Valencia relief receives five-figure sum from iconic MotoGP track

Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Vꦿalencia receives donation

Valencia
Valencia

The Assen circuit will donate €50,000 to the Ricardo Tor🐼mo Circuit to help pay for machinery damage🍸d by the deadly flooding which struck Valencia.

The Valencia region was severely affected by devastating floodi♋ng at the end of October which has so far killed over 219 people and caused widespread destruction to infrastructure.

The flooding ultimately led to MotoGP’s Valencia Grand Prix being cancelled, with the race moved to Barcelona and renamed the Sol🍰idarity GP as part of the series’ ‘Racing for Valencia’ initiative.

The Ricardo Tormo Circuit itself wasn’t damageඣd in the flooding, but the access roads and car parks were.

In🍌 a statement released by the circuit, it has also revealed that an excavator and a crane were damaged in the floodin🌳g.

The Assen circuit will don🤪ate money to help replace the damaged machinery, with the new vehཧicles to carry a tribute to the Dutch TT venue.

Ricardo Tormo’s gene𒀰ral manager Nicolas Collado expressed “great gratitude” for how the motorsport community has rallied around Valencia.

As𝓀sen’s chairman Arjan Bos added: “We are deeply affected by what has happened in the Valencia region.

“We wan🏅t to show that the MotoGP community stands in solidarity with each other in times of adversity.

“We wish eve﷽ryone, not justꦑ the people of the circuit in Valencia, all the best in these tough times.”

The Valencia ci﷽rcuit will reopen on 5 December for private testing, with the track to be made accessible via an alternate route while the usual approach roads are repaired.

MotoGP is running a number of auctions💫 to raise money for the V🔜alencia flood relief.

The Aspar team, which is based 🐻in Valencia, currently has a Go Fund Me set up which has so far raised €1♍52,944. 

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