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18-584: The circuit runs around a former Olympic complex, the Sochi Olympic Park site, scene of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games . The TCR International Series raced at Sochi in 2015 and 2016. The inaugural World Championship Russian Grand Prix took place in 2014 , with the circuit hosting the Grand Prix up to 2021 . The contract was terminated before the 2022 edition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine . Earlier

36-827: A Russian Grand Prix, with plans for a "Grand Prix of the Soviet Union" originating as early as 1983 before being abandoned for "bureaucratic reasons" and several failed attempts in the intervening years. The circuit received its final approval from the FIA in August 2014. The 5.848 km (3.634 mi) circuit was the fifth-longest circuit on the 2021 Formula One calendar, behind Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, Jeddah Street Circuit in Saudi Arabia, Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan and Silverstone in

54-400: A September 2013 New York Times interview that the cemetery was retained both in good-will, and due to Russian law forbidding the moving of the graves. A cemetery needs to have had no new burials for at least a half-century, and only through the decision of relatives of those buried could a cemetery be considered for relocation. Burials are still ongoing at the cemetery. On the north end of

72-600: A water basin containing a fountain known as "The Waters of the Olympic Park". Construction of the complex in the Imereti Lowlands began in 2007. The Imereti Lowlands was an important bird area protected since 1911, most of which was destroyed during the construction. Most of the venues were completed by 2013. The Olympic Park was until 2019 located in the Adlersky City District of Sochi . However, in 2019 it

90-645: Is located between the Iceberg Skating Palace, Fisht Stadium, and the medals plaza. It is located in a circular grove, but is largely obscured by plants. During the Olympic and Paralympic games, Canada and the United States had National Houses located near the graveyard on the end opposite to the medals plaza. Dmitry Chernyshenko , the president and CEO of the Sochi Organizing Committee, claimed in

108-412: Is often part of the "legacy" which provides benefit to the host city after the games have ended. As such it may subsequently include an urban park and a museum or similar commemoration of the games that were hosted there. The 1908 Olympic organising committee specified "As far as possible all the competitions, including swimming, archery, fencing, wrestling, etc., will be held on the same site in which

126-701: The International Olympic Committee was given the power to delay the race until 2015 if preparations for the race interfered with the Winter Olympics, though the Games started without interruption. In October 2011, the Russian government set aside US$ 195.4 million for the construction of the circuit. The construction of the Sochi Olympic Park Circuit marked the end of a thirty-year campaign for

144-559: The 2022 Formula One calendar, but the Russian Grand Prix was suspended on 24 February 2022, then it was cancelled on 1 March 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine . With international championships leaving Russia it was decided to dismantle the big circuit, leaving only the short layout where turn 1 is connected to turn 13. The last race at the old layout, which was the Russian Endurance Cup, took place 4 November 2023;

162-792: The Olympic Park is the Olympic Village Station, and on the south end of the Olympic Park is the Olympic Park Station (the main transit hub of the Olympic Park). Both stations are stops on the Abkhazian railway . Just south of the Olympic Park is the M27 highway . For the Olympics, a railway line was built connecting the Olympic Village with the airport, Sochi Olympic Village, central Sochi, and

180-741: The Sochi Autodrom: Olympic Park An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games . Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre . It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics complex in the case of the summer games, or the main ice hockey rink for the winter games. The Olympic Park

198-626: The UK. The circuit is built around the Sochi Olympic Park, that is the coastal cluster of Olympic venues built for the 2014 Winter Olympics that have hosted competitions in ice hockey, speed skating, curling, figure skating, short track etc., and Fisht Olympic Stadium where Opening and Closing ceremonies were held. The surface was not laid until after the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics. The circuit, designed by German architect Hermann Tilke , has

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216-524: The circuit was closed 6 November and the shorter layout was started to be primarily used from 15 December. On 1 April 2024 the Sochi Autodrom was renamed to Sirius Autodrom, after the Sirius urban-type settlement which was built near the Olympic Park back in 2020. The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:35.761, set by Lewis Hamilton during the 2019 Russian Grand Prix. As of October 2021,

234-526: The coast of the Black Sea . The Olympic Park houses the main Olympic Stadium used for the Games' ceremonies, and the venues that were used for indoor sports such as hockey, figure skating, curling, and speed skating. It also houses training facilities, the Olympic Village, the international broadcasting centre, and other amenities. The park was designed so that all of the venues would be accessible within walking distance of each other. The venues are situated around

252-613: The fastest official race lap records at the Sirius Autodrom are listed as: Sochi Olympic Park 43°24′20″N 39°57′17″E  /  43.4056472°N 39.9545917°E  / 43.4056472; 39.9545917  ( Sochi Olympic Park ) Sochi Olympic Park (Russian: Олимпийский парк Сочи ) is an Olympic Park in Sochi , Russia . It situated in the urban-type settlement of Sirius in Imeretinsky Valley , on

270-598: The start grid on the northern edge of the Olympic Park next to the railway station , heading southwest towards the Black Sea coast. Then it runs along the outer edge of the central Sochi Medals Plaza , that is the podium for Olympic medal ceremonies. The long Turn 3 has been compared to Turn 8 in Istanbul Park. Then, the track circles the plaza counterclockwise and makes three turns around the Bolshoy Ice Dome . Then follow series of tight corners before turning north where

288-470: The station in Krasnaya Polyana (home to the mountain-cluster of Olympic venues). A highway was also built alongside this to further connect the Olympic Park to this area. The Olympic Park was originally going to be serviced by several stations along the planned Sochi Light Metro , before that project was cancelled. ^   a:  Maximum capacity of the station Motor racing events held at

306-479: The track skirts the edge of the Olympic Park, above the main Olympic Village and the Adler Arena Skating Center . Then it passes the skating and curling centres , before funneling up behind the pit paddock toward the train station, and completing a circuit with two ninety-degree right turns. The circuit held the Russian Grand Prix from 2014 to 2021. The circuit was initially planned to be included in

324-483: Was transferred into the newly established urban-type settlement of Sirius. A range of temporary pavilions and other facilities were erected during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, including: Within the Olympic Park lies a 2-acre cemetery, which predates the Olympic venues by nearly a century. The cemetery, which dates back to 1915, contains the graves of individuals that belonged to the Old Believers faith. The cemetery

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