Chinese Grand Prix

Chinese Grand Prix
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Circuit	Shanghai International Circuit
Laps	56
Circuit length km	5.451
Circuit length mi	3.39
Race length km	305.066
Race length mi	191.12
Most wins driver	Rubens Barrichello (1) Fernando Alonso (1) Michael Schumacher (1) Kimi Räikkönen (1)
Most wins constructor	Ferrari (3)
Current year	2007
Winner	Kimi Räikkönen
Winning team	Ferrari
Winning time	1:37:58.395
Pole time	1:35.908
Pole driver	Lewis Hamilton
Pole team	McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	1:37.454
Fastest lap driver	Felipe Massa
Fastest lap team	Ferrari

The Chinese Grand Prix is a round of the Formula One World Championship, held towards the end of the season in October. It is currently held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, designed by Hermann Tilke. It is the most expensive Formula One circuit facility, costing $240 million.

History

The vision of a Chinese Grand Prix started in the early 1990s. The Chinese government had originally planned for an F1 circuit to be located in the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, southern China. The Zhuhai International Circuit was designed and built and was provisionally added to the 1999 F1 World Championship calendar, but the track failed to meet certain standards set by the FIA. However, the Chinese government did not give up and eventually, with assistance from the organisers of the Macau Grand Prix, held the first ever Formula One race in China in 2004.

In 2002, it was announced that the management of the Shanghai International Circuit had signed a 7 year contract with the Formula One Management to host the Chinese Grand Prix starting from the 2004 season until the 2011 season. The Chinese Grand Prix debuted on September 26, 2004, and was won by Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello. In the following year it hosted the final round of the Formula One championship in 2005, in which the newly crowned world champion Fernando Alonso won and claimed the constructor's title for Renault F1. In 2006, the Chinese Grand Prix was won by Michael Schumacher - his last victory in Formula One before he retired at the end of the season.

Winners of the Chinese Grand Prix

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Shanghai	Report
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Shanghai	Report
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Shanghai	Report
2004	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	Shanghai	Report

Support races

Formula BMW Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia have both supported the Chinese Grand Prix since 2004.

External links

• Shanghai International Circuit