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Zhuhai International Circuit is the first permanent racing Circuit built in China. It was completed in November 1996, at the time of its completion, it also held its first international event, the BPR Global GT Series.
ZIC is an FIA (International Automobile Federation) approved, 4.3 km long Grade 2 circuit. The high international standards of Zhuhai International Circuit allows it to become the home of Chinese motorsports. ZIC was designed using a major design consultancy in Australia, including Kinhill Engineering (now known as Halliburton KBR). In 1999, the famous F1 track designer Hermann Tilke GmbH upgraded the track facilities.
ZIC provides spectacular and world-class racing. There are plenty of driver overtaking opportunities through a series of challenging corners. The clockwise circuit has four left turns, ten right turns and two straights of 900 metres and 500 metres respectively.
ZIC is designed to FIA Formula One (F1) and FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) specifications. A fast corner leads car and motorcycles into the 900 metre straight immediately, allowing cars to reach the maximum speed of over 300 km / h. The average track width is 12 meters, while the start/finish straight is 14 meters wide.
Since its inception, ZIC has held numerous international race events, including BPR Global GT Series, FIA GT Championship, A1 Grand Prix and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
In order to create a joyful and exciting racing event that can be enjoyed by every Chinese spectators, Zhuhai International Circuit began to build China's first civilian racing festival "Pan Delta Super Racing Festival", which broke new ground for the "grassroots" of Chinese motorsports. From then on, grassroot motorsports began to flourish in the whole country; this event also carries the mission of spreading the rich racing culture in the Pearl River Delta region to the whole of China.
The Pan Delta Super Racing Festival is held in March, June and September every year. There are three weekends of exciting events throughout the year, integrating formula racing, touring car racing, motorcycle racing and drift racing. Spectators can enjoy different types of cars racing around the track throughout the day.
At present, the Pan Delta Super Racing Festival mainly includes Circuit Hero (Super Car Race), Circuit Hero-One, Circuit Hero-Two, Circuit Hero-Three, Circuit Hero-Drift, Speed Hero and other competitions. Over the past 15 years, Pan Delta has attracted more than 5,000 drivers and 1 million spectators to the event. The Pan Delta Super Racing Festival has become the most influential brand event in the Chinese motorsports industry.