

Ricardo Tormo Ricardo Tormo Blaya (September 7, 1952 – December 27, 1998) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Biography Tormo was born in the Spanish province of Valencia, in Ayacor, which is a small village dependent on Canals. When he w ...

(1952–1998), who died in 1998 of leukemia. It has a capacity of 165,000 and a main straight of . The track hosts the

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Valencian Community Grand Prix. Also, the

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had a race there in 2000 and 2004, the

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from 2005 to 2012, the

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, and the DTM from 2010 to 2012. It has also been

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's pre-season test venue since the 2017–18 season, having moved from

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, with the circuit also considered a replacement venue for the 2019–20 season because of the

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crisis cancelling numerous rounds. It was also the

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(now

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) pre-season test venue until the 2017 season. The series also hosted a one-off event at the track in

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. The

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(now

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) also held rounds at the track in

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and

. Valencia has also hosted the season-opening round of the

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since 2014.

Formula E

The circuit has been used by

as a pre-season testing venue since 2017. On 28 January 2021, it was announced that the circuit would host the Valencia ePrix as the 5th and 6th round of the

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, to be held on 24 April 2021, replacing the cancelled

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. It was the first time an ePrix has been held on a permanent race circuit, albeit on a unique configuration. One of the differences between the normal track for pre-season testing and the track used for the race was the installation of a temporary chicane in the start/finish straight. The track then turns right immediately after the exit of turn 8.

In other media

The track has been recreated in the videogames '' Tourist Trophy'' and '' Gran Turismo PSP''. The track also appears in other video games like '' Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well. As it is a MotoGP round host, the track has appeared in every MotoGP game since its début in 1999. The latest recreation of the track was in '' MotoGP 20'', and the SBK games during 2006–2013.

Layout configurations

Lap records

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holds the unofficial lap record, set in 2006 while testing a Honda RA106, with a time of 1:08.540sec. The official race lap records at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo are listed as:

Events

; Current * March: Campeonato de España de Resistencia * April: Campeonato de España de Superbike * May:

''NASCAR GP Spain – Valencia NASCAR Fest'',

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship FIM JuniorGP World Championship is a junior class race event organized by Dorna Sports under FIM regulations. It runs under Moto3 regulations and acts as an Moto3 World Championship feeder. This class is restricted to single-cylinder 250 cc fou ...

* June:

F4 Spanish Championship The F4 Spanish Championship ( es, Campeonato de España de Fórmula 4) is an FIA Formula 4 racing series. The championship was planned to launch in 2015, though the inaugural season was cancelled and delayed until 2016. Koiranen GP was the promot ...

* September:

GT World Challenge Europe GT World Challenge Europe (known as the Blancpain GT Series between 2014 and 2019) is a sports car racing series organised by SRO Motorsports Group. It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's GT ...

GT2 European Series The GT2 European Series (formerly the GT Sports Club and Blancpain GT Sports Club), organized by SRO Motorsports Group, is an auto racing series for the SRO GT2 class of grand tourer cars, designed for amateur pay drivers in the FIA Bronze catego ...

French F4 Championship French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduate ...

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* October:

* November:

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Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix The Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event held in Spain that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The event takes place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo (also known as Circuit de Valencia). Between 2022 an ...

'' ; Former *

Auto GP Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series. The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...

(2001, 2008–2009, 2011–2012) *

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB-FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The ser ...

(2010–2012) *

European Touring Car Championship The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004. In 2005 it was superseded by the World T ...

(2004) *

(2000, 2004) *

Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula 3 Euro Series was a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship. The ...

(2010–2012) *

'' Valencia ePrix'' (2021) *

Formula Regional European Championship The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) is a FIA-certified regional European Formula 3 racing series. On 12 October 2018 it was announced that the Italian autosport regulator Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and karting prom ...

(2021) *

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(2004-2005) *

(2006–2007) *

(2013) *

'' European motorcycle Grand Prix'' (2020) *

International GT Open The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It was a spin-off of the now-defunct Spanish GT Championship, but is now a distinct series featuring FIA GT3-spec car ...

(2006–2008, 2010) *

Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

'' 1000 km Valencia'' (2007) * MotoE (2019) *

Sidecar World Championship FIM Sidecar World Championship is the international sidecar racing championship. It is the only remaining original FIM road racing championship class that started in 1949. It was formerly named Superside when the sidecars moved from being part of ...

(2000–2003) *

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

(2000–2010) *

TCR International Series The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-eff ...

(2015) *

'' FIA WTCC Race of Spain'' (2005–2012)

Notes

References

External links

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