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The Hanoi Circuit was originally expected to make its debut on the Formula One calendar in 2020 with the inaugural Vietnamese Grand Prix, but the race was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned next Formula One race on the circuit was also dropped from the 2021 calendar following the arrest of Hanoi People's Committee Chairman, a key official responsible for the race, on corruption charges. The circuit is 5.607 km long and was designed in collaboration with circuit architect Hermann Tilke. Running anticlockwise and located next to the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, it consisted of a temporary street section and a purpose-built section that was intended to be open to the public once completed. It also featured one of the longest straights on the calendar at 1.5 km in length. The purpose-built section drew inspiration from several existing circuits, including the Circuit de Monaco, Suzuka Circuit, Sepang International Circuit and the Nürburgring. This philosophy of adapting corners from other circuits had previously been used in designing the layout of the Circuit of the Americas. The original layout consisted of 22 corners, but this was revised in December 2019 to include an additional corner in the third sector. The extra corner was added to improve safety. The circuit never hosted the planned Formula One Grand Prix and was largely unused following the cancellation of the event.