Introduction to each F1 track

Introduction to the Shanghai F1 track of the World Formula One Championship Chinese Grand Prix

Track file:

Track name? Shanghai International Circuit?

Length of a single lap? 5.451 kilometers?

Race direction? Clockwise?

Number of laps? 56?

Race distance? 305.066 kilometers?

Lap record? 1 minute 32 seconds 238 (2004/Schumacher/Ferrari)? Race time?

First practice? April 17, 2009 10:00?-? 11:30?

The second practice? April 17, 2009 14:00?-?15:30?

The third practice? April 18, 2009 11:00 ?-?12:00?

Saturday qualifying? April 18, 2009 14:00?

Sunday race? April 19, 2009 15:00? Enter Station selection?

1 stop? 27-33 laps?

2 stops? 15-20,?33-38 laps?

3 stops? 10- 14,?23-27,?39-44 laps?

Official website?www.icsh.sh.cn 

The starting qualifying position of the car on the "upper" shaped track The area is between the diamond area of ??the main grandstand of the Shanghai International Circuit and the team maintenance area. The participating cars are waiting behind the starting line for the five sets of red lights to turn off the light signals issued by the light signals set above the front of the track. These five The simultaneous extinguishment of the red lights will mean the start of the F1 race. When the five sets of red lights that signaled the start of the F1 race appeared, the car immediately rushed out of the starting line. A car that breaks out of the starting line can increase its speed to 305 km/h in sixth gear on the starting straight line, and then the car will take the T1 turn at the bottom of the starting straight line. There is an uphill section between the bottom of the starting straight section of the "up" shaped track and the T1 curve. This means that the quality of the racing position obtained by the car at the start and the car passing through the T1 curve are very important. . If the driver makes a mistake at the start, it will not only affect the pros and cons of each car's position in the race after passing the T1 corner, but may also affect the driver's ranking after finishing the race. Before the car reaches the T1 corner of the track, it steps on the accelerator and brakes and retreats to fifth gear at a speed of 234 km/h to turn to the right. The car has an opportunity to overtake at the T1 corner. Then the car came face to face with a continuous compound right-left-left curve (T2-T4). There is a 12-meter vertical drop before and after this continuous curve. The T1 curve belongs to the same category as the right (T2)-left (T3) continuous curve. The radius of a spirally shrinking curve shrinks from R=93.90 meters to R=31.8 meters. Drivers must be particularly cautious when passing through this continuous compound right-left-left curve. The balance of the car must be grasped very accurately. Bouncing and understeer will cause the car to deviate from the optimal alignment. If you are not careful, the car may even end up in the wrong direction. Collision during cornering or running off the track. The driver stepped on the brakes heavily and shifted the speed to second gear at 115 km/h to pass through the first right turn (T2). In the next left turn (T3), the car went through the corner at 107 km/h, and then the car continued again. Slightly release the accelerator and pass the last left corner (T4) in third gear at 156 km/h. After the car continuously takes turns and exits the compound right-left-left curve, it then releases the accelerator and continues to accelerate. The next step is a T5 curve. After the car passes through the T5 curve and reaches the T6 curve, the speed can reach 234 km/h in fifth gear. The next thing the car has to go through is the T6 bend, the first hairpin turn on the "up" shaped track. The curve radius of the T6 bend is R=18.70 meters. About 100 meters before the hairpin bend, the driver stepped on the accelerator and slowed down to third gear to corner at 102 km/h. After exiting the corner, the car stepped on the accelerator to accelerate into the too-long S-curve. The speed of the car in the over-long S-curve could continue to accelerate to 265 km/h in fifth gear. T9 and T10 below are compound curves with double apex curves. The car needs to downshift when cornering, especially when the car passes through the 9th left corner. To pass this compound curve, the car must slow down from 260 km/h. After entering the corner first at 168 km/h in third gear, immediately accelerate the car to 225 km/h. Before the car reaches the apex of the second turn, slow down to 150 km/h in third gear to pass the second half. Sharper corners.

It is very important for the driver to control the speed of the car in the T10 corner. If the car is out of gear, it will be difficult to exert its speed in the immediate acceleration section. After the car passed the T10 corner and entered a long straight, the speed continued to increase and accelerate to the fifth gear of 284km/h. Before reaching the T11 corner, the car braked with full force and decelerated to the second gear of 91km/h and cut into a group of left (T11 )-right (T12)-right (T13) continuous spiral widening curve, its radius widens from R=8.80 meters to R=120.55 meters. After the car turned left and entered the corner, the road section of the continuous curve was not very flat. The car maintained the third gear at a speed of 168 km/h, and passed the ensuing right bend close to the curb stone on the left. Accelerate to a speed of 210 km/h, then stick to the track on the right side, slide the car to the left side to exit the corner, and continue to accelerate in the corner to the 4th gear when exiting the corner at a speed of 249 km/h and exit T13. Bend right. The speed control of this section is very important for the driver's single lap performance. The driver must exit the corner at the highest speed possible so that the next section can be the longest straight track (1.175 kilometers) on the entire "up" shaped track. To improve the performance, the speed of the car on the big straight track can reach 327 km/h in 6th gear. This series of cornering processes is quite thrilling. Before the car reaches the straight end, it is very important for the driver to control the tangent point of the corner and the timing of shifting gears. This is also a severe test of the driver's racing control skills. The T14 curve at the bottom of the big straight track is the narrowest and most steep hairpin turn in the entire "up" shaped track, with a curve radius of R=10.07 meters. The car is running at a speed of 327 km/h in 6th gear. When it is about 100 meters away from the hairpin bend, it must shift gears and slow down to 2nd gear at 88 km/h to enter the curve. The slightly accelerated car then hugs the curb on the right. The car slid sideways and was thrown to the left out of the corner (T14), and then entered the T15 corner in second gear at 88 km/h. Since this section of the road is a deceleration zone, the car can easily skid or understeer when passing through, resulting in a loss of downforce. This can easily cause the driver to lose control of the car and deviate from the car's alignment, causing the car to miss the turn-in point. , thus driving into the gravel pile in the buffer zone. The section after the hairpin turn is another overtaking point on the "up" shaped track. After passing the hairpin turn, the car immediately changes gears and accelerates to 225 km/h after passing the T15 corner in second gear at 88 km/h. At the hour, what is oncoming is the last T16 corner of the "up" shaped track. If a driver wants to achieve a good lap performance on an "up" shaped track, he needs to pass this last corner well. The car was originally at a speed of 225 km/h, and it changed gears and slowed down to enter the corner in third gear at 181 km/h. The car passes through the corner at approximately full throttle, and the driver must exit the corner at the highest speed possible. Because only in this way can the car achieve its highest speed when running on the straight track where the starting (finishing) line of the track is located. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for all drivers to seize the opportunity to win. After exiting the corner, the car rushes toward the start (finish) line at full throttle to complete a lap of the race.

Shanghai International Circuit’s previous championship statistics

Season?Car number?Driver?Model?Engine?Result?Average speed?

2004?2?Barricie Luo? Ferrari F2004? Ferrari 3.0V10?1:29'12.420?205.185?

2005?5 Alonso? Renault R25? Renault 3.0V10?1:39'53.618?183.234?

2006?5?Michael Schumacher?Ferrari 248F1?Ferrari 2.4V8?1:37'32.747?187.644?

2007?6? Raikkonen?Ferrari F2007?Ferrari 2.4V8? 1:37'58.395?186.826?

2008?22?Hamilton?McLaren MP4-23?Mercedes 2.4V8?1:31'57.403?199.049