Sochi International Street Circuit

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The Sochi International Street Circuit is a race track under construction in the Russian city of Sochi. 2014, the same year in which the city will host the Winter Olympics, there is Grand Prix of Russia in the history of Formula 1 held the first race under the name.

History

2014 is the route for the first time in the calendar of the Formula 1 Until the promulgation of the official Formula 1 calendar in 2013, there have been rumors that the route could be postponed because of the premiere taking place in the same year the Olympic Games until 2015. For this reason, the architects were asked not to include on their website this circuit in the listed projects, where she was also the end of March 2014 are not listed. During the Olympics - related depreciation Baupause December 2013 to April 2014, it was said that the work completed to his 91%.

The current contract runs until 2020.

The track was designed by German Hermann Tilke route planner. After another racetrack in Moscow was planned, but this was not implemented for financial reasons, the choice fell on Sochi as the site.

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The construction of the line is expected to cost 160 to 200 million U.S. dollars. The circuit is integrated into the Olympic Park, this has been negotiated and confirmed in an interview with Bernie Ecclestone and Vladimir Putin.

The traveled clockwise route will be approximately 5.9 km long. The premiere race is scheduled for October 12, 2014, although it is expected there this time of year with storms and heavy rainfall.