The Korean International Circuit is in South Jeolla Province, a few kilometres from Gwangju, in Yeongam County.
The track, designed by German engineer Hermann Tilke, was inaugurated on 4 September 2010 and is 5.45 km long. It consists of two parts, a permanent one and a temporary one that occupies the harbour side.
Built to host the Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix, it was on the world calendar for four editions, from 2010 to 2013.
The South Korean circuit’s layout includes three long straights interspersed with fast and demanding turns, mixed with others to be taken more slowly.
At the end of the starting straight, drivers have to brake hard to enter turn 1 which is very slow, leading, immediately after, into a very long 1.2 km straight, at the end of which they need to slam down on the brakes again to enter a slow hairpin.
Another straight follows before a series of slow turns and a slightly uphill section of track that arrives at an alternating right, left, right turn. All of this heads up to a very slow turn 10 and a subsequent series of turns with changes of direction. Another section of slow corners leads into the pit straight.