Suzuka Circuit
🇯🇵 Suzuka, Japan · Local time Thu 8 Oct, 05:55
Circuit facts
- Official name
- Suzuka Circuit
- Location
- 🇯🇵 Suzuka, Japan
- Lap length
- 5.807 km
- Race laps
- 53
- Race distance
- 307.771 km
- Turns
- 18
- Direction
- Clockwise
- First Grand Prix
- 1987
- Lap record
- 1:30.983 — Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2026)
- Local time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
About the circuit
The only figure-of-eight layout in Formula 1 and the circuit drivers name most often as their favourite. Every corner flows into the next, and a mistake in the first sector is still costing time at the chicane.
Grands Prix at Suzuka Circuit
| Season | Grand Prix | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Japanese GP | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes |
| 2025 | Japanese GP | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2024 | Japanese GP | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2023 | Japanese GP | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2022 | Japanese GP | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2019 | Japanese GP | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes |
| 2018 | Japanese GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2017 | Japanese GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2016 | Japanese GP | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2015 | Japanese GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2014 | Japanese GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2013 | Japanese GP | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2012 | Japanese GP | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2011 | Japanese GP | Jenson Button | McLaren |
| 2010 | Japanese GP | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2009 | Japanese GP | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2006 | Japanese GP | Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| 2005 | Japanese GP | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren |
| 2004 | Japanese GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2003 | Japanese GP | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari |
| 2002 | Japanese GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2001 | Japanese GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2000 | Japanese GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 1999 | Japanese GP | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren |
| 1998 | Japanese GP | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren |
| 1997 | Japanese GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 1996 | Japanese GP | Damon Hill | Williams |
| 1995 | Japanese GP | Michael Schumacher | Benetton |
| 1994 | Japanese GP | Damon Hill | Williams |
| 1993 | Japanese GP | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1992 | Japanese GP | Riccardo Patrese | Williams |
| 1991 | Japanese GP | Gerhard Berger | McLaren |
| 1990 | Japanese GP | Nelson Piquet | Benetton |
| 1989 | Japanese GP | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton |
| 1988 | Japanese GP | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1987 | Japanese GP | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari |
Suzuka Circuit: frequently asked questions
- How long is a lap of Suzuka Circuit?
- A lap of Suzuka Circuit measures 5.807 km with 18 turns.
- What is the lap record at Suzuka Circuit?
- The lap record is 1:30.983, set by Andrea Kimi Antonelli in 2026.
- How many laps is the race at Suzuka Circuit?
- The Grand Prix runs 53 laps, a race distance of about 308 km.
- When did Suzuka Circuit first hold a Grand Prix?
- Suzuka Circuit first hosted a world championship Grand Prix in 1987.
- Who won the last race at Suzuka Circuit?
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 race here for Mercedes.
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