Circuit de Valencia

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Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo

Image:Circuit Valensia (test).png
Location	Valencia, Spain
Time zone	GMT +1 (DST: +2)
Major events	MotoGP; WTCC; F1 testing; F3; GP2;SBK
Circuit Length	4.051 km (2.517 mi)
Turns	14
Lap Record	1:30.936 (Daniel Martín, F3000, 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).

[edit] External links

• Circuit de Valencia - Official website
• Trackpedia's guide to driving the Circuit de Valencia

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Coordinates: 39°29′9″N, 0°37′41″W

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