Circuit Ricardo Tormo

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"Circuit de Valencia" redirects here. For the 2014 Formula One Spanish 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; SBK
Length	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 RA106, with a time of 1 m 08.540sec.^[1]

The track hosts the MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix, and also a race from the DTM.

The track is named after Spanish, two-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle racer Ricardo Tormo.

Typical laptimes

Category	Time	Driver	Car	Date
F1	1:08.540	Anthony Davidson	Honda RA106	2006
LMP	1:23.489	Nicolas Minassian/Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	2007 1000 km of Valencia
F3	1:24.832	Max Verstappen	Team Motopark	December 18, 2013 Valencia Formula Three test
F2	1:27.488	Robert Wickens	Red Bull Junior Team	2009 Valencia Formula Two round
DTM	1:30.606	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4	2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
MotoGP	1:30.803	Marc Márquez	Honda RC213V	2013 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
FIA GT	1:31.368	Michael Bartels/Uwe Alzen	Saleen S7	2004 FIA GT Valencia 500km
WSB	1:33.615	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha YZF-R1	2010 Valencia Superbike World Championship round
WTCC	1:42.228	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T	2012 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

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 GTR Evolution and rFactor as well.

References

↑ "THE AUTOSPORT.COM F1 TESTING CENTRE". www.autosport.com. n.d. Retrieved 2009-11-16.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Circuit de Valencia Ricardo Tormo.

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

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