The Method 1 circus is again in China for the primary time in 5 years for the working of the 2024 Chinese language Grand Prix this weekend on the Shanghai Worldwide Circuit.
The usually annual race has been scheduled and later canceled in every of the previous 5 years resulting from pandemic-related journey restrictions. It implies that this 12 months’s race, which serves as spherical 5 of the 2024 season, would be the first time that Chinese language driver Zhou Guanyu, now into his third 12 months of F1, will compete on house soil.
The Shanghai Worldwide Circuit stretches 3.4 miles and options 16 turns. It is recognized for quick corners, a easy floor, and loads of overtaking alternatives. And round 80% of a lap is spent cornering, so the tires battle to final, making the race one the place technique could make an enormous distinction. Pirelli has nominated its mid-range C2, C3, and C4 compounds for the race.
One situation is the circuit having been constructed on reclaimed swampland. Because of this, the rise of floor motion beneath the floor is elevated, so steps should be taken to grind down and reseal areas of concern on the observe to make it much less bumpy.
Shanghai Worldwide Circuit, house of the Method 1 Chinese language Grand Prix
This 12 months’s Chinese language Grand Prix consists of the primary Dash race of the season. The Dash race is a standalone race with factors up for grabs and its personal qualifying session that takes place on Fridays, and on the Chinese language Grand Prix the Dash race qualifying session become a little bit of lottery when heavy rain hit the observe. McLaren’s Lando Norris claimed pole place and will likely be joined on the entrance of the grid for the Dash race by Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton.
Saturday will host each the Dash race, plus the common qualifying sesion for Sunday’s primary race. The present climate forecast requires cloudy however dry circumstances in the course of the weekend.
Going into the weekend, Pink Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen leads the 2024 Drivers’ Championship with 77 factors. Fellow Pink Bull driver Sergio Perez is second with 64 factors Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is third with 59 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Pink Bull leads with 141 factors, versus the 120 of Ferrari and 69 of McLaren. The final winner in China was Hamilton driving for Mercedes.
