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Circuit data

Circuit length: 5.451km
Race distance: 56 laps / 305.066km

Full-throttle: 55%
Top speed: 310kph
Longest flat-out section: 19s / 1.37km

Right/left-hand turns: 9/7
Tyre wear: medium
Brake wear: low
Downforce level: medium/high
Gearshifts per lap: 52

Source: BMW, 2007

Tyres

2010 tyres: hard (prime, no stripe), soft (option, green stripe)
2009 tyres: medium (prime, no stripes), super-soft (option, green stripe)
2008 tyres: hard (prime, no stripe), medium (option, stripe)

Pit lane loss: 23s (extra time taken entering and exiting the pit lane)

Shanghai International Circuit video lap

Shanghai International Circuit map

Shanghai International Circuit 2010

Shanghai International Circuit 2010 (click to enlarge)

Shanghai International Circuit aerial map

Circuit construction

  • Longest straight: 1.175km
  • Maximum uphill slope: 3%.
  • Maximum downhill slope: 8%.
  • Total asphalt used (base, binder and wearing courses): 173,000 m2.
  • Total length of tyre barriers: 6,500m, using a total of 174,000 units.
  • Total guard rail: 11,700m.
  • Total FIA safety fencing: 9,350m.
  • Total number of concrete piles: 40,000, totalling 800,000m.
  • Total spectator capacity: 200,000
  • Main grandstand spectator capacity: 29,000

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3 responses to Shanghai International Circuit, China – circuit information

  1. callum w says:

    wish they would stop waving the camera around and just show the track over marks shoulder!

  2. Enigma says:

    It does indeed take some extra time to enter and exit, but it also takes some time to get from turn 16 to turn 1, so it usually matches up.

  3. George says:

    The only reason this circuit is good for overtaking is the stupid straight, i hate circuits with 2 or more long straights, it might as well be a drag race

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