Vietnam will join the Formula 1 calendar in 2020, with the inaugural Vietnamese Grand Prix set to take place in April that year. The Vietnamese government and the organisers of Formula One have announced that a deal to hold the race – the first to be announced under Liberty Media’s ownership – has been struck.
The country’s largest conglomerate, Vingroup, will be the race promoter, having signed a multi-year deal to host the GP, which will feature a street circuit located in the heart of Hanoi. The 22-turn, 5.565 km-long circuit will a semi-permanent street track, using both existing and purpose-built roads on the western side of the city in the vicinity of the My Dinh National Stadium.
The circuit has been designed by a collaboration between F1’s motorsports team, circuit design company Tilke as well as input from city of Hanoi authorities and Vingroup, with governing body the FIA also part of the process.
It will feature a range of corners from a slow-speed hairpin and technical slow- to medium-speed corner combinations to high-speed esses and flat-out corners and long straights, the longest being a 1.5 km-long section, with speeds of around 335 km/h expected through the speed trap.
Many of the turns derive their inspiration from that seen elsewhere – supposedly, turns one and two are based on the opening corners of Nurbugring, while 12 to 15 are reminiscent of turn one and the climb to Massenet in Monaco, while Suzuka’s esses give turns 16 to 19 their flow. Sepang also provides input for the final three corners of the Hanoi track.
Vietnam will be the fourth venue to hold a race in Asia, joining China, Japan and Singapore on the calendar. Alongside Monaco, Singapore and Azerbaijan, it will also be F1’s fourth street race.
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Wow… Vietnam will be the tiger not Malaysia…. after lunching VinFast, Vietnam’s first proper carmaker. Now is F1…. what is next in Vietnam.
In Vietnam, this will do well and make money because Vietnamese people are clever and smart.
In Malaysia, it did not do well and it did not make money because abang abangs do not know how to do business and make money from it.
Indicating that abang-abangs must also be running the US, European, Korean, Indian, & Russian circuits as well, cuz all of them are losing money with every race. We should be proud that all these countries, even developed ones, are reliant on our abang-abangs to managed their circuits becuz their locals proved to be incapable according to this nutter’s logic.
Luv!
Agreed! Lolz!
I agreed they are smart and some are hardworking but their national ego is at its highest now. They tend to talk down to you during meetings.
I guess by your logic the Koreans are just as stupid as your abangs since they were dropped out of the F1 calendar since 2013 after just 4 seasons…..
No organizer really made money of organizing F1 street. That’s why lot’s of legacy circuit lost interest to organize the race. We are some of the luckiest.
I lolz at such delusions. Lolz!
Herman Tilke should be thankful to Sepang, because after Sepang, Hermangot contracts to build and design most and nearlly all the new age racing circuits. And all this after they saw Sepang. Sepang has set new standards for new racing circuit designs. But sadly, we stopped hosting it. Its such a pity.
Drb hicom and sime darby should be like vin group to develop our own automotive sector
The new old Hockenheim
Hopefully can last more than 4 years, else just wasted like Indian and Korean circuit.
the f1 so rojak now
Hope its about EV and self-driving. the world is heading towards those things now if its still not obvious.
That 1.5km straight should be interesting but it’ll take a major toll on the brakes for that sharp left afterwards.
Another street circuit? What happen la F1. 1.8km straight line. Redbull boleh meletup, Honda will be stalled. Merc will be the King, maybe Ferrari. This circuit is so predictable. Makin lama makin boring.