Tuesday, June 5, 2007

The Circuit of Valenciana


Circuit-Comunitat Valenciar
Opened-1999
Location-cheste
Modified-1999
Pole position-right
Width-12m
Length-4005m
Longest straight-876m
Left turns-9
Right turn-5
Biult in-1999
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 2000. 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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