Goldenport Park Circuit () is a permanent circuit in Jinzhan Township, Chaoyang District,

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, which is located north of

. designed by Australian Michael McDonough. The circuit was opened in December 2001 and the development also includes a 4X4 Course, a cinema, a motel and a trading place named as "

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" trading new and second hand cars. It held the Beijing round of China Circuit Championship (CCC) for touring cars and China Superbike Championship (CSBK). The circuit became a replacement round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season after the

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round had been cancelled. The race took place the week after the round held in

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, which is also located in China. In 2014, Goldenport was added to the

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calendar after logistics regarding shipping for overseas rounds forced the FIA to remove the United States race at

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in California, and add the third Chinese race (Shanghai and Macau are the other two).

The circuit

The circuit is long in distance with the width between . It is a

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Class 3 Homologated Circuit with 2 grandstands and 25 pit garages. The circuit has a very smooth surface and very little grip on several sections. The official fastest race lap records at the Goldenport Park Circuit are listed as:

Notes

References

External links

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Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info
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