Shanghai International Circuit layout & records

Description

Shanghai Track: three sections in detail

Exit of turn 3 (Shanghai Circuit)

Turns 1 - 4
The slowest complex on the track is the radial turn from T1 through to T4 where the track tightens on itself and the driver progressively loses speed. Engine braking support and drive ability needs to be consistent here to give a stable rear end and avoid excessive wheel-spin, which costs both lap time and increases tyre wear. To reduce locking and improve the wear rate, engineers will map the engine to reduce engine braking when the driver lifts his foot off the pedal. This squares up the rear of the car, stops it from locking and reduces the tyre wear as a result. This phenomenon of reducing engine braking when the driver is off the throttle is called 'overrun'.

Turns 12 and 13
Turns 12 and 13, which form the radial corner that leads onto the long straight, are the mirror image of the first complex. Again, creating car stability will decrease lap time, particularly when the tyres are worn or wearing down. Another means of creating stability is to change the pedal maps, ie. the percentage of torque delivered in relation to the percentage of pedal application. While the throttle application needs to correspond roughly to the torque delivered, small variations can make a real difference in the stability of the car. In this complex a soft pedal map – where the engine delivers relatively less torque at a low pedal position – is likely to be used so the driver initially has more modulation to avoid wheelspin, which wears the tyres unnecessarily.

Back straight Shanghai Circuit (2012)

Back Straight
The straight between turns 13 and 14 is a touch over 1,300km and the engines will sit at full throttle for between 17 and 18 seconds – longer than it takes for a small airplane to take off! Given this period of time, which equates to about 20% of the lap time, it is essential to calibrate the engine and gear ratios to maximise acceleration without compromising maximum speed. Short ratios favour acceleration, which means getting up to speed in a shorter distance over the first part of the straight, while a longer top gear ratio permits higher maximum speed, which is important on the second part of the straight.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Shanghai Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2025	2025 Chinese F1 GP	March 23	Oscar Piastri Lando Norris George Russell	McLaren McLaren Mercedes	56
2024	2024 Chinese F1 GP	April 21	Max Verstappen Lando Norris Sergio Pérez	Red Bull McLaren Red Bull	56
2019	2019 Chinese F1 GP	April 14	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	56
2018	2018 Chinese F1 GP	April 15	Daniel Ricciardo Valtteri Bottas Kimi Räikkönen	Red Bull Mercedes Ferrari	56
2017	2017 Chinese F1 GP	April 9	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Max Verstappen	Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull	56
2016	2016 Chinese F1 GP	April 17	Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Daniil Kvyat	Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull	56
2015	2015 Chinese F1 GP	April 12	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	56
2014	2014 Chinese F1 GP	April 20	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Fernando Alonso	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	54
2013	2013 Chinese F1 GP	April 14	Fernando Alonso Kimi Räikkönen Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari Lotus F1 Mercedes	56
2012	2012 Chinese F1 GP	April 15	Nico Rosberg Jenson Button Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes McLaren McLaren	56
2011	2011 Chinese F1 GP	April 17	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber	McLaren Red Bull Red Bull	56
2010	2010 Chinese F1 GP	April 18	Jenson Button Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg	McLaren McLaren Mercedes	56
2009	2009 Chinese F1 GP	April 19	Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber Jenson Button	Red Bull Red Bull Brawn	56
2008	2008 Chinese F1 GP	October 19	Lewis Hamilton Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	56
2007	2007 Chinese F1 GP	October 7	Kimi Räikkönen Fernando Alonso Felipe Massa	Ferrari McLaren Ferrari	56
2006	2006 Chinese F1 GP	October 1	Michael Schumacher Fernando Alonso Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari Renault Renault	56
2005	2005 Chinese F1 GP	October 16	Fernando Alonso Kimi Räikkönen Ralf Schumacher	Renault McLaren Toyota	56
2004	2004 Chinese F1 GP	September 26	Rubens Barrichello Jenson Button Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari BAR McLaren	56

