{"id":4429,"date":"2010-04-14T19:17:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T23:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2010-04-14T19:17:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T23:17:36","slug":"fia-2010-chinese-grand-prix-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/fia-2010-chinese-grand-prix-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA – 2010 Chinese Grand Prix Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit enjoys the unusual distinction of having had a different winner for each of its six editions.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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FIA Press Release – 13\/04\/2010<\/p>\n

Five of those six winning drivers \u2013 Rubens Barrichello, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel \u2013 will line up for this year\u2019s seventh Chinese Grand Prix aiming for their Shanghai double.<\/p>\n

The SIC, located 30 kilometres north-west of China\u2019s dramatic business capital, joined the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2004, and its grand scale and ultra-modern architecture immediately identified it as a truly 21st-century Grand Prix venue. Designed by Hermann Tilke, SIC has the capacity for 200,000 spectators \u2013 29,000 of them in the main straight grandstand alone \u2013 making it a Formula One facility of high ambition. Located in Shanghai\u2019s Jiading district, SIC forms the centrepiece of an area earmarked for development as an \u2018Auto City\u2019.<\/p>\n

CIRCUIT DATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"china-440\"<\/p>\n

CHANGES TO THE CIRCUIT SINCE 2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drainage has been improved in the areas most affected during the race last year.<\/p>\n

FAST FACTS: CHINESE GRAND PRIX<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two sections of the Shanghai International Circuit have been nicknamed \u2018snails\u2019, owing to their curling shape: the first at turns 1, 2 and 3, has a closing radius, while the second, at turns 10, 11 and 12, has an opening radius.<\/p>\n

SIC deliberately mixes traditional with modern: the team offices built on stilts above a lake echo the water gardens in Shanghai’s Yu-yuan garden, while many of the circuit\u2019s buildings feature the red and gold of the Chinese flag.<\/p>\n

The circuit and all its buildings were constructed from scratch in 18 months. The site was originally swampland, requiring 40,000 support piles between 40 and 80 meters tall to be sunk, in order to provide secure foundations. A layer of polystyrene topped off the concrete sub-structure \u2013 a requirement so vast that the entire available Asian stock of polystyrene was purchased, to facilitate construction.<\/p>\n

\u00a0At the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix, championship leader Lewis Hamilton\u2019s lap 30 retirement allowed eventual race winner Kimi Raikkonen to close to within seven points. Ferrari\u2019s Raikkonen went on to win the drivers\u2019 world title at the next, season-closing, race in Brazil, denying McLaren\u2019s Hamilton the opportunity to become Formula One\u2019s first rookie champion.<\/p>\n

CIRCUIT DATA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Length of lap: 5.451km<\/p>\n

Lap record: 1:32.238 (Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004)<\/p>\n

Start line\/finish line offset: 0.190km<\/p>\n

Total number of race laps: 56<\/p>\n

Total race distance: 305.066km<\/p>\n

Pitlane speed limits: 60km\/h during practice sessions; 100km\/h during qualifying and race<\/p>\n

FORMULA ONE TIME TABLE AND FIA MEDIA OPPORTUNITY SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Conference: 15.00 hrs<\/p>\n

Friday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Practice Session 1: 10.00 \u2013 11.30 hrs<\/p>\n

Practice Session 2: 14.00 \u2013 15.30 hrs<\/p>\n

Press Conference: 16.00 hrs<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Practice Session 3: 11.00 \u2013 12.00 hrs<\/p>\n

Qualifying: 14.00 \u2013 15.00 hrs<\/p>\n

Followed by unilateral and press conference<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Drivers Parade: 13.30 \u2013 13.45 hrs<\/p>\n

Race: 15.00 hrs<\/p>\n

Followed by unilateral and press conference<\/p>\n

Courtesy FIA \u00a9 RIF<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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