The track is named after Spanish, two-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle racer Ricardo Tormo (1952–1998), who died in 1998 of leukemia.

In October 2024, flooding in the area forced pre-season testing to be relocated to the Circuito del Jarama near Madrid on 5–8 November 2024.

The track also appears in other video games like Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano, GTR Evolution and rFactor as well.

Anthony Davidson holds the unofficial lap record, set in 2006 while testing a Honda RA106, with a time of 1:08.540sec.

[5] As of February 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo are listed as: