Ningbo International Circuit

The Ningbo International Circuit is a motorsport race circuit near the Chinese city of Ningbo.

Ningbo International Circuit

Full Circuit (2017–present)
Location	Beilun, Ningbo, China
Time zone	UTC+08:00
Coordinates	29°45′41″N 121°51′50″E
FIA Grade	2
Owner	Geely (2017–present)
Broke ground	December 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12)
Opened	August 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08)
Architect	Alan Wilson
Major events	Current: TCR Asia (2025) TCR China (2017–2019, 2024–present) F4 China (2017–2019, 2021–present) Former: WTCR Race of China (2018–2019) F3 Asia (2018) Blancpain GT Series Asia (2018) WTCC Race of China (2017)
Full Circuit (2017–present)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	4.015 km (2.494 miles)
Turns	23
Race lap record	1:40.798 ( Jake Hughes, Tatuus F3 T-318, 2018, Formula Regional)

Events

The circuit was opened in August 2017 before its international debut in October, when it replaced Shanghai International Circuit as the venue for the World Touring Car Championship Race of China.^[1]

Current

• April: F4 Chinese Championship
• May: TCR Asia Series, TCR China Touring Car Championship, China Touring Car Championship

Former

• Asian Formula Renault Series (2018)
• Audi R8 LMS Cup (2018)
• Blancpain GT Series Asia (2018)
• Clio Cup China Series (2018–2019)
• F3 Asian Championship (2018)
• Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (2021)
• World Touring Car Championship
  • FIA WTCC Race of China (2017)
• World Touring Car Cup
  • FIA WTCR Race of China (2018–2019)

Lap records

As of April 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Ningbo International Circuit are listed as:

Category	Time	Driver	Vehicle	Event
Full Circuit: 4.015 km (2017–present)
Formula Regional	1:40.798[2]	Jake Hughes	Tatuus F3 T-318	2018 2nd Ningbo F3 Asian Championship round
GT3	1:41.572[3]	Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2018 Ningbo Blancpain GT Series Asia round
Formula 4	1:46.609[4]	Zhang Shimo	Mygale M21-F4	2025 Ningbo Chinese F4 round
Formula Renault 2.0	1:49.157[5]	Charles Leong	Tatuus FR2.0/13	2018 Ningbo Asian Formula Renault round
LMP3	1:49.971[6]	Josh Burdon	Ligier JS P3	2018 Ningbo Chinese LMP3 round
TCR Touring Car	1:51.505[7]	Martin Xie Xin Zhe	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	2024 Ningbo TCR China round
GT4	1:53.619[3]	Jukuchou Sunako	BMW M4 GT4	2018 Ningbo Blancpain GT Series Asia round
TC1	2:03.753[8]	Esteban Guerrieri	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	2017 FIA WTCC Race of China
Clio Cup	2:05.604[9]	He Yu	Renault Clio R.S. IV	2018 Ningbo Clio Cup China round

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