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 (September 7, 1952 - December 27, 1998).
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