Ningbo International Speedpark

Ningbo International Speedpark in Zhejiang opened on 15 October 2017 under Mintrack Management, according to the operator's own site; the circuit directory racingcircuits.info names Geely subsidiary Mitime Investments as the owner and puts the build cost at around 900 million yuan. The full lap runs 4.01 kilometres anti-clockwise, is 12 to 18 metres wide and strings together 22 corners of varying radius, with a maximum elevation change of 24 metres. Alan Wilson designed it, and it carries FIA and FIM Grade 2 homologation. Four further layouts exist alongside the full circuit: a high-speed version of 3.55 kilometres, an east loop of 2.17 kilometres, a mini east loop of 1.74 kilometres and a west loop of 1.87 kilometres. Timing runs on MYLAPS. The venue has hosted the World Touring Car Championship from 2017 to 2019, the China Touring Car Championship, China GT and Chinese Formula 4. Whether the circuit can be booked for private track days, and on what terms, is not publicly documented. With 22 corners in a little over four kilometres and an undulating layout, you are rarely straight for long: the transitions define the lap, and a bike that takes its time turning in costs you something in every section. If yours will not hold a tight line, top of our cause list is rear ride height - too little of it makes the steering lazy, and only raising the rear (or dropping the front) sharpens the turn-in again.