The 2018 Chinese Grand Prix is scheduled to take place between 13 and 15 April 2018 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, as the event is due to be the third round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel enters the round with a seventeen-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers’ Championship, while the Maranello team leads Mercedes by ten points in the World Constructors’ Championship.
The Shanghai International Circuit was designed as the race circuit for the new millennium. And the modern track, with its stunning architecture, has achieved its goal of becoming China’s gateway to the world of Formula One racing since it debuted on the calendar in 2004. Circuit architects Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl on their creation: “The 5.4 kilometre racing track is shaped like the Chinese character ‘shang’, which stands for ‘high’ or ‘above’.
Other symbols represented in the architecture originate from Chinese history, such as the team buildings arranged like pavilions in a lake to resemble the ancient Yuyan-Garden in Shanghai. Here, nature and technology are carefully used to create harmony between the elements.”
Not only is the course remarkable for its change of acceleration and deceleration within different winding turns, making high demands on the driver as well as the car, but also for its high-speed straights. These offer crucial overtaking opportunities and give an intense and exciting motorsport experience to the spectators. The main grandstand with 29,000 seats provides a spectacular view of almost 80 percent of the circuit.
The local session times are as follows:
Friday 13th April 2018
Chinese Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30
Chinese Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30
Saturday 14th April 2018
Chinese Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 11:00-12:00
Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00
Sunday 15th April 2018
Chinese Grand Prix: 14:10
UK live F1 TV coverage
Here are the details of Sky and Channel 4’s coverage of the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix in the UK:
| Session | Channel | Coverage starts | Session starts | Session ends | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Chinese GP first practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 02:45 | 03:00 | 14:30 |
| Friday | Chinese GP second practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 06:45 | 07:00 | 08:30 |
| Saturday | Chinese GP third practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 03:45 | 04:00 | 05:00 |
| Saturday | Chinese GP qualifying live | Sky Sports F1 | 06:00 | 07:00 | |
| Saturday | Chinese GP qualifying highlights | Channel 4 | 13:00 | ||
| Sunday | Chinese GP live | Sky Sports F1 | 05:30 | 07:10 | |
| Sunday | Chinese GP highlights | Channel 4 | 14:00 | ||
| Sunday | IndyCar GP of Long Beach | BT Sport ESPN | 21:00 |
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