Marina Bay Street Circuit
Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit
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| Location |
 Marina Bay, Singapore
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| Time zone | SST (UTC+08:00) |
| Coordinates | 1°17′29.51″N 103°51′49.86″E / 1.2915306°N 103.8638500°ECoordinates: 1°17′29.51″N 103°51′49.86″E / 1.2915306°N 103.8638500°E |
| Capacity | 90,000 |
| FIA Grade | 1 |
| Broke ground | 31 August 2007 |
| Opened | 31 August 2008 |
| Construction cost | ~ S$33 million |
| Architect | Hermann Tilke |
| Former names | Singapore Street Circuit |
| Major events |
FIA Formula One Singapore Grand Prix (2008–Present) FIA Formula E Singapore ePrix (2017–) GP2 Series (2012–2013) TCR International Series (2015–Present) Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (2015–Present) |
| Current circuit with reprofiled turns 11-13 (2015–present) 
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| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 5.065 km (3.147 mi) |
| Turns | 23 |
| Lap record | 1:47.187 ( Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-TAG Heuer, 2016) |
Revised circuit with the Singapore Sling chicane removed (2013–2014) 
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| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 5.061 km (3.147 mi) |
| Turns | 23 |
| Lap record | 1:48.574 ( Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, 2013) |
Original circuit (2008–2012) 
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| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 5.073 km (3.152 mi) |
| Turns | 23 |
| Lap record | 1:45.599 ( Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari, 2008) |
The Marina Bay Street Circuit (otherwise known as the Singapore Street Circuit) is a street circuit around Singapore's Marina Bay and is the venue for the Singapore Grand Prix. The track is 5.065 km (3.147 mi) long in a harbourside location similar in style to the Circuit de Monaco and the Valencia Street Circuit.
The circuit is designed by KBR, Inc., a modification of the original one first proposed by Hermann Tilke. The circuit has FIA Grade 1 license.
The circuit holds a unique record of having safety car appearance in every race to date. A total of 14 safety car deployments in nine races.
On the day of confirmation of the Singapore Grand Prix in the 2008 Formula One season, a routemap was published. The pit area of the circuit is located in an empty plot of land off Republic Boulevard and beside the Singapore Flyer. A temporary track leads from the pit area and under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to Republic Boulevard and turns onto Raffles Boulevard. It then proceeds along Nicoll Highway, Stamford Road and Saint Andrew's Road around the Padang, past the City Hall.
The track then goes onto the Anderson Bridge, past the Fullerton Hotel and make a tight left turn to Esplanade Drive beside the Merlion Park. It joins Raffles Avenue and cut right after the Esplanade to the front of The Float at Marina Bay and return to the pit area via another temporary road around the Singapore Flyer. The track layout is unique in that in between turns 18 and 19, the cars race underneath a section of grandstand of the Floating Platform.
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