| Suzuka Circuit (Intermittently; 1966–1976, 1987–present) | |
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| Race information | |
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| Number of times held | 49 |
| First held | 1963 |
| Most wins (drivers) |  Michael Schumacher (6) |
| Most wins (constructors) |  McLaren (9) |
| Circuit length | 5.807 km (3.608 miles) |
| Race length | 307.471 km (191.053 miles) |
| Laps | 53 |
| Last race (2024) | |
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The Japanese Grand Prix (Japanese: 日本グランプリ, romanized: Nihon-guranpuri) is a motor racing event in the calendar of the Formula One World Championship. Historically, Japan has been one of the last races of the season, and as such the Japanese Grand Prix has been the venue for many title-deciding races, with 13 World Drivers' Champions being crowned over the 36 World Championship Japanese Grands Prix that have been hosted. Japan was the only Asian nation to host a Formula One race (including the Pacific Grand Prix) until Malaysia joined the calendar in 1999.
The first two Formula One Japanese Grands Prix in 1976 and 1977 were held at the Fuji Speedway, before Japan was taken off the calendar. It returned in 1987 at Suzuka, which hosted the Grand Prix exclusively for 20 years and gained a reputation as one of the most challenging Formula One circuits. In 1994 and 1995, Japan also hosted the Pacific Grand Prix at the TI Circuit, making Japan one of only nine countries to host more than one Grand Prix in the same season (the others being Austria, Bahrain, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and the USA). In 2007 the Grand Prix moved back to the newly redesigned Fuji Speedway.[1] After a second race at Fuji in 2008, the race returned to Suzuka in 2009, as part of an alternating agreement between the owners of Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, perennial rivals Toyota and Honda. However, in July 2009, Toyota announced it would not host the race at Fuji Speedway in 2010 and beyond due to a downturn in the global economy,[2] and so the Japanese Grand Prix was held at Suzuka instead. Suzuka has hosted the Japanese Grand Prix every year since 2009, apart from in 2020 and 2021 when the Grands Prix were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
The event is due to take place at the Suzuka Circuit until at least 2029.[5]
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- ^ Toyota's Fuji Speedway Cancels Formula One Grand Prix From 2010 Archived 28 July 2012 at archive.today Bloomberg.com, Retrieved 22 December 2009
- ^ "Japanese Grand Prix to remain at Suzuka". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Aug 19, Rakyat Malaysia on; Am, 2021 at 11:28 (19 August 2021). "2021 Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix cancelled for second year in a row due to resurgence of Covid-19 - paultan.org". Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Formula 1 to race in Japan until 2029 after new five-year extension". www.formula1.com. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.