The Wuhan Street Circuit is a street circuit in the

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city of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

, the capital of the province of

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

History

The Wuhan Street Circuit is located around the

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, a large sports complex in the city. The street circuit was first used in 2017, when the penultimate race weekend of the

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(CTCC) was held in Wuhan. The races were won by

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and

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. In

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, the race weekend was extended alongside the CTCC with the

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and the Chinese Formula 4 Championship, while with the

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(WTCR) the first international event was attracted. It was the second Chinese event on the WTCR calendar, after having already been on the

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a week earlier.WTCR to host second Chinese event in 2018 at Wuhan
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References

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