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Goldenport Park Circuit () is a permanent circuit in Jinzhan Township, Chaoyang District,
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, which is located north of
Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
. designed by Australian Michael McDonough. The circuit was opened in December 2001 and the development also includes a 4X4 Course, a cinema, a motel and a trading place named as " Auto Mall" trading new and second hand cars.


History

It held the Beijing round of China Circuit Championship (CCC) for touring cars and China Superbike Championship (CSBK). The circuit became a replacement round of the
2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season The 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season was the second season of the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars complying with Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (F ...
after the
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round had been cancelled. The race took place the week after the round held in Ordos, which is also located in China. In 2014, Goldenport was added to the
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calendar after logistics regarding shipping for overseas rounds forced the FIA to remove the United States race at
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in California, and add the third Chinese race (Shanghai and Macau are the other two).


The circuit

The circuit is long in distance with the width between . It is a FIA Class 3 Homologated Circuit with 2 grandstands and 25 pit garages. The circuit has a very smooth surface and very little grip on several sections. As of October 2014, the official fastest race lap records at the Goldenport Park Circuit are listed as:


Notes


References


External links

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Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info
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