Chang International Circuit
Oct 6th 2014 – Chang International Circuit, located 400km north of Bangkok, is the first FIA Grade 1 circuit in Thailand. Constructed in a record 422 days and built by Mr Newin Chidchob, motorsport enthusiast and owner of Buriram United, Thailand’s most successful soccer team.
The inaugural event for Chang International Circuit was the Japanese Super GT championship on Oct 4th -5th, attracting over 100,000 spectators over the course of three days.
”We are looking forward to a continued relationship with Chang International Circuit and seeing their calendar and Thai motorsport grow.” Tanaisiri Chanvitayarom, Project Director, Chang International Circuit.
(Left to Right)Mr Chaichanok Chidchob – Assistant Project Director – Chang International Circuit, Mr Mark Hughes – Managing Director, Mrk1 Consulting, Mrs Karuna Chidchob,Mr Newin Chidchob – Chairman/Owner – Chang International Circuit, Mr Tony Whitaker – Circuit Manager – Chang International Circuit, Mr Tanaisiri Chanvitayarom – Project Director – Chang International Circuit
Mark Hughes, owner and MD of Mrk1 Consulting said “Once again my team have delivered on our promise to our clients and I’m enormously proud. We have now been directly instrumental in the planning, implementation and running of tracks in six different countries and have unrivalled experience in our field. The Thai team has done an amazing job in an incredibly short space of time and their first event was a great success with 131,000 spectators over the weekend.
Being the first Grade 1 track in Thailand and only 25th globally there is the inevitable speculation regarding F1 and Mr Ecclestone is fully aware of the track as are DORNA (organisers of MotoGP and World Superbikes).
Chang International Circuit already has a busy calendar ahead of them with the Asian Road Racing Championship, Asian LeMans Series, Touring Car Asia and numerous corporate and retail events.
In addition, the track will be homologated to FIM Grade A standard to host international motorcycle racing in the near future.
