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2007 Chinese Grand Prix Formula 1

Come and Join us at the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix, October 7, 2007

Length:	5.451km
Direction:	Clockwise
Date:	October 7, 2007
Time:	14:00pm
Address:	Shanghai International Circuit 29/F Jiushi Tower 28 Zhongshan Road (South) Shanghai 200010, China

In 2007, there will be 17 races with the season starting on the 18th of March in Australia and ending on the 21st of October in Brazil. The Belgian Grand Prix returns to the calendar while both San Marino and Europe have been dropped. It is confirmed that the German Grand Prix will alternate between the Nurburgring and Hockenheim.
The San Marino Grand Prix may still be included.
There will be 5 back to back races (Malaysia - Bahrain, Canada - USA, France - Britain, Italy - Belgium and Japan - China.

The Formula 1 race track has an overall length of 5,451.24 m and includes 7 left and 7 right turns. The longest straight runs parallel to the Dragster track between the turns T 13 and T 14 and has a length of 1.175 m. The standard width of the track is between 13 m and 15 m, in turns it expands up to 20 m (turn T 13). Further unique characteristics of the track layout are turns with snail-like narrowing (turn T 1 to T 3), turns with snail-like expansion (turn T 10 to T 12) and two pointed turns (turn T 5 and turn T 13).

The 5.451-kilometre racing track is shaped like the Chinese character "shang, " as in "Speeding with Shanghai, " according to the blueprint designed by the German firm Tilke Engineering & Architecture. The stadium has 50,000 fixed seats and can accommodate up to 200,000 people, about 1 percent of the population of greater Shanghai.

According to a computer simulation, it will take about one minute and 34 seconds for a Formula One car to run a lap, with average speeds running close to 205 km/h, which makes the Shanghai International Circuit one of the longest lap raceways in the world. The longest beeline section of track is designed between the 13th and the 14th turns. On this 1.2-kilometer-long raceway, cars will travel at full speed, reaching maximums of 327 km/h.

(Source: www.travelchinaguide.com)