The Shanghai circuit has made a fun feature of the championship battle, because as the 2006 title is going down to the wire and TV viewers around the world are savouring the duel between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher during the last three races of the season, in the same spirit the organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix have shown that they can take a lighter touch when it comes to this deadly serious fight.

At the end of the long back straight at the circuit, two grandstands sit opposite each other, and they have now been christened ‘Michael Schumacher’ and ‘Fernando Alonso’!

Mr Yu Zhifei, general manager of SIC Management and Development Co. Ltd., is proud of the results…

“The two grandstands are absolutely identical  and will allow the fans to choose their allegiance this weekend!”

For the moment, the number of fans in each stand has been very similar… but let’s see who wins the vote on Sunday!

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