Introduction to Shanghai International Circuit

Shanghai International Circuit signed an agreement with the FIA ??to host the 2004-2010 F1 Grand Prix in China. The total length of the circuit is about 7 kilometers, which is composed of Formula One tracks and other types of tracks. The Formula One track is approximately 5.3 kilometers long and 12 to 18 meters wide. The overall shape of the track is like a dancing "up" character. The word "Shanghai" is taken from the place name "Shanghai", which also means "thriving and taking advantage of the momentum". It is the most impressive and beautiful track in the current F1 race, and is also one of the most exciting, thrilling, difficult and challenging tracks in the world. At the same time, it also ended the history of F1 tracks using only foreign asphalt.

The total length of the Shanghai International Circuit F1 track is 5451.24 meters, with 7 left turns and 7 right turns. The average speed is 205 kilometers per hour. The longest straight track is 1175 meters long and is located between curves T13 and T14. The width of the track is between 13-15 meters, generally 14 meters, and widens to a maximum of 20 meters at the corners.

Other distinctive track designs are: a spiral-type shrinking curve, whose radius changes from R=93.90 meters to R=31.8 meters; a spiral-type widening curve, whose radius changes from R =8.80 meters and increases to R=120.55 meters; there are also two sharp turns with curve radii of R=18.70 meters and R=10.07 meters respectively.

The entire track is composed of curves, straights and some up and down slopes. The maximum allowable speed on the longest straight (between T13 and T14) is 327 km/h, and on the narrow bends The track requires braking to a speed of 87 kilometers per hour. The Shanghai International Circuit is a high-speed track that is conducive to the development of high-horsepower engines. It is also challenging and fully reflects the driver's skills, bringing a kind of racing to the audience. The intense, tense and exciting feeling unique to sports. In addition to being partially used for F1 events, it can also hold various different events. The designed grandstand size of the circuit is about 200,000 people, of which the covered fixed grandstands have about 50,000 seats, and the rest are slope-type open-air grandstands.

The traffic of the circuit is very convenient. It is connected to the Shanghai-Jiajin Expressway and the planned Jiajin Expressway to the east, to the west is the Jiahuang Highway, to the south is the Baoan Highway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway; to the north is the planned A suburban ring highway built at the same time as the racing circuit. The racing track is about 25 kilometers away from Hongqiao International Airport and about 55 kilometers away from Pudong International Airport. During the competition, the above-mentioned transportation network can connect the racing venue to the center of Shanghai, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province, and then radiate to the entire Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country.