Ordos International Circuit

Ordos International Circuit (Chinese: 鄂尔多斯国际赛车场), 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 3.751 km (2.331 mi) long with 18 corners.[3]

Ordos International Circuit
Location Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China
Major eventsFIA GT1 World Championship
Superleague Formula
China Touring Car Championship
Length3.751 km (2.331 mi)
Turns18
Race lap record1:29.217 (Franck Perera, Girondins de Bordeaux, Superleague Formula, 2010)
Formula Pilota China race at Ordos International Circuit.

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]

References
  1. Ordos Circuit Information in Chinese Scirocco Cup China official website
  2. Superleague Formula Schedule 2010
  3. China Touring Car Championship Ordos Circuit information. Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The CTCC 5th race: they call him Tengyi Khan now .... FRD Sports
  5. Olympiacos' Hanley wins at Ordos Autosport.com 3 October 2010
  6. "China on the 2011 calendar". gt1world.com. SRO Group. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  7. "Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki win Ordos World GT1 race one for Marc VDS Racing Team – Marc VDS Ford". Autosport.com. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 1 Sep 2012.
  8. "Marc VDS Ford wins a GT1 championship race for first time at Ordos". Autosport.com. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 1 Sep 2012.

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