Location | Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China |
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Major events | FIA GT1 World Championship Superleague Formula |
Length | 3.751 km (2.331 mi) |
Turns | 18 |
Lap record | 1:29.217 (Franck Perera, Girondins de Bordeaux, Superleague Formula, 2010) |
Ordos International Circuit, built in 2010, is a motorsport facility located in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. It hosted a round of the China Touring Car Championship, Scirocco Cup China[1] and Superleague Formula[2] in 2010. The circuit is 3.751 km (2.331 mi) long with 18 corners.[3]
Jiang Tengyi was the first driver to win a race at Ordos, when he won round 1 of the China Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a Ford Focus. Jiang's FRD Ford Racing teammate Rainey He set the fastest lap of 1:56.334.[4]
Ben Hanley became the first driver to win an international race here on 3 October 2010 when he won the first of two Superleague Formula races held here for Olympiacos.[5]
Ordos was included in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship calendar by the FIA on 10 December 2010.[6]
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