Chinese F1 Grand Prix
Circuit Information Page
Location Shanghai, China
The country's first ever Formula One event, located in Shanghai, was hosted on September 26 2004.
Lap Distance 5.451km - Laps 56 - Race Distance 305.256km
Covering an area of 5.3 square kilometers and featuring 14 punishing turns -including seven left-hand and seven right-hand turns, which offers the drivers a tremendous challenge.
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The 5.451-kilometre racing track is shaped like the Chinese character "shang, " as in "Speeding with Shanghai, " according to the blueprint designed by the German firm Tilke Engineering & Architecture. The stadium has 50,000 fixed seats and can accommodate up to 200,000 people, about 1 percent of the population of greater Shanghai.
A lap around the Shanghai Circuit takes about 1 minute and 32 seconds with average speeds running close to 205 km/h, which makes the Shanghai International Circuit one of the longest lap raceways in the world.
The longest beeline section of track is designed between the 13th and the 14th turns. On this 1.2-kilometer-long raceway, cars travel at full speed, reaching maximums of 327 km/h. The Shanghai International Circuit provides spectators with great racing.
