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Feature: How F1's new circuits have fared
– Formula 1 has reached several new countries in the 21st century and this weekend the sport visits Russia for the first time, with a race at a semi-permanent street circuit around the site which hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The 19-turn 5.853km Sochi Autodrom is the 10th purpose-built facility to join the Formula 1 calendar since the turn of the century. Here, GPUpdate.net reflects on how the other nine have fared.Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain, 2004 - 2010, 2012 - presentThe Bahrain International Circuit hosted Formula 1 just 18 months after construction first began at the behest of the Crown Prince of the tiny Gulf state. The facility was barely finished in time for...
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