Chinese grand prix

               HISTORY OF THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX

The shanghai international circuit was designed to be THE race circuit of the generation. This circuit is considered to the chinese as the gateway to the world of formula one.The shanghai international circuit was introduced in 2004 and still takes debut in formula one till this very day. 2012 marked the eighth time china hosted the shanghair international circuit. The 2012 shanghai internation circuit led nico rosberg to take his first pole position and continue on to win his first race, which made this circuit a little more special to one more person. Lewis hamilton has the highest amount of wins here in shanghai with two victories as the track was only introduced eight years ago.

ABOUT SHANGHAI CIRCUIT :

Since 2004 the chinese grand prix has been held at the  shanghai international circuit. Its latest race date took place on the 15th of april 2012. The circuit has 56 laps is 5.4km in length. The total race distance is roughly 300 km. The fastest lap record is currently held my micheal shumacher with a 1.32.238. That record took place in 2004 the first year the shanghai circuit was introduced.

ABOUT SHANGHAI :

Shanghai is the largest city in terms of population with a total population of over 21 million in 2010. Shanghai is a major global city partaking in media, fashion, technology and much more. Shanghai is also known as the busiest container port in the world which is why it is very huge in term of finance. Shanghai is located in easter china and sits in the middle of the chinese coast. Their currency in Yuan and the citizens speak both cantonese and mandarin chinese. Their religion include christianity, Islam, Buddahism and Taoism.

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Year	Pop.	±%
1953	6,204,400	—
1964	10,816,500	+74.3%
1982	11,859,700	+9.6%
1990	13,341,900	+12.5%
2000	16,407,700	+23.0%
2010	23,019,200	+40.3%

                                              This is a population chart of shanghai which shows the increase in population over the last 57 years.

                                                                                                

WEATHER :

The average temperature reaches to about 16.5 degrees. Shanghai receives about 2,000 hours of sunshine per year. The hottest temperature ever recorded was 40.2 .oC and the lowest was -12.1oC. Even though nightime temperatures drop below freezing point during the winter there are only one or two days of snowfall per annum.

This chart shows the recorded temperature and rainfall throughout the year in shanghai. 

This chart shows the recorded time of sunlight per month for the entire year. The graph also shows a slightly more detalied analysis of an average  rain percipitation monthly per annum.