Circuit boss provides update on 2025 Valencia MotoGP after flood disaster

The R꧃icardo Tormo Circuit detail their plan of recovery

Ricardo Tormo Circuit
Ricardo Tormo Circuit

The Ricardo Tormo Circuit expects to host this year’s💮 Valencia MotoGP as it steps up its recovery from devastating floods.

Valencia was struck by deadly floods just two weeks before it was due to host the 2024 MotoGP season-finale, which was moved to Barcelona at short-notice as a🔥 result.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚMotoGP’s next trip to Valencia is due to be the 20𒁏25 season-finale in November.

The first🎃 phase of the recovery wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas to create a new access point, to begin work.

The second phase is ongoing, focused on rectifying the main entrance and the car parks. This is key to bringing back customers, albeit in s൲maller numbers, by March or April.

The thꩲird phase, wh💝ich is necessary to complete before an event of MotoGP’s size can return, must still be carried out.

Focused on access for cars and pedestrians a𓂃ll over the area, it will cost 💦;€6m, according to . In total, the full reconstruction could hit €11m.

"The goal is to reach November in good condition,” said Nicolás Collado, diౠrector of the circuit.

“Considering the deadlines for tenders and awards, there is a lot of administrative and legꦍal work to ♍be done.

“Once the award is made, it will take the constr🌳uction companies to take as long as it takes. We will be a little ti♏ght in time, we cannot lose a minute.”

Collado said about MotoGP’s return in November: "In the worst case, we would not have 100% of the parking spac𒊎es available, the int😼erior would be perfect.

“There would still be a penalty of a few hu🐠ndred parking spaces, but it would not be a catastrophe.

“As time and deadlines go by, we will assess it and we will be, as always, in contact with the fans to inform them. If that happens, we wi♕ll have alternatives, such as the train track that we hope will also be repaired. We will give options, even shuttle buses.”

He emphasised that “th꧙e grand prix iꦬs not in danger”.

Tickets for the 2025 Valencia MotoGP will b🧜e on sale from January 31. Some fans who bought a ticket for last November’s cancelled round have kept their ticket which will be valid for this year’s.

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