Hanoi Street Circuit layout & records

Description

Hanoi Street Circuit Description

The track, located in the capital of Vietnam, consists of existing and purpose-built road, which makes it a semipermanent racing facility.

The Hanoi Street Circuit’s main feature is a 1.6 km acceleration zone which will take cars from the Turn 6 to Turn 9 complex to Turn 11, which is a hairpin. The track features 23 corners and 5.607m length.

Tilke’s engineers and Formula 1’s Motorsport Division developed the hybrid track, which consists of a first part conformed by four straights of different length and the last section with sweeping corners.

Many areas of its finals layout were inspired by various sections from past or present Formula 1 circuits. The T1 and T2 complex is similar to the one from the contemporary Nurburgring, but with the first corner being left-handed instead of a right-hander. From T13 to T16, the track resembles Monaco’s section after the right-handed Sainte Devote.

The final section is fairly similar to Suzuka’s first sector, full of consecutive sweeping corners.

Hanoi Street Circuit: Four corners in detail

Turns 2 to 4

As the drivers brake into Turn 1, which is a left-hander, a never-ending right-hander will test the stability and the downforce of the cars until they reach the braking zone for Turn 3. In T3, the drivers will need to be very careful in the positioning of the car to try to carry as much speed as possible through Turn 4 and into the second straight of the lap.

This zone is a little bit similar to the Shanghai International Circuit’s Turn 1, where drivers find themselves steering right but impatiently waiting to find the perfect position to exit the next left-handed corner and carry ideal speed into the next acceleration zone.

Turns 6 to 9

After the second straight, another section similar to the T2-T4 segment arrives. This time, drivers will tackle a tight right-hander before they are immersed in a seemingly never-ending left-hander, opposite from the T2-T4 area. Again, carrying speed into the next corner will be the key, especially with the 1.6km acceleration zone coming after the exit of Turn 9.

In the middle of Turn 8, the track resembles the T6-T7 section from Paul Ricard, given how drivers should be going flat out from the exit of Turn 8 and Turn 9 to reach the highest speed possible in the upcoming straight.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Hanoi Street Circuit

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Hanoi Street Circuit

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Hanoi Street Circuit