Shanghai International Circuit

Official name
Shanghai International Circuit
Location
Shanghai, China
Type
permanent
Length
5.451 km
Turns
16
Direction
clockwise
Grands Prix
19
First
2004
Last
Confidence
high

Tightening 270-degree opening complex, then the longest back straight of the season into a heavy braking zone

Designed by Hermann Tilke on marshland, requiring tens of thousands of concrete piles. The layout traces the Chinese character 'shang'. Absent from the calendar 2020-2023.

Grands Prix held here