Valencia Street Circuit – Spain

Name: Valencia Street Circuit

Grand Prix: European Grand Prix

Number of Grands Prix held: 5

Type: Street circuit, Clockwise

Location: Valencia, Spain

Track Length: 5.419 km (3.367 mi)

Seasons: 2008–2012

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The Valencia Street Circuit (Valencian: Circuit Urbà de València, Spanish: Circuito Urbano de Valencia) was a street circuit in Valencia, Spain which hosted the Formula One European Grand Prix for five years (2008–2012). The first race meeting on the circuit was held over the 23/24 August 2008 weekend, with Felipe Massa winning the main event, the European Grand Prix, after starting from pole position. The circuit used the roads skirting the city’s harbour and America’s Cup port area – including a section over a 140-metre-long (460 ft) swing bridge – and also included some roads designed exclusively for racing purposes by the German architect Hermann Tilke, who also designed the infrastructure buildings for the circuit.