Korea International Circuit

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Korea International Circuit / Kore Uluslararası Pist



Location: Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea

Time zone: GMT +9

Coordinates: 34°44′N 126°25′ECoordinates: 34°44′N 126°25′E

Capacity: 135,000

Opened: 2010

Construction cost: 88 billion won

Major events: FIA Formula One / Korean Grand Prix / Formula Three / Korea Super Prix

Length: 5.615 km (3.489 mi)

Turns: 18

Lap record: 1:39.605 (Germany Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, 2011)

The Korea International Circuit is a 5.62 km (3.49 mi) motorsport circuit located in Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea, 400 kilometres south of Seoul and near the port city of Mokpo. It is the venue for the F1 Korean Grand Prix after a $264 million (250 billion won) deal between Bernie Ecclestone and the Korean F1 promoter Korea Auto Valley Operation (KAVO – a joint venture between M-Bridge Holdings and Jeollanam-do regional government).


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Yer: Yeongam, Güney Jeolla, Güney Kore

Saat dilimi: GMT +9

Koordinatlar: 34 ° 44'N 126 ° 25'E Koordinatlar: 34 ° 44'N 126 ° 25'E

Kapasite: 135.000

Açılış yılı: 2010

İnşaat maliyeti: 88 milyar won

Önemli Etkinlikler: FIA Formula / Kore Grand Prix / Formula Three / Kore Süper Prix

Uzunluk: 5.615 km (3.489 mi)

Tur Sayısı: 18

Kore Uluslararası Pisti, Seoul'ün 400 kilometre güneyinde Mokpo liman kenti yakınlarında Güney Kore'nin Güney Jeolla eyaletindeki Yeongam ilçesinde bulunmaktadır, 5.62 km (3.49 mil) uzunluğunda motor sporları pistidir. 264 milyon dolar (250 milyar won) değerindeki anlaşma sonrasında F1 Kore Grand Prix'in bunun yanı sıra, Bernie Ecclestone ve Kore F1 organizatörü Kore Auto Valley Çalışmasının da yapıldığı mekan oldu.

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History

It was announced on 2 September 2009, that the funding was in place to start construction at the site, and officials were confident the work would be completed in time to hold a Grand Prix in 2010. On 10 December 2009, the organisers of the event announced that they were on schedule, with a plan to finish the circuit on 5 July 2010, though they admitted that their largest problem lay in finding accommodation for all Formula One staff and spectators.

German designer Hermann Tilke was given the responsibility of the design of the track. It is part permanent, part temporary. The temporary part is along the harbour side of the province where spectators from the promenade, hotels and yachts can view the race. Part of the city with possible exhibition facilities, shops, restaurants and cafes are utilized as the pit lane during the F1 Grand Prix weekend.

The initial contract has a duration of seven years, with a five-year option that could take the race until 2021. The circuit planned to revive the Korea Super Prix in 2011. The Formula Three event, previous held at the Changwon City Raceway, last raced in 2003.

In the midst of speculation that the race would be aborted because the circuit would not be completed in time, organisers for the race announced the circuit's opening date to be 5 September 2010. On 4 September 2010, in an event called ‘Circuit Run 2010’, a Red Bull Racing Formula 1 show car using a V10 version of the current Renault engine, with Karun Chandhok at the wheel, completed 14 laps of the all new Korean Formula One Grand Prix circuit. Four thousand spectators travelled to the new track for the event.

The final track inspection was delayed multiple times. Originally, the FIA technical delegates were due to inspect the circuit on 28 September 2010 in order to grant permission for F1 races to be held there, however the date was later moved to the 11 October, only 11 days before the first cars were scheduled to start first practice. Following a two-day track inspection, FIA race director Charlie Whiting described the Yeongam circuit as ‘satisfactory’ and announced the mandatory license would be issued through the Korea Automobile Racing Association (KARA).

The inaugural Korean Grand Prix was run on 24 October for the 2010 Formula One season. The event was the 17th out of 19 events during the season, after the Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit. The capacity of the venue is 135,000 spectators.

