Hainan hopes to make Formula 1 race its ‘core engine’ as it develops ‘automotive culture’
Project would include a circuit and racing training schools, but F1 body says there no plans to stage more than one grand prix in China
Hainan’s local government has signalled its intention to bring a Formula 1 race to the southern island, after it unveiled development plans aimed at securing motorsport’s premier event for the province.
Announcing a partnership with Dingji Automotive Culture Co, the Hainan Provincial International Cultural Exchange Centre said the cooperation would focus on “bringing Formula 1 racing events to Hainan, planning and building professional circuits, developing commercial race operations, creating an integrated automotive culture complex and promoting deep integration of sports, culture and tourism”.
According to the centre, a department of the province’s tourism, culture and sports bureau, the F1 project would “take Formula One’s top-tier international races as its core engine” and include facilities such as “a circuit, car modification plants, racing training schools, comprehensive medical services and five-star hotels”.