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Overview of Shanghai International Circuit, Chinese Grand Prix

Posted on December 2, 2007 15:57 by ScottDrake

The 2008 Chinese Grand Prix will take place on October 19 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai. The track has 16 turns and a distance of 5.451 KM (3.387 mile). Michael Schumacher set the track record of 1:32:238 while driving for Ferrari in 2004.

The rFactor track (http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Chinese%20Grand%20Prix) for this circuit has a 4 1/2-star rating from members of the rFactorCentral.com community.

Future entries about this track will include:

  • First Impressions, including AI hot laps, screen captures and statistics about each turn
  • Ranking the corners for hot lapping
  • Hot laps and lessons learned
  • Passing zones, re-ranking the corners for passing
  • Racing and lessons learned