Thank you. The title was Hunt's for the taking, but as the track began to dry out he overheated his tyres and was forced to pit with a puncture. In addition to motorsports, Fuji also hosts the Udo Music Festival. F1 Fanatic", Fuji Speedway info from official F1 website, Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info, Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit, Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fuji_Speedway&oldid=979678370, Tourist attractions in Shizuoka Prefecture, Articles with dead external links from January 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2017, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 04:02. Three years later, following a big accident where drivers Hiroshi Kazato and Seiichi Suzuki lost their lives on the banking, the track layout was modified, cutting out the whole top section of the track and introducing a tight right hand corner at the end of the straight,t to slow cars down. The circuit has always hosted the NISMO Festival for historic Nissan racers, since the takeover and refurbishment in 2003, the event took place at TI Circuit. Some of this turn survives today. Assetto Corsa Algarve International Circuit 2.0 Tiago Lima. Asphalt looks good, also nice 3D grass. Fuji International Speedway is owned by the Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese car company that also owned and operated a Formula 1 Team from 2002 until 2009. Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Here is an image from 1966 and the Fuji 200 Indy race that was won by Jackie Stewart. Coordinates. Could need some improvement. Prior to Gran Turismo Sport's update 1.29, the circuit was known as Fuji Speedway F. Fuji Speedway F superimposed onto the full new circuit This is where the Skyline 2000 GT-R proved itself and quickly grew to become the king of the Japanese GT racers. 23500+ Members! For the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix race, organizers responded to lessons learned the previous year by reducing the total number of spectators allowed at the event. Autodromo Geraldo Backer. In circumstances similar to Fuji's first Grand Prix in 1976, the race was run in heavy rain and mist and the first 19 laps were run under the safety car, in a race won by Lewis Hamilton. Suzuka Twin Drift. But in 2010, Toyota decided to discontinue the hosting of the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji, due to the global financial crisis. The first of these banked corners was well under way when a visiting Stirling Moss, invited by the Japanese to view progress, told circuit bosses that he thought it was unrealistic to complete an oval circuit in such mountainous terrain and had some reservations about the design to date. Despite being as far removed from the Deep South as it could possibly be, the plans had serious intent, with the formation of the Japan NASCAR Corporation in 1963. Speeds continued to be very high, and two chicanes were added to the track, one just past the first hairpin corner, the second at the entry to the very long, very fast final turn (300R). Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, https://f1.fandom.com/wiki/Fuji_Speedway?oldid=87533. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing.