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31 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 526 views
The Cult is coming to Valencia

The Cult is touring the world with their latest work Love Live.
This British group born in 1984, was one of the bands that created the Hard Rock revival in England. Being highly successful throughout the years they still survive with new songs on the stage.
The Cult will be performing live in Valencia at Port America’s Cup on 27 September 2009.

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19 Aug 2009 | One Comment | 568 views
Renault to race at Valencia after winning appeal

Renault have had their suspension from this weekend’s European Grand Prix overturned after an FIA International Court of Appeal hearing in Paris on Monday. The team were handed the punishment at the last round in Hungary, where they were found at fault for allowing driver Fernando Alonso to leave the pits with a wheel that hadn’t been properly secured.
Though Renault admitted unsafe conduct, the Court decided that the penalty was too severe and replaced it with a reprimand and a US$50,000 fine. Alonso, whose front-right wheel eventually worked its way …

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11 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 567 views
Renault team arrives in Valencia

Alonso’s Renault F1 Team was punished in the last GP of Hungary after a tyre flew off his car in Hungary. That penalty was appealed by the team, but until 18 August this resolution will not be known.
Almost all of the paddock thinks that the penalty is excessive and that the FIA will reverse and just let a financial penalty. But Renault can not wait to know whether they can race or not, because only the resolution will be known 3 days before everything has to be already mounted in …

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3 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 587 views
More than 10,000 tickets already sold for the Valencia Open 500

Three months before the tournament begins, more than 10,000 tickets have already been sold.  The most popular tickets are those for the final phase of the competition in the Ágora building.
The tickets for the Valencia Open 500 went on sale on 15th June and since then more than 10,000 have already been reserved, almost 20% of the total capacity.  The most popular tickets so far are those for the semi-finals and the final, which will be played on 7th and 8th November.