Sebastian Vettel has made an exploratory visit to the new Sochi Olympic Park Circuit in Russia, planned to host a future round of the Formula One World Championship.
Fresh from his win at the weekend�??s Bahrain Grand Prix �?" where his Infiniti Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber finished seventh �?" Vettel drove part of the new Sochi Olympic Park Circuit located in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, in an Infiniti FX Vettel Edition road car joined by ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard.
Still under construction, the Russian circuit, which hopes to host an F1 round in 2014 following next year�??s Winter Olympic Games, will be 5.9km long, include 18 turns and will be the third-longest of all current F1 circuits after Belgium�??s Spa-Francorchamps and Great Britain�??s Silverstone.
Vettel said it was a privilege to be the first Formula One driver to visit the new venue and said he was looking forward to coming back for the Grand Prix in 2014.
�??I can already see it will be a fun circuit to drive in a Formula 1 car and the rest of the venue is very impressive.�?�
Reportedly �??on schedule�?�, construction of the Sochi racetrack is part of a post-Olympic heritage program designed to utilise the infrastructure built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Vettel�??s track visit is the second time the Red Bull driver has been the first person to sample a planned future Grand Prix venue, after steering an Infiniti G Coupe around the intended New Jersey circuit in the US in 2012.
The German racer �?" and three-time F1 World Champion� �?"� was also recently announced as Infiniti�??s director of performance.
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