According to the Chonnam Yeongam Korean Formula One Grand Prix circuit, around 77 million dollars (88 billion won) was needed for the construction cost of the circuit, the amount requested by the scholarship that was used in the 52.8 billion won. However, it was difficult to secure the remaining 35.2 billion won, and it was reported that there would be virtually no prospect of government aid to the Formula 1 project by the Korean government.

It was announced in 2012 that the circuit would host an exhibition round of the 2013 Super GT season.


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Tarih

2 Eylül 2009 tarihinde, saha da inşaat çalışmalarına başlamaları için sırada olduklarından ve 2010 Grand Prix için mekan olarak tutulması adına zamanın da tamamlanacağından emin olunabilineceği finansmanlarca ilan edildi. 10 Aralık 2009 tarihinde, etkinlik organizatörleri tam zamanın olduğunu açıkladılar, 5 Temmuz 2010 tarihine kadar pisti bitirmek için plan yapıldı ancak itiraf ettiler ki onlar için en büyük sorun Formula One personellerinin ve seyircilerinin konaklama imkansızlığıydı.

Alman tasarımcı Hermann Tilke şirketine parça tasarımı sorumluluğu verildi. Bu parça kalıcı, kısmen geçicidir. Geçici kısımda şehrin liman tarafında gezinti yolunda ziyaretçi bölümü, otel ve yat yarışını gözlemleyebilirsiniz. Bölüm şehrin bir kısmı sergi tesisleri, magazalar, restoranlar ve kafeler vb F1 Grand Prix'de bir hafta boyunca pit şeridi olarak kullanılmaktadır.

İlk sözleşmenin yedi yıllık bir geçerliliği var, 5 yıllık bir sürede 2021 yılına kadar yarışlar sürdürülebilir. Pist 2011 yılı Korea Super Prix'ini canlandırmak için planlandı. Formula Three etkinliği, önceden 2003 yılında Changwon şehrinin yarış pistinde düzenlendi.

Yarışın iptal olacağı spekülasyonları ortalıkta olduğu için, pistin yapımı zamanında tamamlanamadı, organizatörler yarış için 5 Eylül 2010 tarihini pistin açılış tarihi olarak açıkladılar. 4 Eylül 2010 tarihinde ‘Circuit Run 2010’ olarak adlandırılan bir etkinlikte, Red Bull Racing Formula 1 gösteri arabası, mevcut Renault motorlu V10 versiyonu, Karun Chandhok direksiyonda, yeni Kore Formula One Grand Prix pistinde 14 turu tamamladılar.

Son parçanın kontrol edilmesi bir çok kez ertelendi. Aslında FIA teknik delegeleri orada yapılacak olan F1 yarışlarına izin vermek için 28 Eylül 2010 tarihinde pisti incelemek için orada bulunuyordu, ancak daha sonra 11 Ekim tarihine ertelendi.İki günlük parça kontrolünün ardından, FIA yarış direktörü Charlie Whiting ''tatmin edici'' olarak açıkladı ve Yeongam pistinin zorunlu lisansı Kore Otomobil Yarış Derneği (KARA) ile verileceği duyruldu.

Açılışı 2010 Formula One sezonu için 24 Ekim tarihinde Kore Grand Prix yönetiyordu. Mekanın kapasitesi 135.000 seyirciyi alabilmektedir.

Chonnam Yeongam Korean Formula One Grand Prix pistinin inşaat maliyeti için 77 milyon dolar ( 88 milyar won) civarında paraya ihtiyaç duyuldu, kullanılan 52.8 milyar wonu burs olarak talep edilen miktardır. Ancak, geriye kalan 35.2 milyar wonu temin etmek zordu ve Kore Hükümetinin Formula 1 projesine hükümet yardımının olmasının hemen hemen hiç umudunun olmadığını bildirmişti.

Bu pistin 2013 Super GT sezonu için gösteriye ev sahipliği yapacağı 2012 yılında ilan edildi.

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Construction Issues

Although completion of the circuit was due July 2010, excessive rainfall caused delays in soil improvement. The delay of the construction caused the inspection by FIA to be delayed for 20 days to 11 October, 10 days before the Korean Grand Prix. However, some facilities were still incomplete, and the pavement was only paved up to the 1st layer.


