One of the results was that although there were many brave Japanese drivers there were not too many with great skill and the death toll from that one corner was horrendous. At other tracks (Daytona, Montlhéry, etc.) you climb up the banking. The reason that banking was so horrific, was that at the end of the straight we went over a blind crest at around 190/200 mph and dropped into the banking. My last testing and then the subsequent Sports Car GP were at Fuji, but the track was run in a clockwise direction. "In 1969 I spent two months in Japan doing a test contract for Toyota and their Toyota 7 (5 litre V-8), which along with a big Nissan (6.3 litre V-12), was destined for CanAm. invested in the circuit and took over the reins of management in October 1965.Ĭonverted to a road course, the circuit opened in December 1965 and proved to be somewhat dangerous, with the wide banked turn (named "Daiichi") regularly resulting in major accidents. Therefore, the track was originally designed to be a 4 km (2.5 mi) banked superspeedway, but there was not enough money to complete the project and only one of the bankings was completed. At first, the circuit was planned to hold NASCAR-style races in Japan. History 1963–79: F1 launches in Japan įuji Speedway Corporation was established in 1963 as Japan NASCAR Corporation. The Super GT Fuji 500 km race is held at the racetrack on Golden Week.įuji Speedway has one of the longest straights in motorsport tracks, at 1.475 km (0.917 mi) in length. After Fuji Speedway hosted the 2008 race, the Japanese Grand Prix returned to Suzuka for races from 2009 onward.
The circuit hosted the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in 2007 after an absence of nearly 30 years, replacing the Suzuka Circuit owned by Honda. Originally managed by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Fuji Speedway was acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation in 2000. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing. Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japanĥth and current configuration (2005–present)ġ:18.426 ( Felipe Massa, Ferrari F2008, Formula One, 2008)ġ:14.854 ( Takuya Kurosawa, Lola, Formula 3000, 2000)ġ:14.088 ( Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Nissan R92CP, JSPC, 1992)ġ:10.02 ( Stefan Bellof, Porsche 956, 1983 Mount Fuji 1000 km, 1983)ġ:32.57 ( Vern Schuppan, March- Ford F2, 1973 Japanese Grand Prix)įuji Speedway ( 富士スピードウェイ, Fuji Supīdowei) is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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