Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit
Circuit Information
| Circuit : | Shanghai International Circuit |
| Near : | Shanghai |
| First Race : | 2004 |
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| Circuit length : | 5.451 km |
| Laps : | 56 |
| Total distance : | 305.256 km |
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The Chinese Grand Prix is a round of the Formula
One World Championship, held towards the end of the season in October.
It is currently held at the Shanghai
International Circuit, Shanghai.
The circuit was financed by a government-funded joint-venture company, consisting
of the Shanghai Juss Corporation, Shanghai National Property Management Co Ltd,
and Shanghai Jia'an Investment and Development Co Ltd. Architectural and design
experts began planning and visiting the site between April and May 2003, and
the area was transformed from swampland to international racetrack within 18
months with a team of 3000 engineers working around the clock.
In common with many other new Formula One circuits, it was designed
by Hermann Tilke, and also features his trademark track feature: a long back
straight followed by a hairpin turn. Current-generation F1
cars can easily surpass 300 km/h (186 mph) on the long straight between
corners 13 and 14. The track layout also resembles the Chinese character shang
the first word in the name of the city Shanghai, meaning "above" or "ascend".
One lap lasts 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles). The whole circuit plus seating areas
and other areas for spectators, covers a total area of 5.3 km².
Other events held at the circuit include a round of the MotoGP world championship, the Australian-based V8 Supercar championship in 2005, attracting crowds of over 250,000 spectators, and also the final round of the A1 Grand Prix in 2006/2007.
The 2008 MotoGP race was the last one on this circuit, as the FIM didn't select the racetrack for the provisional calendar of 2009. This is due to overcrowding problems in the circuit.
In September 2007, former manager of the circuit Yu Zhifei was convicted of embezzlement as part of a corruption scandal in Shanghai which resulted in the dismissal of several senior Chinese Communist Party officials.
(Source Wikipedia)
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