Beijing International Street Circuit
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The Beijing International Street Circuit was a clockwise street circuit located at the
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History

To keep the success of Olympic Games, the
Shunyi District Shunyi District () is a district of Beijing. Shunyi borders the Beijing districts of Pinggu to the east, Tongzhou to the south, Chaoyang to the southwest, Changping to the west, Huairou to the north, and Miyun to the northeast, as well as ...
decided to invest 300 million yuan to build facilities for motorsport. The circuit opened in October 2010, when it hosted a non-championship round of the
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Lap records

The fastest official race lap records at the Beijing International Street Circuit are listed as:


References


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Superleague Formula 2010 Beijing Stop (piao.com.cn)
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