Fuji speedway

In the early 60s, Japan began to strive for integration into the world community. Then, at Mitsubishi , the idea of ​​building a race track for NASCAR stages was born.

The construction of the highway began in 1963 by a private company. First, they built one of the straight lines with a length of 1.5 km. Then they built the first profiled 180-degree arc with a blade tilt angle of 33% and almost completed the preliminary work to create the second.

But by 1965, the money allocated for the construction ended, and interest in the “oval” races in Japan disappeared, so it was decided not to finish the construction of the oval, but to turn the existing sections into a classic European-style circuit.

The result was a unique ring of its kind, which can only be compared with the version of Indianapolis that was used by Formula 1 at the beginning of the 21st century. A long and wide starting line at the very end abruptly dived down, leaving for banking, and from there the pilots fell into a narrow and rather winding track. On this configuration of the route, the stages of the Japanese Grand Prix were held until 1977 .

After F1 at Mon Fuji, local competitions and stages of the world championship of sport prototypes, drag racing races were held. In 1986 and 1993, chicanes were built to slow down the speed of cars.

After the acquisition of the track by Toyota in 2000 as a test track, the track was modernized by Hermann Tilke . In particular, the “visiting card” of the route — a 230-degree arc — was completely destroyed, and a series of slow turns was built in its place. In this configuration, it hosted the Japanese Grand Prix of 2007 and 2008.

Later, it was decided to alternate the Grand Prix with another route - Suzuka , but due to the financial crisis, Toyota admitted that it did not want to bear the costs of the 2010 stage.

Turns

The official names of the 12 turns of the Fuji track. The names of turns include the designation of their radii in meters.

1. First corner 27r
2. 75R
3. Coca Cola Corner 80R
4. 100R
5. Hairpin Corner 30R
6. 120R
7. 300R
8. Dunlop Corner 15R
9. 300R
10. 45R
11. Netz Corner 25R
12. Panasonic Corner 12R

The pink color marks the Grand Prix, not included in the Formula 1 World Cup.

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