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TIL in the video game F1 2020, there's a circuit located in Hanoi, Vietnam, based on the real Hanoi Circuit. However, the real circuit has never been used for a race since completion in 2020 due to the Vietnamese Grand Prix got cancelled from pandemic, and there's still no new race planned.

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