SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT

Lap distance:     4.603 km

Race distance: 2 x 14 laps / 65.702 km

Location:             North-Western outskirts of Shanghai, Jiading District

Press officer:    Lai Yixiu, China Touring Car Championship

Tel: +86 21 64361819, fax: + 86 21 64361220; email: pr@ctcc.com.cn

Airports:             Shanghai Hongqiao International (35 km), Shanghai Pudong International (80 km)

Lap records:       Qual. – 1:53.486/146.01 kph, Yvan Muller (Chevrolet Cruze), 2 Nov 2013

                           Race – 1:55.233/143.80 kph, Alain Menu (Chevrolet Cruze), 4 Nov 2012

ROLL OF HONOUR RACE OF CHINA-SHANGHAI

                            Race 1                                                                 Race 2

2011      Alain Menu (Chevrolet Cruze)                                  Yvan Muller (Chevrolet Cruze)

2012     Alain Menu (Chevrolet Cruze)                                  Rob Huff (Chevrolet Cruze)

2013     Tom Chilton (Chevrolet Cruze)                                 Tiago Monteiro (Honda Civic)

DID YOU KNOW IT?

26 September 2004 – The circuit designed by Hermann Tilke hosted the first Chinese Formula One Grand Prix. Started from pole position, Rubens Barrichello claimed his last victory for Ferrari, beating Kimi Räikkönen’s McLaren-Mercedes and Jenson Button’s BAR-Honda.

6 November 2011 – WTCC’s first visit to China took place at the Shanghai Tianma Circuit, where the Chevrolet drivers dominated. In the first race Alain Menu’s factory Cruze beat Colin Turkington’s identical car by a narrow margin; in Race 2 Yvan Muller benefited from a contact between his team-mate Rob Huff and Gabriele Tarquini’s SEAT to claim a victory that propelled him towards his third WTCC title.

4 November 2012 – The first WTCC event at the Shanghai International Circuit was not a lucky one for Yvan Muller who was caught in two different incidents. The second one, a clash with Alain Menu in Race 2, cost him a time penalty. Huff finished second and first in the two races, which proved instrumental for claiming the title two weeks later at Macau.

3 November 2013 – Tiago Monteiro won the second race. This was the first WTCC victory for the Portuguese driver since Valencia 2010, and also his first one for Honda. It was a triumphant race for the Japanese manufacturer that placed two other Civic cars in second (Gabriele Tarquini) and third (Norbert Michelisz).

WTCC TIMETABLE

Friday, 10 October

10.20 – 10.50     Testing

17.00     Drivers’ briefing

Saturday, 11 October

08.10 – 08.40     Free Practice 1

10.40 – 11.10     Free Practice 2

13.30 – 13.50     Qualifying Q1

13.55 – 14.05     Qualifying Q2

14.10 – 14.30     Qualifying Q3

14.45 (est)         Qualifying conference

Sunday, 5 October

15.00                  Race 1

16.10                  Race 2

16.45 (est)          Podium ceremonies

17.00 (est)          Race 1 & 2 press conference

FIA OFFICIALS

Chairman of the Stewards :         Rod Parkin (GBR)

2nd International Steward :         Paolo Longoni (ITA)

Race Director :                          Miroslav Bartos (CZE)

Assistant to the Race Director /

FIA Coordinator :                       Rui Marques (PRT)

Medical Delegate :                    Jacques Tropenat (FRA)

Technical Delegate :                  Manuel Leal (ESP)

Press Delegate :                       Fabio Ravaioli (ITA)

Chief Timekeeper :                    Mike Salmon (GBR)

Incident Camera Delegate :        Lionel Bérard (FRA)

Safety Car Driver :                     Bruno Correia (PRT)

FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com/championship/world-touring-car-championship-wtcc/2014/classifications

FIA WTCC RACE OF SLOVAKIA

Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:

http://www.fia.com/championship/events/world-touring-car-championship-wt...