Ferrari Challenge

The Valencia Circuit retrieves this season one of the most emblematic events of international motorsport. The Ferrari Challenge celebrates its sixth European event in Valencia on 2, 3 and 4 October.

Under the hashtag #ChallengeValencia15 Ferrari announces the most powerful single-brand trophy of worldwide motorsport with free practice on Friday evening October 2, qualifying and the first races on Saturday and Sunday October 4 the weekend final races

Admission is FREE to the grandstands throughout the weekend FRIDAY

8.30 15.30 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli & Coppa Shell Administrative Checks & Tecnical Scrutineering
12.00 Ferrari Challenge Coppa Shell Drivers’ Briefing
16:00 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Drivers’ Briefing
9.00 11.30 Ferrari Challenge Coppa Shell Test 150′
11.45 14.15 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Test 150′
15.45 16.45 Ferrari Challenge Coppa Shell Free Practice 60′
17.00 18.00 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Free Practice 60′

 

SATURDAY

9.00 9.30 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Qualifying 1 30′
9.55 10.15 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli – Coppa Shell Qualifying 1 30′
10.30 12.20 Passione Ferrari Free Laps 110′
12.40 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Race 1 35′
13.40 14.40 Passione Ferrari Free Laps 60′
15.00 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli – Coppa Shell Race 1 35′
16.00 17.50 Passione Ferrari Free Laps 110′

 

 SUNDAY

9.00 9.30 Ferrari Challenge Coppa Shell Qualifying 2 30′
9.45 10.15 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Qualifying 2 30′
10.30 12.20 Passione Ferrari Free Laps 110′
12.40 Ferrari Challenge Coppa Shell Race 2 35′
13.40 14.40 Passione Ferrari Free Laps 60′
15.00 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Race 2 35′
16.00 17.50 Pasione Ferrari Free Laps 110′

 

24 hours cycling

August 1sr and 2nd, the Circuit celebrates the first edition of the 24 hours Cyclo Circuit

Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia hosts this cycling test like other permanent race tracks

Logo Cyclo CircuitThe first weekend of August 2015, the Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia will have different protagonists on his asphalt, that will not be the motor racing drivers or riders, but cyclists willing to take on an epic cycling test. 24 hours against the clock turning the permanent Cheste circuit.

It will be a team race where members will go relieving according to the strategy determined by the head of each squad. The teams will be composed from two cyclists to eight participants with male, female and mixed classifications. There is also the possibility of playing solo test 24 hours.

as ciclistas2Titanic Events presented the proposal to the permanent Cheste circuit as it does in other circuits. Nurburgring (Germany), Le Mans in France and Mont Tremblant in Canada are high-level circuits where 24-hour cycling races are held. All these race tracks have hosted the Formula 1 World Championship or MotoGP races. To fit into the timetable has been decided deploy the test in the month of August as the Ricardo Tormo circuit is one of the most busy throughout the season.

A magnificent asphalt MotoGP circuit

24 hours organization on the circuit of Valencia is full of advantages. Facilities for participants and public, the ability to view the entire track and especially the magnificent asphalt having along the 4005 meters. That asphalt and track width (12 meters) leads to the safety of participants.

And RUNNING: Night 8K

correindo con la lunaBefore 24 h CycloCircuit, running fans will meet in the asphalt of Cheste. July 31st at 22:00 hours, two laps Grand Prix. A total of 8 kilometers under the light of a full moon that will help the runners. You can find all about information and registration

Great recovery from Barbera to be the best Open at the Sachsenring

After two difficult races Hector Barbera was again the best Open Class rider in the Grand Prix of Germany. The Avintia Racing rider got a great start from the 13th place of the grid, but was pushed out by the Australian Jack Miller and crossed the line 20thafter the first lap. But Barbera didn’t gave up and started to fight his way back up through the field to catch Miller and Bautista with ten laps remaining. Then he slow down a little bit to get strength for the final attack and study his rivals before increasing the pace again to see the checkered flag almost two seconds ahead of Aprilia rider and more than five seconds ahead of Miller’s Honda. With this result Hector increases his leading in the Open Class and heads the summer break more relaxed, but looking forward to come back stronger to Indianapolis in four weeks time.

