Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit

Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit
Circuit Details
Name	Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit
Location	Hong Kong, China
Length	1.870 km (1.156 mi)
Corners	10
First Race	2016 Hong Kong ePrix
Last Race	2019 Hong Kong E-Prix
Only Race	unknown
Circuit Records
Fastest Lap	Qualifying	Race
1:02.358	1:02.836	1
Sam Bird	Felix Rosenqvist	Sébastien Buemi

The Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit is a temporary street circuit used to host the Hong Kong E-Prix, a round of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Based around the harbourfront in the city of Hong Kong, China, the Harbourfront Circuit was first used to host the 2016 Hong Kong ePrix on 9 October 2016, and has since become a regular fixture on the FE calendar.

Formula E History

The Hong Kong ePrix was first proposed during the 2015/16 season, with a deal between city officials and Formula E Holdings announced at the 2016 London ePrix. Hong Kong was listed as the opening round of the 2016/17 season, with the Harbourfront the first proposed site for the ePrix circuit. The design was quickly formalised, with the circuit duly ready to host its first race, won by Sébastien Buemi, in 9 October 2016.

The circuit subsequently hosted the opening two rounds of the 2017/18 season, before being moved to a mid-season Asian tour from 2018/19 onward.

Circuit History

The Harbourfront Circuit has been largely unchanged since its inception, despite complaints about the first chicane, with the circuit incredibly narrow. The pitlane design has also caused controversy, with Sam Bird able to retain the lead of the 2017 Hong Kong E-Prix I despite serving a drive-through penalty.

Circuit Layout

José María López sweeps through turn two during the 2016 Hong Kong ePrix.

The Harbourfront Circuit featured ten corners, stitched together by 1.870km (1.156mi) of city streets which would take the field past a few major landmarks. A tight first corner hairpin is followed by a half-kilometre dash to a narrow turn two right hander, before a chicane formed turns three and four. A long run around a roundabout formed turn five, before a sprint down another street to turn six, with a similar dash, back along the other side of the same street to turn seven.

Another 90° left would follow opposite the turn 3/4 chicane, with the pit entrance found on the outside of the 90° right hander of turn nine. Turn ten followed as a long sweeping left hander to take the cars back onto the start/finish straight, with the pit exit just on the exit of the final corner.

Records

A full list of records for the Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit are outlined below, including a list of race winners.

Winners

Below is a list of all of the winners of ePrix held at the Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit:

Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit Winners List
Season	Event	Date	Winner	Report
2016/17	2016 HKT Hong Kong ePrix	9 October 2016	Sébastien Buemi	Report
2017/18	2017 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	2 December 2017	Sam Bird	Report
2017/18	2017 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	3 December 2017	Felix Rosenqvist	Report
2018/19	2019 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	10 March 2019	Edoardo Mortara	Report
2019/20	2020 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	1 March 2020	Cancelled

Race-by-Race Records

The race-by-race records for the Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit are outlined below:

Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit Race-by-Race Records
Event	Qualifying		Fastest Lap		Winner		Report
	Driver	Time	Driver	Time	Driver	Time
2016 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1:03.099	Felix Rosenqvist	1:02.947	Sébastien Buemi	53:13.298	Report
2017 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	Jean-Éric Vergne	1:03.568	Daniel Abt	1:04.320	Sam Bird	1:17:10.486	Report
2017 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	Felix Rosenqvist	1:02.836	Felix Rosenqvist	1:04.299	Felix Rosenqvist	50:05.084	Report
2019 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix	Stoffel Vandoorne	1:11.580	Sam Bird	1:02.358	Edoardo Mortara	59:36.119	Report

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