Suzuka Circuit
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Key facts
- Location
- Suzuka , Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Capacity
- 155,000
- Owner
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (1962–present)
- Operator
- Honda Mobilityland (2006–present)
- Broke ground
- June 1961 ; 65 years ago ( 1961-06 )
- Opened
- September 1962 ; 63 years ago ( 1962-09 )
- Architect
- John Hugenholtz
- Website
- www.suzukacircuit.jp
- Length
- 5.807 km (3.608 mi)
- Race lap record
- 1:30.965 ( Andrea Kimi Antonelli , Mercedes AMG W16 , 2025 , F1 )
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Suzuka
- Sport
- motorsport
- Designed by
- John Hugenholtz
- Official website
- www.suzukacircuit.jp
- Image
- Suzukacircuit main-straight.jpg
- Length
- 5807
- Significant event
- Japanese Grand Prix
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- Commons category
- Suzuka Circuit
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- Suzuka Circuit
- social media followers
- 78000
- inception
- 1962-09-00
- commissioned by
- Sōichirō Honda
- date of official opening
- 1962-11-03
- used by
- Formula One
- short name
- Suzuka
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 24
- hashtag
- 鈴鹿サーキット
- native label
- 鈴鹿国際レーシングコース
- pseudonym
- Suzuka Circuit (鈴鹿サーキット)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Suzuka International Racing Course (Japanese: 鈴鹿国際レーシングコース, Hepburn: Suzuka Kokusai Rēsingu Kōsu), a.k.a. the Suzuka Circuit (鈴鹿サーキット, Suzuka Sākitto), is a 5.807 km (3.608 mi) long motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, and operated by Honda Mobilityland, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co, Ltd. It has a capacity of 155,000. It is most well known for its use in the international Formula One and Japanese Super Formula championships.
Introduction
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suzuka Circuit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.