Porsche at Bangsaen Street Circuit — Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Thailand Round (2018)

A beachside road network in Bangsaen, Thailand, was closed and converted into a street circuit for a round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.

The venue

Bangsaen Street Circuit is a temporary motorsport layout built on the public road network of Bangsaen, a beach town in Chonburi province on Thailand's eastern seaboard. For race weekends the seafront and town roads are closed to traffic, lined with concrete barriers and catch fencing, and supplemented with grandstands, a paddock, pit areas and service compounds. Outside events the same roads function as ordinary coastal town streets.

How the space was used

For this round the closed-road circuit hosted the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia as part of the wider Bangsaen race weekend programme. Team paddock space and pit structures were set up along the road edges, with hospitality and viewing areas placed at corners and along the straights. Spectator circulation followed the barrier lines, with access controlled between public zones and working pit and team areas.

Why it works here

Street circuits place racing directly inside a resort town's everyday fabric, so teams, media and spectators operate within walking distance of the track. The enclosed road layout gives brands controlled perimeter space for paddock builds, signage and hospitality, while the beachside setting draws a general audience beyond committed motorsport followers.