Ordos International Circuit Explained

Ordos International Circuit, built in 2010, is a motorsport facility located in Kangbashi New Area, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. It hosted a round of the China Touring Car Championship, Scirocco Cup China[1] and Superleague Formula[2] in 2010. The circuit is 3.751km (02.331miles) long with 18 corners and resembles a galloping horse.[3]

History

Jiang Tengyi was the first driver to win a race at Ordos, when he won round 1 of the China Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a Ford Focus.[4]

Ben Hanley became the first driver to win an international race at Ordos on 3 October 2010 when he won the first of two Superleague Formula races held here for Olympiacos.[5]

Ordos was included in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship calendar by the FIA on 10 December 2010.[6] Marc VDS Racing's Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki secured their third qualifying race victory of the year.[7] The team then secured its first championship race win in the World GT1 series as Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki held JRM Nissan duo Richard Westbrook and Peter Dumbreck at bay.[8]

Lap records

As of July 2013, the fastest official race lap records at the Ordos International Circuit are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent
Full Circuit: 3.751 km (2010–present)
1:30.021 2010 Ordos Superleague Formula round
1:38.710[9] Peter Dumbreck[10] 2011 Ordos FIA GT1 round
1:45.249[11] 2013 Ordos Porsche Carrera Cup Asia round

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20101014221447/http://www.sciroccocupchina.com/cn/schedule/circuit_erdos.html Ordos Circuit Information in Chinese Scirocco Cup China official website
  2. http://superleagueformula.com/superleague/SF-Races Superleague Formula Schedule 2010
  3. http://www.ctcc.com.cn/cn/Calendar/Details.aspx?id=1112 China Touring Car Championship Ordos Circuit information.
  4. http://www.frdsports.com/en/press/content/2010_09_24%20FORD.htm The CTCC 5th race: they call him Tengyi Khan now ....
  5. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87163 Olympiacos' Hanley wins at Ordos
  6. News: China on the 2011 calendar. gt1world.com. SRO Group. 10 December 2010. 10 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101215055313/http://gt1world.com/news/article/2011-calendar-announced-. 15 December 2010. dead.
  7. Web site: Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki win Ordos World GT1 race one for Marc VDS Racing Team – Marc VDS Ford. 3 September 2011. 1 Sep 2012. Autosport.com.
  8. Web site: Marc VDS Ford wins a GT1 championship race for first time at Ordos. 4 September 2011. 1 Sep 2012. Autosport.com.
  9. Web site: FIA GT1 World Championship Ordos 2011 . 4 September 2011 . 7 January 2023.
  10. Web site: FIA GT1 World Championship 2011 standings . 7 January 2023.
  11. Web site: Brilliant Bamber conquers Ordos . https://web.archive.org/web/20230108171912/http://www.carreracupasia.com/Public/upload/attachment_en/PCCA_R6_Results_E.pdf . 6 July 2013 . 8 January 2023 . 14 June 2024.