The “speeding life” of the world’s top drivers has added a lot of color to the “thousand stops”, and Shanghai, which held F1 for the 16th consecutive year, it also marked a deep “Chinese brand” for this world-renowned international competition “.
Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, April 14 (Reporter Guo Jingdan, Zhu Jixu, DONGWON) accompanied Hamilton to win his sixth F1 Chinese Grand Prix champion, the 2019 F1 Grand Prix in Shanghai, China ended. This year’s competition is very different due to a special number-this is the 1000th competition since F1 was first held in 1950. The “speeding life” of the world’s top drivers has added a lot of color to the “thousand stops”, and Shanghai, which held F1 for the 16th consecutive year, it also marked a deep “Chinese brand” for this world-renowned international competition “.
Professional competition organization, enthusiastic and huge group of fans, gradually accumulated racing culture and industrial economic development…… The event is like a “City living room”, showing the world the confidence and confidence of an open China.
Write “thousand-station footnotes”
the F1 Chinese race track of 5.45 kilometers in a single circle on the “upper track”, which is in the shape of Chinese character “upper”, reflecting the strong Chinese flavor. Riding 56 laps on this track, Hamilton was crowned the “King of thousands of stops” in the 14th race “.
Before that, Hamilton had won the championship five times in China. After winning the championship again, his number of Champions in China has reached six, in the 1000th race, a new record was set for the number of individual drivers in China.
After the game, Hamilton was extremely excited. “After sitting in the driving cabin, I have no time to take care of other things. I just want to win.” Hamilton said that the 1000th station was obviously unique and won the championship trophy in the shouts of many fans on the scene. This experience was very valuable.
From the first name Barrichello on F1 Shanghai champion book to the champion battle between car King Schumacher and Alonso, now Hamilton has achieved F1’s “King of thousands of stations” and Shanghai station’s “six Champions”, F1 top drivers have refreshed their achievements in China, it also witnessed the development of the competition in China and the development of Chinese racing.
The once “imported goods”, the once-watched excitement, and now F1 Shanghai station has become a topic that global car fans like to talk about. This cannot be separated from professional competition organization and the best guarantee that Shanghai strives to provide for F1-from the perfect power supply of Shanghai Jiading Power Supply Company of State Grid to Shanghai traffic police road blocking and smooth, after organizing volunteers to serve the vast number of fans, F1 events have been better promoted as a result, and Shanghai’s city image has also been shown again in the world.
A City’s racing car “carnival”
The 1000th station of “once in a lifetime” enjoys not only drivers, but also car fans and city residents. When I came to Shanghai, China in the 16th year, F1 Grand Prix has long been more than just the passionate competition of drivers on the field. Outside the lane and the circuit, the whole city is surging for F1.
As soon as you walk out of Shanghai Metro Line 11 Shanghai racetrack station, the roar of engines in the racetrack and the “roar” of tires rubbing against the ground will reach your ears. With this “Overture”, you can walk a minute to the waterscape square, where many experience activities attract car fans from all over the world.
VR experience driving, on-site demonstration of tire change, real proportion of car model display…… People in the experience area are so busy that even many fans who have not bought tickets come here to get close to speed and passion.
“Everyone knows the special significance of F1 at station 1000, which makes all tickets for this year sold out two months in advance, and 10% of the tickets are purchased directly from overseas.” Yang Yibin, deputy general manager of Shanghai Jiushi Sports Industry Development (Group), said.
Robert and Marco are Ferrari fans, and this time they made a special trip from Italy to Shanghai. “We can’t miss the competition of the 1000th station. The whole atmosphere is great. I love shanghai!”
In Shanghai city landmark Xintiandi, a F1 street performance held in Shanghai for the first time has also circled a large number of “passers-by fans”. At noon on the 13th, F1 racing car was unveiled here, showing a dazzling and exciting racing street performance.
As a member of this street performance, Zhou Guanyu, a local driver in Shanghai, drove the Renault racing car onto the “street track” and won warm cheers from fans on the scene. “It is a brand-new experience to perform F1 on the streets of my hometown. I specially adapt to it in the morning. The road is still very different from the professional track.” Zhou Guanyu said that the interaction with car fans on the street made him feel excited, and he also hoped that more people would understand F1 and like racing culture.
Legendary history needs “China’s future”
“The atmosphere here is very good, the audience and streets are great, F1 Chinese Grand Prix has been successfully held for 15 years before, every time is better than the last time.” Chase Carey, the head of F1, praised Shanghai station.
Indeed, like a “golden business card”, F1 Chinese Grand Prix has become the largest international permanent event in China, and maintains the record of the largest number of audience in a single event in China. With F1, Shanghai has not only gained extended economic benefits such as tourism, commerce and catering, but also deepened the world’s understanding of an open China through years of hard work and development.
The 1000th stop of F1 Grand Prix is a milestone. As Ross Brown, the director of F1 competition affairs, said in the Auto special issue of the International Automobile Federation Magazine: The first thousand F1 Grand Prix is the brightest symbol to continue from a legendary history.
And this symbol finally fell in Shanghai, and it was marked with “Chinese brand” forever “. “During the discussion in the second half of last year, Britain wanted the 1000th station and Russia wanted to take it. We also expressed our intention actively.” Yang Yibin said that the final schedule was announced, F1 chose Shanghai and China.
Carey said that China is an important part of F1. “So we saw the 1000th game held here, which showed our attitude.” Carey said that this was a historic moment and also related to the future of F1.
“I have made it clear many times that in F1 strategy, there are now two huge markets to be developed, one is America and the other is China.” This is not Carey’s “empty talk”-at the beginning of April, F1 and Shanghai Jiushi smart sports Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiushi Sports, jointly announced that F1 e-sports Global Championship was launched in China for the first time this year. F1 hopes to attract more fans through innovation, better promote racing culture in China, and tap potential drivers and electronic racing talents.
In the 16th year and the 1000th station, the story of China and F1 wrote another unforgettable chapter here. In the future, how many moments will speeding leave in China? It is worth looking forward.