The last race of the MotoGP season is not in Valencia itself. It is at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo (), beside the A-3 motorway in the municipality of Cheste, about 25 km (about 16 mi) west of the city centre by road. In 2026 the Motul Grand Prix of Valencia runs from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November, and it is the final round of the championship.
That one weekend brings far more people to Cheste than live there. In 2025 the circuit counted 93,972 spectators on the Sunday and 205,319 over the whole event, in a town of 8,951 residents. Getting there and back is the part to plan, so most of this guide is about that.
When is the 2026 Valencia MotoGP, and why the date moved
The Grand Prix was first scheduled for 20 to 22 November. In March 2026 the championship had to move the Qatar round because of the situation in the Middle East, and Valencia moved back one week, to 27, 28 and 29 November, keeping its place as the season finale. Tickets bought for the old dates are valid for the new ones without any exchange.
Some travel sites still show 20 to 22 November. On the official calendar those dates now belong to the Portuguese Grand Prix, the round before Valencia.
The weekend follows the usual MotoGP pattern: practice on Friday, qualifying and the Sprint race on Saturday, and the Grand Prix on Sunday 29 November, with the Moto3 and Moto2 classes racing alongside. MotoGP publishes the session times on each event's page, so check them there in the week before rather than trusting last year's timetable.
The MotoGP season finale at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo
The circuit opened on 19 September 1999 and was built like a stadium: from its 65,000 grandstand seats you can see the whole track. It carries the name of Ricardo Tormo, the rider from Canals who won the 50cc world title in 1978 and 1981. He died in December 1998, nine months before the first Grand Prix was held there.
Valencia has closed the MotoGP season in most years since, so a title still open at the end of the year is settled here. Whether one is still open on 29 November 2026 depends on the rounds before it.
The 2024 race never happened. After the flood of 29 October 2024, MotoGP cancelled the Valencia Grand Prix and held the finale in Barcelona as a Solidarity Grand Prix. The race came back to Cheste in November 2025, and Marco Bezzecchi won it on an Aprilia.
Photo: TeamEG00, Public domain
How to get to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo from Valencia
The circuit's own advice for race weekend is to leave the car at home. It ranks the motorbike first, then the train, the bus and the taxi, with the car last.
The train is the Renfe CercanÃas () line C-3, which has its own stop, Circuit Ricardo Tormo, a short walk from the public entrances. In Renfe's current timetable most C-3 trains start at València-Sant Isidre, also a stop on metro lines 1, 2 and 7, and reach the circuit in about 25 minutes; a few start at València-Estació del Nord. Check Renfe's CercanÃas Valencia page for the race-weekend timetable.
The flood still shapes this line. In November 2025 trains ran only between Valencia and the circuit, because the track beyond it, towards Cheste and Chiva, was still closed after the DANA. Renfe's current C-3 timetable runs through Cheste and Chiva to Buñol again. The circuit warns that the train's capacity is limited and that the return queue can take 30 to 120 minutes after the race.
For 2026 the circuit has a bus partner, BusForFun, with services from Benimaclet, Patraix and Plaza España in Valencia and from towns such as Sagunto, Torrent, Burjassot, Manises, Cullera and Alzira. Booking is online only, and the circuit says the buses arrive without queuing.
Taxis have their own route from exit 340 of the A-3 to a rank beside the train stop, which keeps them out of the race traffic. The circuit expects return queues of 15 to 45 minutes for taxis and suggests sharing one between four.
By car, the circuit allows 30 to 120 minutes just to get in. In 2025 the Boxes, Orange and Yellow stands were reached from exit 334 of the A-3 and the Blue, Green, Red and White stands from exit 332, so check which route your stand uses before you set off. Motorbikes park close to the entrances, and there is helmet storage on site.
Photo: B25es, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tickets for the Valencia MotoGP: where to buy and what they cost
Buy from the circuit's official ticket shop, which the circuit links from its own website. Your stand decides your access route as well as your view, so choose it with the transport section above in mind.
Sales for 2026 opened during the 2025 Grand Prix. The circuit's announcement gave official 2026 prices from 68 EUR in the White stand to 220 EUR in the Boxes stand on the main straight, before an early-booking discount. By February 2026 tickets were close to selling out, and the circuit added nearly 10,000 seats in new upper sections of the Orange and Yellow stands.
Only the ticket shop can tell you what is left now. If a stand is sold out there, treat any other seller with caution. Spectators with reduced mobility can only use the areas set aside for them, with a ticket for that area, so book that ticket directly.
Where to stay for the Valencia MotoGP: the city or Cheste
Most visitors sleep in Valencia. Cheste has 8,951 residents and Chiva 17,951, so the towns next to the circuit have far fewer rooms than the city, while Valencia has the C-3 at Sant Isidre and the bus departures in Benimaclet, Patraix and Plaza España.
Choose a base by how you will travel. For the train, a neighbourhood on metro lines 1, 2 or 7 makes the change at Sant Isidre easy. For the bus, stay near your departure point. With a car, a hotel on the western side of the city saves a drive across town on race morning.
Book early whichever you choose. More than 90,000 people were in the stands on the 2025 Sunday, and many of them needed a bed nearby.
What to see around the MotoGP weekend: Cheste, Chiva and Valencia
Cheste itself is a small town of low apartment blocks around a church whose tower and dome you see from the fields. It is the next stop on the C-3 after the circuit, heading west.
Chiva, one stop further, has the ruins of the Castell de Xiva on the hill above it and an old centre around the church of Sant Joan Baptista; our Chiva town guide covers it. At the end of the line is Buñol, the town of La Tomatina.
Back in Valencia, a Saturday evening or the Monday is enough for the City of Arts and Sciences and the old town. For the rest of the month, from All Saints to the first Christmas plans, see our November in Valencia guide.
Photo: Ravave, CC BY-SA 4.0
Practical tips for the Valencia MotoGP weekend
Read the circuit's safety rules before you go. Its access and mobility page links a safety dossier that lists what you may and may not bring in.
Friday is the quiet day. In 2025 the days before Saturday drew 25,337 people in total, against 86,010 on the Saturday, so Friday practice is the easiest time to arrive, look around and learn the way to your stand.
Late November inland can be cool, and the grandstands are open to the weather, so bring layers and a rain jacket. Keep your phone charged as well: your ticket, the train times and any bus booking will all be on it.
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