2023-11-08 12:49:46
The Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia will host the first test of the 2024 preseason in exactly 20 days. The Cheste track will dictate the start of preparations for the next season just 24 hours after the end of the Valencia Grand Prix scheduled for November 25 and 26, two days of official training that will have the presence of all the Moto3 teams. , Moto2 and MotoGP.
The first to warm up with a view to 2024 will be the members of the minor categories; Moto2 and Moto3 will have the Cheste route at their disposal throughout Monday, November 27a day in which we will see riders like Jaume Masià, Deniz Oncü or Diogo Moreira debuting on their new Moto2 machines, without forgetting the World Cup debut of Joel Esteban, Xabi Zurutuza or David Almansa among others, three debutants eager to make noise in Moto3 next season.
Furthermore, this Valencia test will mean the debut of Pirelli as the new official tire supplier for Moto3 and Moto2; Although the Italian firm has already worked with some riders throughout this year, the Cheste test will be the first official test for Pirelli in its new adventure in the Motorcycle World Championship, where it will take over from Dunlop, a brand that will disappear from the championship at the end of the year. end of the Valencia Grand Prix.
Just one day after this Moto2 and Moto3 test, it will be the turn of the premier category; MotoGP will begin the new school year on Tuesday, November 28a day that will start at 10:00 in the morning and will end at 17:00 in the afternoon and that will have the great attraction of seeing Marc Márquez spinning for the first time on the handlebars of the Ducati Desmosedici GP23 of the Gresini team Racing.
The Borgo Panigale firm has not yet specified which specific version they will give to the eight-time world champion, although on paper it would be logical to see Marc inheriting one of the GP23s with which Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini will close the current campaign in Valencia, two pilots who in Cheste will already have at their disposal a first preview of the new Desmosedici GP24.
The debut of the #93 with Ducati is not the only focus of interest in this Valencia test; On the Cheste track we will also see Pedro Acosta riding the GASGAS RC16 for the first time with which he will compete in 2024, and it will also be interesting to follow the progress of Johann Zarco with the RC213V of the LCR Honda, the times of Franco Morbidelli with the Ducati of the PRAMAC or the ability of Alex Rins to adapt to what will be his new Yamaha YZR -M1 within the Monster Energy Yamaha team, without forgetting that in Valencia we will see Marc Márquez’s replacement at the controls of the Honda of the Repsol team, a driver whose name we still do not know.
The Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia will allow fans access to these tests, enabling the pit grandstand to do so on both Monday and Tuesday. However, this year the direction of the Cheste route will charge 10 euros for access to these two days of World Cup testing, tickets that can be purchased at the circuit box office and also through its website. Until now, access to the official tests for the month of November had always been free.
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The news has generated outrage among some fans of the championship, especially those who live near the circuit and who take advantage of these tests to go to the pit grandstand and witness the preparations for next season. In the ‘X’ account of the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia you can read a lot of criticism for the decision to charge entry: “But it has always been free! This is already taking money just for the sake of it, I find it quite regrettable to be honest,” a fan complains. Another follower of the championship dropped her intention of not attending the tests after finding out that she would be charged 10 euros for entry: “They have always been free and now you have to pay 10 euros? Do you know who is not going to go see them and has always gone, right?”
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