The exciting Bahrain Grand Prix is little more than a week behind us and F1 teams have arrived in China for the final race before starting the European racing season, in May at Barcelona, Spain. The Shanghai International Circuit is host for the fourth race of the season. It's a Tilke designed circuit built on a swamp, including a mixture of sweeping corners and two long straights. It is however very different to BIC's layout and much less a power circuit. Instead, acceleration and deceleration in turns make the Chinese Grand Prix a particular challenge for the rear tyres. Pirelli provides the White medium and Yellow soft tyres, a combination which it deems appropriate thanks to the usually...
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