Ordos International Circuit (), built in 2010, is a motorsport facility located in

Kangbashi New Area Kangbashi District () ''Hiya Bagsi dûgûrig'' is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia, China. The district is internationally known for its opulent civic square and monuments and for having few residents ...

Ordos City Ordos ( Mongolian: ''Ordos''; ), also known as Ih Ju, is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered as a prefecture-level c ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

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. It hosted a round of the China Touring Car Championship, Scirocco Cup China and

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in 2010. The circuit is long with 18 corners.

History

Jiang Tengyi Jiang Tengyi (, born January 30, 1985 in Shanghai) is a Chinese racing driver who drives for A1 Team China. In 1998 he took part in the Chinese KART Cup and raced to third place. In 2000, he repeated his performance in the KART Title Match (Int ...

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

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became the first driver to win an international race at Ordos on 3 October 2010 when he won the first of two

races held here for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. Ordos was included in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship calendar by the FIA on 10 December 2010. Marc VDS Racing's

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and Frederic Makowiecki secured their third qualifying race victory of the year. The team then secured its first championship race win in the World GT1 series as Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki held JRM Nissan duo

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and

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at bay.

Lap records

The official fastest race lap records at the Ordos International Circuit are listed as:

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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