HÉCTOR BARBERÁ #8 / 13th (P1 Open) @HectorBarbera I’m really happy because we have been fast during all the weekend. Maybe today I’ve wait a little bit more because I knew my pace was very strong. We made some modification this morning and maybe it was not the best for the first part of the race, but it worked really well at the end. One more time Miller touched me, this time in the first corner, and I lost a lot of places… But we made a good recovery and I was fast. At the end of the day, to finish 13th and first in Open Class is positive. After two unfortunate races, today was the time to show our potential. Now we go to the summer break more relaxed because we needed to stop this bad run. The team has been fantastic and I have to say thank you to everybody, but particularly to Jarno and Bocha. Regardless of the work inside the garage, during the week they help me to be always at 200 per cent and when I arrive to the track I give the maximum.

F1: Roberto Merhi, best result in Silverstone

He’s done it again. After scoring his best personal result in Formula 1 at the Austrian Grand Prix, today at Silverstone (England), the home race for the Manor team, and in very changeable and difficult track conditions, Roberto managed to finish 12th, his best position so far in Formula 1.
After struggling the whole weekend, Roberto has turned the tables in the race, especially helped by the rain that started in the final stages of the race, and that allowed him to totally recover the difference with his team mate and to pass him. Roberto showed again his well known skills in the wet, when he’s able to make the difference.
After the British Grand Prix, Formula 1 will have a three week break before the next race, to be held at Hungaroring, near Budapest, a track where Merhi was recently second at the wheel of a WSR 3.5.
Roberto Merhi: “The final laps have been very interesting. We stopped quickly, as soon as it started to rain, but only a part of the track was wet and it took a while before it started to really rain all over the circuit, so I had to do a second stop to put another set of intermediate tyres on as the first set was totally worn out on the dry parts of the track. In that time I managed to recover time to Will and get up to 12th position, which is a great result for the team and also for me. I’m very happy, my season is clearly improving and my motivation is on a high at this moment.”

King of Europe Drift

Monster Energy arrives to Valencia with the seventh round of King of Europe ProSeries 2015, the most powerful European Drift racing event this season also brings for the very first time in Valencia Gymkhana Kings. Drift best drivers will be in the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit on 19 and 20 September.
KING

IMG_1077This is the second consecutive season that Monster Energy chooses Valencia to celebrate the King of Europe, last year 80 drivers started in the qualifying rounds. Cars from across the continent participated in the previous rounds and faces top favorites in the Top 32, the final event to be held in the day on Sunday, September 20 Furthermore, in the King of Europe paddock were, that will located behind the green Circuit grandstand accessible for fans installed different activities and shows.

Luckily, Fenton didn’t fall

Fenton Harrison Seabright

2002, Alicante

#24, MiniGP 140

 

Fenton’s mother tried to persuade him at the time he got the first bike: “if you fall, I sell the bike”. Luckily, Fenton did not fall, or so it seems, because this year he takes part in the Cuna de Campeones in the MiniGP 140 category.

Fenton Harrison Seabright, piloto de la Cuna de Campeones
Fenton Harrison Seabright, piloto de la Cuna de Campeones

“My name is Fenton Harrison and I am twelve. I got my first bike at the age of five and last January I rode a MiniGP for the first time”, Fenton said when asked for his beginnings in motorcycling.

At the races in Sevilla, the first ones of the year, he debuted on a MiniGP 140 and although he faced more than twenty rivals, most of them experienced, the British rider managed to bring the bike in the second race to the finish line in twelfth place .

At Móra d’Ebre, its progression continued to rise and he stood one step from the top 10 in both races, finishing eleventh. Since then, he has also won a race in Murcia championship.

Fenton, who appreciates the support of his mechanic Samuel and his family, who accompanies him to the races, chose the Cuna de Campeones because he likes “the speed and competition and to meet new riders”. This young British rider would also like to enter the top ten by the end of 2015. Will he succeed?

Off Road Facilities

Off-road circuit is located within the Circuit de la Comunidad Valenciana Ricardo Tormo facilities and allows the possibility of using any of its ‘dirt track’ with a length from 600 meters to 750 with 2 different layouts, in which you’ll develop techniques of skidding, braking zones with different angles and fast corners intertwined. As well as their two ovals with lengths of 250 and 500 meters.

These are some of the facilities details:SONY DSC

– The minimum width at different tracks is 8 m and maximum 12 m this being the overall width of the circuit.

– We have a timing system in order to evaluate your progress. Only available in the circuit.

– You can schedule your runs and get your print times.

