A street circuit on the roads around Valencia's harbour and America's Cup port, it also used roads built for racing to a Hermann Tilke design and crossed the harbour on a 140 m swing bridge. Its 25 corners were more than at any other track on the 2012 calendar; its fast, kinked straights ended in heavy braking zones, but overtaking was scarce. Formula 1 stopped going after the 2012 race, when a plan to alternate the Spanish Grand Prix between Valencia and Barcelona fell through; the circuit has since been left abandoned.
Lap length
5.419 km
Turns
25
Direction
clockwise
Downforce
Medium
Layout described
Grand Prix street circuit (2008-2012), 25 turns, 5.419 km; used for all five European Grands Prix held in Valencia, 2008-2012
Does pole position win at Valencia Street Circuit?
The pole sitter has won 3 of 5 races here (60%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 3 of 5 races (60%) and from the top three in 4 (80%). Lowest grid position to win: 11th, Fernando Alonso in 2012.
Winner started from
Wins
Share
P1
3
60%
P3
1
20%
P11 or lower
1
20%
Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.
How are races at Valencia Street Circuit won?
Since 2010
3 races; winners made 1 stop in 1, 2 stops in 1, 3 or more in 1; first stop at a median lap 14 (25% of the race)
1994 to 2009 (refuelling)
2 races; winners made 2 stops in 2; first stop at a median lap 18 (31% of the race)
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