Shanghai International Circuit

Name: Shanghai International Circuit
Address: China

China

Track Length: 5.451 km Direction: clockwise Pole Side: left View Map

Race Distance: 305.066 km First Grand Prix: 2004 Opened: 2004 Capacity: 200,000 Owner: Shanghai Jiushi Group

Records and Interesting Facts — Shanghai International Circuit

Shanghai International Circuit

China

Track Length: 5.451 km Direction: clockwise Pole Side: left View Map

Race Distance: 305.066 km First Grand Prix: 2004 Opened: 2004 Capacity: 200,000 Owner: Shanghai Jiushi Group

Grand Prix Held

Most Successful Driver

6 wins

Lewis Hamilton

Most Successful Team

7 wins

mercedes

Most Pole Positions

6 poles

Lewis Hamilton based on qualifying data recorded since 2004

Race Lap Record

1:32.238

Michael Schumacher (2004)

Fastest Qualifying Lap

1:30.641

Oscar Piastri (2025)

Closest Victory

0.714 s

2015 — Lewis Hamilton (1) – Nico Rosberg (2)

The Biggest Comeback Drive

Lewis Hamilton started from P22 in 2016 and finished P7 — 15 places up from where they started.

The Home Curse

Drivers from China have never won on home soil. The best result was Guanyu Zhou's P14 finish in 2024 — 0 home podiums have been achieved in total.