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Shanghai International Circuit

Shanghai, China

Length

5.451 km

Race distance

305.066 km

Laps

56

Turns

16

Direction

Clockwise

First Grand Prix

2004

Lap record

1:32.238

Michael Schumacher · 2004

Source: Wikipedia and Formula1.com circuit pages, cross-checked 2026-07-23. Lap records are for each circuit's current configuration only (several — Albert Park, Zandvoort, Marina Bay, Yas Marina — had layout changes; older records from before those changes are excluded). DRS zone counts are omitted: F1's 2026 regulations replace DRS with a new Manual Override System and per-circuit zone counts haven't been fully published by the FIA yet.

Chinese Grand Prix