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İnşaat sorunları

Pistin tamamlanması Temmuz 2010 olarak bildirilmesine rağmen, aşırı yağış sebebiyle zemin iyileştirilmesindeki geçikmelere neden oldu. İnşaatın gecikme sebepleri, FIA tarafından 11 Ekim'de yapılacak kontrollerin 20 gün gecikmesi. Ancak bazı tesislerde hala eksikler var ve kaldırım sadece 1. katmanına kadar döşenmiştir.

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A lap in a Formula One car

The circuit starts with a double left hander; the first corner is taken in second gear, with the drivers accelerating through the second turn. This opens up onto a 1.2 kilometre straight - the longest on a circuit in Asia - which in turn feeds into the slowest corner on the circuit, a second-gear right-hand bend. The cars follow a shorter straight, home to the support pits, before a series of tight switchbacks at turns four, five and six; all three are taken in second gear. The circuit then opens up again, flowing through a series of fast fifth-gear bends, before the driver must brake for turn ten, a tight right-hander whose approach is made more difficult by the position of the braking zone on a downward-sloping incline. The remainder of the circuit is modelled on a street circuit, and follows a labyrinth series of left and right-hand bends that lead to turn seventeen, a long right-hander that is completely blind as it is surrounded by walls. The final turn on the circuit is a left-hand kink that feeds onto the main straight.


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Formula One Arabasında Bir Tur

Pist çift sol tarafla başlar; ilk köşe de ikinci vites alınır, ikincisinde ise yol sayesinde sürücüler hızlanır. Açılan bu yol 1.2 kilometre ile Asya pistlerindeki en uzun düzlüktür, daha sonra ikinci vites alınır sağ virajda köşeye doğru yavaşlanır....

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Pit entry and exit

The pit lane has been controversial due to its entry and exit. In 2010 the pit lane entry was deemed dangerous by drivers such as Robert Kubica because it is on the racing line on the exit of a 150 mph corner, so people pitting will be going significantly slower but still on the racing line. Kubica stated "it might be quite tight" and Jarno Trulli said that he was "worried about someone going into the back of him" when he was forced to pit in because he was stuck in gear. The wall at Turn 17 was moved back in 2011 to improve visibility at that part of the track, so drivers on a hot lap can see drivers slowing to go into the pits.

The pit lane exit has also been criticised as it feeds into the outside of Turn 1. Although it is off the racing line, if a drivers locks up at the turn and runs wide, they could hit someone exiting the pits. This happened during practice for the 2010 Korean Grand Prix when Mercedes' Nico Rosberg ran wide and hit Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari. The exit was criticised by several drivers as well as Mercedes GP's team principal Ross Brawn. He said 'I have to say it's a little frustrating, with a brand new circuit like this, that we have that problem. Look at the number of cars that went off at turn one in first practice. With wet, difficult conditions, I think it was 20 or 30.' Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said it was 'an accident that was going to happen' given the poor design of the exit.' Nico Rosberg and Jarno Trulli also felt that the exit 'needed to be improved'.[17] Despite the problems, there is little room for improvement to the exit. Possible solutions could be extending the pit lane around the run off at turn 1 to exit between turns 2 and 3, or adopting an exit similar to the Yas Marina Circuit where the pit exit goes under the track to exit after turn 2 on the inside of the circuit. Following complaints from the drivers, the FIA installed a set of traffic lights at the end of the pit lane, warning and drivers rejoining the race of cars approaching at race speeds. Teams also employed the use of spotters to warn drivers (both racing and exiting the pits) of any cars in the pit lane.


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Pit Giriş Ve Çıkışı

Pit giriş ve çıkışı nedeniyle tartışmalara sebep olmuştur. 2010 yılında pit girişi, Robert Kubica gibi sürücüler tarafından tehlikeli kabul edildi çünkü 150 mil yarış çıkış hattı üzerinde köşe bulunmaktadır, bu yüzden çukurlaşma olmaktadır.


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