Valencia Agrees to New Five-year MotoGP Deal
Valencia will remain on the MotoGP calendar for another five years after its current deal ends
The Valencia Grand Prix will remain on the MotoGP calendar until 2031 after agreeing a new five-year extension.
The deal between the Ricardo Tormo circuit and MotoGP means the current deal which was due to end in 2026 will instead continue until the conclusion of the 2031 season. The Valencia Grand Prix will also continue to play host to the season finale.
The Valencia Grand Prix has been a regular on the MotoGP calendar for more than two decades after the track was built in 1999. However, it did not stage a race in 2024 as the scheduled event in November was moved to Barcelona following devastating floods that caused damage to the circuit’s entrance areas.
It also resulted in over 200 people losing their lives, people abandoning their cars and homes, as well as infrastructures and buildings being severely damaged.
The flooding hit the Valencian region just a few weeks prior to the MotoGP finale which was due to stage the title-decider between Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia. The event was immediately thrown into serious doubt, though the FIM initially said it wanted to hold the race in Valencia despite the ongoing disaster.
The Valencia MotoGP was cancelled but not until further details about the damage were revealed, however, questions about racing in Valencia prior to its cancellation led to the likes of Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez being strongly against that scenario.
The track is now back in operation as all the damage has been fixed, this came after the Dutch TT circuit in Assen donated €50,000 (roughly £42,000) to help with the circuit’s rebuilding.
The 2025 Valencia MotoGP will return to its role of being the season-ending Grand Prix which takes place on 16 November.
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