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Circuit Ricardo Tormo
A purpose-built 1999 “stadium-style” circuit designed so most of the 14-turn lap is visible from the grandstands, rather than spread across a sprawling park. Traditionally the MotoGP season finale — title deciders have landed here in 2006, 2015 and 2023. The 2024 race was cancelled outright after catastrophic regional flooding. Its 1999 build date makes it one of the newer purpose-built venues on a calendar otherwise dominated by circuits with much longer histories.
- Circuit length
- 4.005 km
- Corners
- 14
- First Grand Prix here
- 1999
- 2026 round
- Round 22
- Race date
- 29 Nov 2026
- Ticket prices
- €71–€223
Comunitat Valenciana Grand Prix is round 22, 29 Nov 2026. The review publishes the day after.
The lap
The lap, drawn from the official circuit diagram and simplified to 154 points. This is the shape of the circuit; the length and corner count in the strip above are the published figures, hand-checked against the circuit’s own specifications.
What a ticket here actually gets you
Zone and stand structure, checked 31 Jul 2026. No prices — those move, and we do not publish one until it has been checked and dated.
What a Circuit Ricardo Tormo weekend actually costs
Seats we could actually find on sale at Circuit Ricardo Tormo ran from €71 up to €223 (general admission through to the priciest grandstand, not counting hospitality or Paddock Club) — checked 31 Jul 2026. Ticket prices move constantly and this is not every seat at the circuit, so treat it as a rough budget, not a quote. A typical return flight from a mid-priced European hub, booked around two months out, runs about €190 a person; add roughly €1175 a person for three nights in a mid-range hotel over the race weekend. These are grounded, dated estimates, not live quotes.
Ticket types
| Icon | Type | What you get | Screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Grandstand | Trackside at White Grandstand | Not confirmed | |
| Purple Grandstand | Trackside at Purple / Yellow / Orange Grandstands (1/2) | Not confirmed | |
| Yellow Grandstand / Orange Grandstand | Trackside at Purple / Yellow / Orange Grandstands (2/2) | Not confirmed | |
| Blue Grandstand | Trackside at Blue Grandstand | Not confirmed | |
| Red Grandstand | Trackside at Red Grandstand | Not confirmed | |
| Green Grandstand | Trackside at Green Grandstand | Not confirmed |
structure checked 31 Jul 2026
Getting there
The circuit is about 20km from Valencia city centre. The dedicated Cercanías C3 rail line was badly damaged in the 2024 floods; it reopened to the circuit's own station in November 2025 after a roughly €90m restoration. That flooding was part of a wider regional disaster across the Valencia area — the circuit itself was absent from the calendar only for the single cancelled 2024 race, and has hosted as normal every other year. Outside of the Grand Prix, Ricardo Tormo is also a regular pre-season test venue every winter, so much of the local motorsport economy around Cheste runs year-round rather than for one weekend. Valencia city itself, a short transfer away, offers a substantial alternative base for fans who would rather stay somewhere with more to do outside race hours.
Where to sit
Colour-coded grandstands — Purple, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red and White — ring the lap; Purple (above the pit garages) and the upper rows of Blue offer the widest panoramic views. Green and Red sit further round the infield loop, and White closes the ring nearest the final corner back onto the pit straight — the stadium layout means even these outer stands keep several corners in view at once. Even the White grandstand, the smallest of the seven colour-coded blocks, keeps the final corner and the start of the pit straight in view simultaneously. Even fans without a grandstand ticket can often follow several sectors of the lap from the general public areas around the venue perimeter.
Weighing it against other MotoGP circuits
Dates move; circuits do not.