Shougang International Circuit | |
Location: | Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China |
Coordinates: | 40.0139°N 119.5023°W |
Fiagrade: | 2 |
Events: | Current: China Endurance Championship (2024) Former: F4 Chinese Championship (2019) China GT Championship (2019, 2021) |
Layout1: | Full Circuit (2018–present) |
Surface: | Asphalt |
Length Km: | 3.800 |
Length Mi: | 2.361 |
Turns: | 17 |
Record Time: | 1:34.193 |
Record Driver: | Alessio Picariello |
Record Car: | Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
Record Year: | 2019 |
Record Class: | China GT Championship |
The Shougang International Circuit (also known as Qinhuangdao Shougang International Circuit or Shougang Motorsport Valley) is a motorsport circuit located on the outskirts of the port city of Qinhuangdao in north-eastern China.[1]
The site of a former steel factory, the circuit was created as part of a push to beautify the Qinhuangdao region and encourage tourism – the factory was closed in June 2018, with the circuit construction completed in four months having integrated existing factory infrastructure into the design.[2] The first event, a GT and truck racing festival, was held at the venue in November 2018.[3] Formula 4 became the first national level category to compete at the circuit in August 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic stunted plans for further use – as of 2024, the circuit is mainly used for GT racing through the Chinese Endurance Championship.[4]