Circuit de Valencia

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Not to be confused with Valencia Street Circuit.

**Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo**


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	1:23.489 (Marc Gene, LMS, 2007)

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).

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