Beijing Formula E circuit

Formula E Beijing ePrix circuit

Beijing , People's Republic of China
Route type:	temporary racetrack
Architect:	Rodrigo Nunes
Opening:	September 13, 2014
Time zone:	UTC + 8 ( CST )
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	Formula E.
Route length:	3,439  km (2.14  mi )
Curves:	17th
Records
Track record: (Formula E)	1: 39.993 min. ( Sébastien Buemi , Renault e.Dams , 2015)

Coordinates: 39 ° 59 ′ 41 ″  N , 116 ° 23 ′ 7 ″  E

The Beijing Formula E race track is a temporary street circuit for races of the FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing ( People's Republic of China ) with a length of 3.439 km. On September 13, 2014, a race took place on this track for the first time as part of the 2014/15 season .

The course was designed by Rodrigo Nunes , runs counter-clockwise on public roads around the Beijing National Stadium, known as the “bird's nest”, and the Olympic swimming pool and consisted of twenty curves. The track is the longest race track on the calendar for the 2014/15 Formula E season.

For the second Beijing ePrix , the first chicane was removed so that the route was 14 meters shorter and the number of corners was reduced to 17. In addition, the second chicane was made narrower so that the vehicles have to slow down more here. As a result of Nick Heidfeld's serious accident last year, the curb in the last corner was also lowered.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Markus Lüttgens: Formula E in Beijing: 20 drive around the bird's nest. Motorsport-Total.com, March 13, 2014, accessed April 19, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Dieter Rencken: Drivers, teams, routes: the pieces of the puzzle come together. Motorsport-Total.com, March 25, 2014, accessed April 19, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Timo Pape: This is how the Formula E tracks will change in season 2. (No longer available online.) E-Formel.de, September 29, 2015, archived from the original on October 8, 2015 ; Retrieved October 18, 2015 . 
4. ^ Cheers shatters Beijing track record. (No longer available online.) FIAFormulaE.com, October 23, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 23, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.