Beijing International Street Circuit

The Beijing International Street Circuit was a clockwise street circuit located at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, in Beijing, China.

This article is about the Superleague Formula circuit. For the A1 Grand Prix circuit, see Beijing International Street Circuit (Jingkai). For the Formula E circuit, see Beijing Olympic Green Circuit.
Beijing International Street Circuit
Location Beijing, China
Major eventsSuperleague Formula
Length2.721 km (1.691 mi)
Race lap record1:05.058 (Frédéric Vervisch, Liverpool F.C., 2010)

History

To keep the success of Olympic Games, the Shunyi District decided to invest 300 million yuan to build facilities for motorsport.[1] The circuit opened in October 2010, when it hosted a non-championship round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season.[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2010-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2010-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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