– Security measures

– Wardrobe and lockers

– Equipment hire

– Photographic and video service for groups

– Restaurant Bar in the facilities of the Circuit.

ACCESS TO ALL THE INFORMATION OF OFF-ROAD CIRCUIT IN THE WEB XRTRAINING

TCR Series: Oriola and Comini win for SEAT

The SEAT cars took clear victories on home soil and Stefano Comini is again the leader in the overall standings. These are the main takeaways of the fifth and sixth rounds of the TCR International Series, which made its European debut at Valencia.
In a warm weekend, the SEAT León cars proved to be the fastest and comfortably won Race-1, which ended with a 1-2-3 for the Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil. Local hero Pepe Oriola took his maiden win of the season ahead of team-mates Sergey Afanasyev and Jordi Gené. Race-2 was made very lively from the start by a spectacular accident and the subsequent safety-car period. Stefano Comini made perfect use of the situation, becoming the first driver to claim a second success in the season. It was Target Competition’s turn to finish 1-2-3 with Michel Nykjær and Andrea Belicchi behind Comini, while Bas Schouten lost third place on the last lap. The young Dutch rookie was one of the good surprises in Spain.
Belicchi also lost his third place as he excluded for not observing a drive-through penalty.
The WestCoast Racing Honda Civic cars struggled throughout the weekend to be on the pace, but Morbidelli inherited third in Race 2 after Belicchi’s exclusion. Oscar Nogués helped Campos Racing to make significant progress with the Opel Astra; the Catalan qualified 8th and showed a front-runner pace, but was victim of the accident at the start of Race 2. Same bad luck hit the Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi cars that, after Mikhail Grachev’s promising fifth position in Race 1, were involved in a collision on the first lap of Race 2.
The TCR International Series will resume next week, for Round 7 and 8 at Autódromo Internacional Algarve, in Portugal. 

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Los pilotos de Lukoil han dominado la primera carrera

In a warm mid-day Race 1 in Valencia, the Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil took a resounding success, posting a 1-2-3 with Pepe Oriola, Sergey Afanasyev and Jordi Gené in SEAT’s home soil. This is also the first TCR win for Pepe Oriola, already one of the top-runners in the Asian rounds that opened the season.
The SEAT León cars of the British-Russian team proved their competitiveness since the practice session, but could pull away even more easily thanks a very bad start of Stefano Comini, who partly blocked the field. Behind the podium positions, Andrea Comini took fourth and Mikahil Grachev an excellent fifth with the Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi TT.
Stefano Comini came in sixth, followed by team-mate Michel Nykjær. Gianni Morbidelli came in eighth, the first Honda Civic, in a race where the Japanese cars were not at the top. The last two point-scoring positions were for Dutch rookie Bas Schouten and Lorenzo Veglia.

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Accidente en la salida de la segunda carrera de TCR Series con Gené y Nogués

Stefano Comini was the first driver to win a second TCR race in the inaugural year of the series: the Swiss claimed victory in a drama-packed Race 2 and jumped back on top of the overall standings. He managed beat his team-mate Michel Nykjær, who claimed his first TCR podium, with another Target Competition driver, Andrea Belicchi, crossing the line in third.
The race was rich in incidents from the very start, as Nogués and Morbidelli made contact at the end of the straight, causing an incident that eliminated the Campos Racing Opel and the SEAT of Jordi Gené.
Following a three-lap safety-car period, the race resumed with Comini as a strong leader and a great battle behind him. Nykjær had to fight hard to keep the position from the assaluts of Pepe Oriola and an amazing Bas Schouten. Schouten lost a well-deserved podium position on the last lap and Andrea Belicchi inherited the position, but he was later excluded as he did not observe a drive-through penalty.
Five other drivers received similar sanction, for overtaking during the safety-car intervention, which added further drama to the race. The WeastCoast Racing Honda cars of Morbidelli and Gleason were lucky, under the circumstances, to finish fourth and fifth.

TCR Series + Endurance + Clio Cup

Spain hosts TCR maiden event in Valencia

  • All fans are invited to follow the races for free

After its first ever events took place in the Far East, within the Formula 1 Grands Prix of Malaysia and China, the TCR International Series faces its European debut this upcoming weekend in Spain, where Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo will host Rounds 5 and 6 of the series.