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Shanghai Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	15	6	1	2	9	6	4	5.4	5.2	221
2	Nico Rosberg	11	2	2	1	5	2	1	6.5	8.2	111
3	Fernando Alonso	17	2	2	1	5	2	2	6.8	6.9	109
4	Sebastian Vettel	13	1	3	2	6	4	1	4.8	4.2	143
5	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1	2	3	6	0	1	4.8	6.4	101
6	Jenson Button	13	1	2	1	4	0	0	8.2	6.8	89
7	Max Verstappen	7	1	0	1	2	1	0	7.6	6.0	92
8	Daniel Ricciardo	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	7.2	7.9	75
9	Oscar Piastri	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.0	4.5	38
10	Rubens Barrichello	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	8.9	9.3	18
11	Michael Schumacher	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	9.5	12.5	15
12	Valtteri Bottas	8	0	2	0	2	1	0	6.3	8.3	59
13	Lando Norris	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	7.3	7.3	40
14	Felipe Massa	14	0	1	1	2	0	1	7.9	9.3	54
15	Mark Webber	10	0	1	1	2	0	1	10.9	8.6	42
16	George Russell	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.0	8.3	29
17	Sergio Pérez	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.0	10.2	29
18	Daniil Kvyat	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.2	13.6	16
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.5	9.3	13
20	Ralf Schumacher	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.0	14.5	6
21	Charles Leclerc	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	11.5	31
22	Carlos Sainz	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	9.6	25
23	Nico Hülkenberg	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	10.8	13.1	18
24	Romain Grosjean	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.9	12.6	16
25	Robert Kubica	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12.0	13
26	Esteban Ocon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	9.3	11
27	Kimi Antonelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	6.0	10
28	Pierre Gasly	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	13.5	14.3	9
29	Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	11.3	8
30	Nick Heidfeld	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	9.3	8
31	Alex Albon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	9.7	7
32	Bruno Senna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	11.5	6
33	Kevin Magnussen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	12.8	5
34	Oliver Bearman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	8.0	4
35	Felipe Nasr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	14.0	4
36	Christian Klien	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	12.5	4
37	Juan Pablo Montoya	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	12.0	4
38	Pedro de la Rosa	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.3	15.3	4
39	Paul di Resta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	10.3	4
40	Pastor Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.4	14.4	4
41	Timo Glock	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.8	13.8	4
42	Heikki Kovalainen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	14.2	4
43	Yuki Tsunoda	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	17.5	3
44	Takuma Sato	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	14.8	3
45	Vitantonio Liuzzi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	15.3	3
46	Kamui Kobayashi	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.3	15.0	2
47	Lance Stroll	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	14.0	2
48	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12.0	1
49	Sébastien Buemi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	14.3	1
50	Marcus Ericsson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	15.4	1
51	David Coulthard	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	9.0	1
52	Olivier Panis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	14.0	0
53	Pascal Wehrlein	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	18.0	0
54	Sergey Sirotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	15.0	0
55	Ricardo Zonta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	19.0	0
56	Gabriel Bortoleto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	14.0	0
57	Karun Chandhok	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	17.0	0
58	Zsolt Baumgartner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	16.0	0
59	Rio Haryanto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	21.0	0
60	Scott Speed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	14.0	0
61	Logan Sargeant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	17.0	0
62	Antônio Pizzonia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	13.0	0
63	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	20.0	0
64	Liam Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	14.0	0
65	Roberto Merhi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
66	Anthony Davidson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	22.0	0
67	Brendon Hartley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	20.0	0
68	Lucas di Grassi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	19.0	0
69	Zhou Guanyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.0	0
70	Will Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15.0	0
71	Gianmaria Bruni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	17.0	0
72	Isack Hadjar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	11.0	0
73	Giedo van der Garde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	18.0	0
74	Alexander Wurz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	12.0	0
75	Jack Doohan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.0	0
76	Jules Bianchi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	16.0	0
77	Jaime Alguersuari	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	18.5	0
78	Sakon Yamamoto	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	16.5	0
79	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	15.5	0
80	Sébastien Bourdais	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	12.0	0
81	Jacques Villeneuve	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	10.5	0
82	Max Chilton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	18.0	0
83	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	17.0	0
84	Charles Pic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	18.0	0
85	Kazuki Nakajima	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	15.0	0
86	Christijan Albers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	15.5	0
87	Jolyon Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	17.5	0
88	Tiago Monteiro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	15.5	0
89	Robert Doornbos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.0	0
90	Esteban Gutierrez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	17.3	0
91	Narain Karthikeyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.7	21.0	0
92	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13.3	0
93	Adrian Sutil	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.1	18.0	0
94	Jarno Trulli	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.4	17.7	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Shanghai Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Mercedes	12	6	4	3	13	7	3	5.0	5.3	341
2	McLaren	18	4	6	2	12	3	4	8.2	8.7	250
3	Ferrari	18	4	3	6	13	2	2	5.9	7.1	302
4	Red Bull	17	3	2	4	9	4	4	7.7	6.5	308
5	Renault	12	1	1	1	3	2	1	9.5	9.2	74
6	Lotus F1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	9.1	11.4	34
7	BAR	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.5	8.3	12
8	Brawn	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4.5	3.5	11
9	Toyota	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.4	14.5	10
10	Williams	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	12.3	57
11	Toro Rosso	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.3	12.8	29
12	Haas	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	11.8	20
13	Force India	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	13.5	13.5	17
14	Sauber	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.9	14.0	14
15	Honda	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	9.5	12
16	BMW Sauber	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.4	12.3	11
17	Aston Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	10.3	12.0	9
18	Racing Point	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	10.0	4
19	Racing Bulls	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	16.0	3
20	Alfa Romeo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	12.0	2
21	Jaguar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	15.0	0
22	Alpine	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	14.3	0
23	Minardi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	15.8	0
24	Super Aguri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	18.5	0
25	Virgin Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.7	20.0	0
26	Spyker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	18.3	0
27	Jordan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.3	0
28	HRT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.2	20.2	0
29	Caterham	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.6	18.0	0
30	Manor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.9	17.7	0