Wuhan Street Circuit

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Wuhan Street Circuit
Location Wuhan, China
Time zone China Standard, UTC+08:00
Coordinates 30°30′4″N114°10′17″E / 30.50111°N 114.17139°E / 30.50111; 114.17139 Coordinates: 30°30′4″N114°10′17″E / 30.50111°N 114.17139°E / 30.50111; 114.17139
Opened2017
Major eventsFormer:
CTCC (2017–2019)
WTCR Race of China-Wuhan (2018)
Chinese F4 (2018)
Street Circuit (2018–present)
Length2.984 km (1.854 miles)
Turns13
Race lap record1:23.990 ( Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch, Audi RS 3 LMS TCR, 2018, TCR)
Street Circuit (2017)
Length2.429 km (1.509 miles)
Turns13

The Wuhan Street Circuit is a street circuit in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei.

History

The Wuhan Street Circuit is located around the Wuhan Sports Center, a large sports complex in the city. The street circuit was first used in 2017, when the penultimate race weekend of the China Touring Car Championship (CTCC) was held in Wuhan. The races were won by Robert Huff and Zhendong Zhang. [1]

In 2018, the race weekend was extended alongside the CTCC with the TCR China Touring Car Championship and the Chinese Formula 4 Championship, while with the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) the first international event was attracted. It was the second Chinese event on the WTCR calendar, after having already been on the Ningbo International Circuit a week earlier. [2]

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References

  1. CTCC concluded another race weekend in Wuhan City
  2. WTCR to host second Chinese event in 2018 at Wuhan