Introduction
Qualifying for the 2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix Sprint has just ended, with McLaren Racing Norris taking pole position for the sprint race, while Mercedes-Benz Racing Hamilton and Aston Martin Racing Alonso are second and third respectively. Sauber's Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu was 10th. The sprint race will take place tomorrow (April 20) at 11:00 a.m. CST!
this year
The F1 Chinese Grand Prix celebrates its 20th anniversary
This year's F1 Grand Prix is a bit special
Not only is the second empty after the invoice
Rated by netizens
"It's harder to grab than a concert"
And it is China's first F1 driver, Zhou Guanyu
Played at home for the first time on the field
Let's walk through a set of numbers into this exciting "Fast and Furious"
Shanghai International Circuit
Tournament schedule
F1 Introductory Education
From March to November, F1 uses a single annual league system, usually starting around March and ending the season at the end of November. 23 sub-stations: This year, there are a total of 23 sub-stations around the world. All competitions take place on weekends, with Saturday as practice and Sunday as the main race. 10 teams 20 driversA total of 10 teams and 20 drivers compete in F1 in a year. Each station of the F1 competition produces a sub-station champion, and the racer with the highest total points in each sub-station throughout the year becomes the F1 World Champion of the year.
List of participants in the F1 Chinese Grand Prix
25、18、15、12……
The points system awards overall championship points to the top 10 drivers in each Grand Prix, with the winner receiving 25 points, which then descend to 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 point. The fastest lap rider (and who finishes in the top 10) earns extra points.
About the F1 Chinese Grand Prix
In 2004, the first F1 Chinese Grand Prix was held at the newly built Shanghai International Circuit. On the day of the race, 146,000 spectators flocked to the Shanghai International Circuit to witness Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello win the Chinese Grand Prix.
2004 Departure Moment Construction Time: 18 MonthsShanghai International Circuit took only 18 months from the start of construction to the overall completion. In order to complete the massive project on time, 7,000 workers worked around the clock at the same time on the site at the peak.
Race Length: 305.066 km, Shanghai International Circuit F1 Race Race 305.066 km, equivalent to the aviation distance from Shanghai to Nanjing. The main match is usually longer than 100 minutes.
Track length: 5.451 km, designed by Mr. Türk, the royal designer of F1, the "Shang" zigzag circuit has a total length of about 5.541 kilometers and a width of between 13 and 20 meters. The track has 9 straights of different lengths, the longest straight is 1175 meters, 14 corners with different turning radii, and the maximum drop on the track surface is about 8 meters, and the maximum drop at the top of the slope is about 12 meters.
Top speed: 325 km/hOn the track, the top speed of the car can exceed 325 km/h, so the track has extremely high settlement requirements for road surface smoothness, far exceeding the highway standard. The FIA requires that the difference in road level must not exceed 3 mm within a radius of 4 meters.
Lap time: 1 minute 34 seconds on the track predicts an average lap time of 1 minute 34 seconds.
The scene of the 2019 competition
Most wins: Six Chinese Grand Prix wins, Hamilton is the driver with six wins and the most Chinese Grand Prix wins, finishing top of the podium in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Most entries: 15 Of all 20 drivers in the 2024 season, only Alonso competed in the first Chinese Grand Prix, and the driver with the most Chinese Grand Prix races – 15.
Number of attendees: 170,000+ According to the Jiading District Information Office, the public security department estimates that during the three-day competition this year, more than 170,000 people from international sports officials, guests from all walks of life, media reporters and domestic and foreign spectators will come to the scene to watch.
F1 Chinese Grand Prix: Zhou Guanyu makes his home debut
Zhou Guanyu, born in Shanghai on May 30, 1999, began to contact karting at the age of 8, won the annual championship at the age of 11 with a record of 8 wins in 8 races, went to the United Kingdom for further study at the age of 12, won a number of honors, and signed a contract with the Ferrari Young Drivers Academy at the age of 15. On November 16, 2021, Alfa Romeo Racing officially announced the signing of him as an official driver, and since then, Zhou Guanyu has become China's first F1 driver, with car number 24. Today, he finally made his home debut.
I believe that everyone's expectations have been full!
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