 Shanghai International Circuit
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| Circuit Details | ||
| Name | Shanghai International Circuit | |
| Location | Jiading, Shanghai, China
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| Length | 3.051 km | |
| Corners | 12 | |
| First Race | 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I
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| Last Race | 2025 Shanghai E-Prix II
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| Circuit Records | ||
| Fastest Lap | Qualifying | Race |
| 1:15.358 | 1:13.322 | 141.761 km/h |
 Norman Nato
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 Jake Dennis
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 António Félix da Costa
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The Shanghai International Circuit (in Chinese the 上海国际赛车场), officially known as the SAIC Shanghai International Circuit is an international motorracing circuit located near the city of Shanghai in Jiading, Shanghai, China.[1] The circuit was first used by the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to stage the Shanghai E-Prix during the 2023/24 season, using a shortened version of the Grand Prix layout of the Chinese circuit.[2]
Background[]
The Shanghai International Circuit was constructed in a bid to promote the city of nearby Shanghai on a global scale, costing 2.6b yuan ($450m), with Herman Tilke, a famed circuit designer, commissioned to design both the circuit and the main pit buildings and grandstands.[1] Built upon rice paddy fields, which alone took 18 months to be eliminated, the circuit opened in June 2004 with the signature grandstand and wings over the start/finish straight dominanting the circuit, while the circuit itself was laid out with inspiration from the Chinese character Shang.[1] The circuit duly hosted the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix a few months after it opened, and would remain a fixture on the Formula One calendar until the Covid-19 Pandemic.[1]
Formula E History[]
The Shanghai E-Prix was first conceived ahead of the 2023/24 season, after issues with the planned Cape Town E-Prix due to funding meant the series had to find a replacement event.[3] The Shanghai International Circuit was duly chosen to host the E-Prix, announced in October 2023 with an updated calendar, before the event was expanded to a double header after the cancellation of the Jakarta E-Prix.[3] There would, however, be a concession that alterations would need to be made to the circuit in order for FE to utilise it, although with several existing layouts for the Shanghai Circuit this was not expected to be a contentious issue for the venue.[2]
Circuit History[]
The Shanghai International Circuit hosted its first E-Prix on 25 May 2024, using the "West Long Circuit" layout albeit with some extra barriers erected at the chicane to give the final sector more of a street-circuit type feel.[2]
Circuit Layouts[]
The E-Prix/West Long Circuit lap opens following the original Grand Prix layout, with the drivers heading into the sweeping right-hand turn one curve that steadily tightens into turn two, completing a near 270° turn before ending with a hairpin left of turn three.[2] From there the circuit un-tightens with turn four, a curving left which completed the first sector and formed an acceleration zone to feed the cars onto a straight, split by a flat-out right-hand kink of turn five.[2] From there drivers would fire into the hairpin right of turn six, which in turn opened out into another straight and a looping left-hand curve of turn seven that carried the field to the end of the second sector.[2]
A tighter right-hand curve of turn eight immediately followed turn seven, before the field departed from the Grand Prix layout and onto the link road that formed the "West Long Circuit", a left-hand kink forming turn nine which led the field onto the back-straight.[2] That straight cut the field back around the pit-complex and would be ended by a right-left-right chicane of turns ten, eleven and twelve, a part of the circuit which was significantly tighter than the rest of the circuit.[2] The exit of turn twelve would feed the field back onto the start/finish straight, with pit-out on the run to turn one, pit-in on the outside of turn ten, and the Attack Mode activation zone located on the outside of turn two.[2]
Records[]
A full list of records for the Shanghai International Circuit are outlined below, including a list of race winners.
Winners[]
Below is a list of all of the winners of E-Prix held at the Shanghai International Circuit:
| Shanghai International Circuit Winners List | ||||
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| Season | Name | Date | Winner | Report |
| 2023/24 | 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix I
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25 May 2024[3] |  Mitch Evans[4]
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Report |
| 2023/24 | 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix II
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26 May 2024[3] | António Félix da Costa[5]
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Report |
| 2024/25 | 2025 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix I
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31 May 2025[6] | Report | |
| 2024/25 | 2025 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix II
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1 June 2025[6] | Report | |
Race-by-Race Records[]
The race-by-race records for the Shanghai International Circuit are outlined below:
| Shanghai International Circuit Race-by-Race Records | ||||||
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| Event | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | Winner | |||
| Driver | Time | Driver | Time | Driver | Speed | |
| 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix I
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Jean-Éric Vergne
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1:13.322 | Jake Dennis
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1:15.965 | Mitch Evans
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139.194 km/h |
| 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix II
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Jake Hughes
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1:13.921 | Norman Nato
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1:15.358 | António Félix da Costa
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141.761 km/h |
| 2025 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix I
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| 2025 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix II
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References[]
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References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 'Shanghai International Circuit', racingcircuits.info, (Racing Circuits, 2024), https://www.racingcircuits.info/asia/china/shanghai-international-circuit.html, (Accessed 28/09/2024)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 'Circuit layout unveiled for Formula E's first trip to Shanghai, China', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 07/03/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/491265, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 'China and India join USA and Japan to stage Formula E races in 2024', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 19/10/2023), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/480439/china-and-india-join-usa-and-japan-to-stage-formula-e-races-in-2024, (Accessed 22/10/2023)
- ↑ 'RACE REPORT: Evans secures maiden Shanghai win with last lap magic', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 25/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/499451, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 'RACE REPORT: Da Costa dictates Round 12 win in Shanghai', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 26/09/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/499767, (Accessed 26/09/2024)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 'SEASON 11 CALENDAR: The Formula E races in 2024/2025', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/06/2024), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/500875, (Accessed 26/08/2024)
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