TCR Shanghai
Choque de dos TCR en la cita de Shanghai

Unlike Sepang and Shanghai, where the event format was adjusted to fit in the Formula 1 schedule, the TCR International Series will adopt its standard two-day timetable in Valencia.
On Saturday, competitors will take part in two thirty-minute Free Practice sessions and a thirty-minute Qualifying, split into Q1 (20 minutes for all drivers) and Q2 (10 minutes for the fastest twelve in Q1).
Jordi Gené

Jordi Gené

The two races will then take place on Sunday, over a distance of 60 kilometres.
In addition to this, on Friday teams will be given the opportunity to take part in a full day of testing for shaking down the cars after the flight back from China.

TIME ACTIVITY CATEGORY
9:00 17:00 FREE PRACTICES TCR (FULL DAY) CER (HALF)
14:00 18:00 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS TCR
17:30 18:00 BRIEFING TCR
18:00 19:00 DRIVERS TRACK WALK ALL CATEGORIES
TIME ACTIVITY CATEGORY
9:00 14:00 TYRE MARKING CER+GT
09:00 – 14:00 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS CER+GT
CLIO
12:30 13:30 BRIEFING CER+GT
14:00 14:30 BRIEFING CLIO
9:00 9:50 FREE PRACTICES 1 CER+GT
10:00 10:30 FREE PRACTICES 1 TCR
10:40 11:20 FREE PRACTICES 1 CLIO CUP
11:30 12:20 FREE PRACTICES 2 CER+GT
12:30 13:00 FREE PRACTICES 2 TCR
13:10 13:40 FREE PRACTICES 2 CLIO CUP
13:50 14:50 VIP LAPS + JOURNÉE PASSION
15:00 15:20 QUALIFYING 1 TCR
15:25 15:35 QUALIFYING 2 TCR
15:45 16:05 QUALIFYING 1 CER CLASS 2-3
16:10 16:30 QUALIFYING 2 CER CLASS 2-3
16:35 16:55 QUALIFYING 1 CER CLASS 1+GT
17:00 17:20 QUALIFYING 2 CER CLASS 1+GT
17:30 17:55 QUALIFYING CLIO CUP
18:05 19:00 VIP LAPS + JOURNÉE PASSION
TIME ACTIVITY CATEGORY
9:00 9:50 RACE 1 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 2-3
10:10 11:00 RACE 1 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 1+GT
11:20 11:50 RACE 1 (12LAPS) CLIO CUP
12:05 PIT LANE OPEN TCR
12:35 13:05 RACE 1 (15LAPS) TCR
13:40 PIT LANE OPEN TCR
14:05 14:35 RACE 2 (15LAPS) TCR
15:00 15:50 RACE 2 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 2-3
16:10 17:00 RACE 2 (48’+1LAP) CER CLASS 1+GT
17:20 17:50 RACE 2 (12V) CLIO CUP
18:00 19:00 VIP LAPS + JOURNÉE PASSION

Vilariño leads Flag to Flag

Nothing could stop Ander Vilarino (#2 TFT-Banco Santander Chevrolet SS) from winning the ELITE 1 Race 2 at Valencia. The Spaniard started from the pole and led flag to flag to score his first win of the season, the 18th of his NASCAR career and the fourth on the Spanish track.

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Ander Vilariño (Chevrolet)

“I am very proud to leave Valencia as the championship leader because there are many really strong drivers competing for the win in each race,” said the driver of the #2 TFT-Banco Santander Chevrolet SS. “A lot of people came today to see me in my home race and it feels amazing to win in front of them.”

Vilarino jumped to an early lead immediately after the start, building a comfortable margin over Frederic Gabillon (#3 RDV Competition Chevrolet SS) and Anthony Kumpen (#24 PK Carsport Chevrolet SS)  but a safety car brought out to recover Roberto Benedetti’s car (#9 Double T by DAV Racing Chevrolet SS) from the gravel at turn 12 compacted the field again and led to a restart on lap 6.  Vilarino kept the first position ahead of Gabillon and Kumpen, dictating the pace while the Frenchman and the defending champion battled for second.

Some contacts shuffled the field in restart, with Nicolò Rocca (#56 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS) and Borja Garcia (#1 Active Racing Competition Ford Mustang) losing various positions, while Romain Iannetta (#7 TFT Chevrolet SS) climbed up to fourth, followed by yesterday’s winner Eddie Cheever III (#51 CAAL Racing Chevrolet SS).