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FORMULA 1/VENUES/SUZUKA INTERNATIONAL RACING COURSE
FORMULA 1 · JAPAN GP

Suzuka

Suzuka International Racing Course

MIE PREFECTURE · JP · EST. 1987

"Suzuka has everything — the figure-eight layout, the S-curves, 130R, the Esses. The circuit that most drivers name as their favourite in the world. And a graveyard of championships."

Suzuka International Racing Course

TURN 1CASIO CHICANE
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MIE PREFECTURE · JP
MOMENT

LENGTH

5.807km

CORNERS

18

LAP RECORD

1:30.965

ANTONELLI · '25

ELEVATION

40m

F1 SINCE

1987

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

Tyre energy and fast direction changes define Suzuka — Pirelli's maximum tyre-stress and lateral ratings.

Engine PowerHIGH

68.2% FLAT · 325 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyHIGH

DOWNFORCE 4/5

Mechanical GripMODERATE

TRACTION 3/5 · HAIRPIN · CHICANE

Braking StabilityLOW

BREMBO 1/5 · JOINT-LIGHTEST

Tyre DegradationEXTREME

STRESS 5/5 · HARDEST C1/C2/C3

High-speed commitmentCRITICAL

S CURVES · DEGNER · 130R

WEATHER · SUZUKA INTERNATIONAL RACING COURSE

1987–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 36 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 81%
MIXED 14%
WET 5%

OF 36 F1 RACES SINCE 1987

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

2022 · Catalogue rain-affected · curated WETWET
1994 · Catalogue rain-affected · curated WETWET
2014 · Catalogue rain-affected · MIXEDMIXED

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Suzuka International Racing Course — 29 dry / 5 mixed / 2 wet of 36 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Max Verstappen

984W 7PD 4P

Sebastian Vettel

964W 8PD 5P

Michael Schumacher

946W 9PD 8P

Ayrton Senna

862W 4PD 3P

Lewis Hamilton

804W 7PD 2P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Suzuka International Racing Course. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

1989
CLASH

Senna–Prost chicane collision

McLAREN vs McLAREN

1990
TITLE

Senna takes Prost out at T1

McLAREN vs FERRARI

2000
TITLE

Schumacher wins 3rd title

FERRARI · WDC TITLE

2022
RAIN

Verstappen wins WDC in rain

RED BULL · POINTS DRAMA

2015
WIN

Hamilton wins dominant Suzuka race

MERCEDES · DOMINANT

2025
RECORD

Antonelli sets lap record on debut year

MERCEDES · POLE RECORD

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED