Zhuhai International Circuit
Zhuhai Circuit layout
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| Location | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China |
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| Time zone | GMT+8 |
| Coordinates | 22°22′1.9″N 113°33′23″E / 22.367194°N 113.55639°ECoordinates: 22°22′1.9″N 113°33′23″E / 22.367194°N 113.55639°E |
| Opened | November 1996 |
| Architect | Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd |
| Major events | FIA GT Championship, A1 Grand Prix, Formula V6 Asia, CSBK |
| Surface | asphalt |
| Length | 4.319 km (2.684 mi) |
| Turns | 14 |
| Banking | No |
| Lap record | 1:22.296 (Franck Montagny, Peugeot Sport, 2010, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup) |
| Website | www |
Zhuhai International Circuit (ZIC) (珠海國際賽車場) is located at Jin Ding town in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China.
Motorsport started in Zhuhai when it hosted a race on its street circuit in 1993, racing continued until 1996 when the motor racing circuit was constructed and became China’s first permanent motor race track with Formula One in mind.
The circuit is designed by Australian company Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd, the same group which created the Formula One circuit in Adelaide. The project manager for the project was Michael McDonough.
The first international race held at the circuit was the BPR Global GT Series. The circuit soon became the hotbed of local motorsports with teams from Hong Kong and Macau setting up their bases inside the circuit garages.
The original circuit contained 16 corners. But corners 7, 8 and 9 were eliminated after a track change request from FIM and made into one corner.
The circuit is 4.3 kilometres (2.67 mi) long and has 14 turns. 9 of them are right turns and 5 are left turns and the circuit runs clockwise only. The shorter straight is 500 metres (0.31 mi) long. The longest straight is the start/finish straight which is 900 metres (0.56 mi) long and 14 metres wide at its widest. Alexandre Imperatori, A1 Team Switzerland's rookie driver, suggested that there are lots of overtaking places in the circuit because of the combination of straights, hard braking areas for hairpins, tight corners, followed by and accelerating for long straights. The most successful driver on the circuit is the best one who can manage their brake wear. Zhuhai International Circuit is an FIA Grade II certified circuit.
The fastest qualifying lap ever at the circuit was set by a Lola-Zytek A1 Grand Prix car on the fourth round on December 16, 2007 during the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season. It was driven by Michael Ammermüller and managed a lap of 1:23.203. However, this is not considered the lap record since lap records are taken from racing laps and not qualifying.
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