Since the inauguration on September 19th, 1999, the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit has become an emblematic place. A bet for sport that turns Comunitat Valenciana into a reference point in the motor world.

Many awards achieved during these years confirm the Circuit as one of the best circuits in the world. The Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit has achieved, among others, 3 awards in the MotoGP World Championship (IRTA BEST GRAND PRIX in 2003, 2004 and 2006), 2 in the World Superbike Championship (2000 and 2006) and one for the best Truck Grand Prix in 2001.

A Circuit within a Stadium says the conception of the Circuit. It was built thinking in a Stadium, where all the spectators are able to watch the whole details of the race. From the 65,000 chairs of the grandstands, spectators can see the entire racetrack. This quality permits follow races and not to lose details.

The complicated racetrack and the excellent facilities have achieved that the circuit has become the valencian motorsport’s nerve centre because races, testing days and different activities make the circuit get to the 95% of occupation during the year. The Circuit helds the MotoGP World Championship, the World Touring Car Championship FIA WTCC, the German Tourism Championship DTM, Formula 3 and GT races, the Spanish Motorcycling Championship CEV and Formula 1 winter tests.

The Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit is also the circuit where the MotoGP season ends every year in a Grand Prix that has become a reference for the 120.000 spectators that full the grandstands as well as for the riders who enjoy with the technical characterictics of the racetrack.

In short, the Circuit is a facility at service of the big number of valencian motoring fans that through ist history has welcomed over 4,5 millions of spectators. This number makes clear the success of the project.

But the goal of the Valencian Gobernment is bigger. The Valencia Circuit wants to be a revitalizing element, not only a race track. It’s a meeting point, a place for enjoy with friends, with the family. That’s why Circuit management sets up complementary activities in every event. The goal is to achieve that spectator take part, enjoy and not only think in motorsport. This politics has brought the Circuit over to the Valencian society.

Sports promotion

The construction of the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit not only answers to the recoveries of the Valencian motorcicle fans. The Valencian Government has created a sports project with the aim to form young riders and drivers. The Cuna de Campeones Bankia in Motorbikes and the Profiltek Circuit Karting School are the first step for children racing in motorsports. When the learning process is ended after serveral levels, vehicles and competitions, the pyramid gets completed with the presence of valencian pilots in different teams of the Motorbike World Championship as Héctor Faubel, Sergio Gadea, Héctor Barberá, Nico Terol, Adrián Martín, Héctor Barberá and many others who were sportive born at the Circuit. In cars Adrián Vallés, Félix Porteiro, Borja García, Sergio Hernández, Marco Barba, Roberto Merhi or Alvaro Barba are trying to arrive to be Fernando Alonso, who was linked to the Circuit for two years during his learning process. All of them are candidates to achieve one of the goals Generalitat had with this school: a valencian F1 driver.