Suzuka International Racing Course (iRacing)

Suzuka International Racing Course

Information
Location	Suzuka
Country	Japan
Configurations
Grand Prix Course 5.808 km 3.609 miles Moto Course 5.821 km 3.617 miles East Course 2.243 km 1.394 miles West Course 3.467 km 2.154 miles West Chicane Course 3.467 km 2.154 miles

Information

One of the world’s truly great race tracks, Suzuka has been the home of the Japanese Grand Prix since the 1980s and its flowing layout regularly puts the circuit at or near the top of the list of most Formula One drivers’ favorites. As if that weren’t enough, Suzuka boats three different configurations – Suzuka East, Suzuka West and Suzuka Full, the latter two featuring a rare figure eight layout where the back straightaway crosses the front section track on an overpass.

Designed by noted circuit architect John Hugenholtz (who also designed the original Zandvoort circuit), Suzuka opened in 1962 and served primarily as a test track for Honda and as the site of sports car racing including the Suzuka 1000K and the 8 Hours of Suzuka and MotoGP motorcycle events. Suzuka was nominated to stage the Japanese Grand Prix in 1987 and has often been the site of the Formula One season finale. As such, Suzuka has been the decisive event in some of the closest battles for the World Championship of Drivers and has witnessed a number of controversial incidents, including clashes between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Suzuka also hosted non-championship NASCAR races in 1996 and ’97.

In addition to its signature crossover layout, Suzuka features a number of notable challenges including a testing series of esses, the multi-apex Spoon Curve and dauntingly fast 130R corner. The race track also serves as the foundation for a major sports and entertainment facility including an amusement park whose giant Ferris Wheel is prominent in photographs and television images of the circuit.

Configurations

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  Grand Prix Course

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  Moto Course

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  East Course

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  West Course

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  West Chicane Course

Race Results

iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series

Season	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race Winner		Broadcast
			Driver	Team
2011	Greger Huttu	Jesse Nieminen	Greger Huttu	Team Redline
2012	Atze Kerkhof	Greger Huttu	Atze Kerkhof	Team Redline
2013	Hugo Luis	Atze Kerkhof	Hugo Luis	My3id Gaming
	Greger Huttu	Greger Huttu	Greger Huttu	Team Redline
2014	Hugo Luis	Juho Abe	Aleksi Uusi-Jaakkola	Team Redline
	Martin Krönke	Martin Krönke	Martin Krönke	Coanda Simsport
2015	Martin Krönke	Greger Huttu	Mitchell deJong	Foracer Coanda Simsport
2016	Mogar Filho	Martin Krönke	Martin Krönke	VRS Coanda Simsport
2017	Martin Krönke	Martin Krönke	Martin Krönke	VRS Coanda Simsport
2018	Mitchell deJong	Mitchell deJong	Mitchell deJong	VRS Coanda Simsport

VRS GT iRacing World Championship

Season	Pole position	Race Winner		Broadcast
		Team	Manufacturer
2018	#14 FA Racing G2 LogitechG	#8 VRS Coanda Simsport	Audi
	Frederik Rasmussen	Mitchell deJong Mack Bakkum
2019	#81 VRS Coanda Simsport	#81 VRS Coanda Simsport	BMW
	Joshua K Rogers	Joshua K Rogers Ricardo Castro Ledo

Force Dynamics Dallara iRacing Grand Prix Championship

Season	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race Winner		Broadcast
			Driver	Team
2021	Michele Costantini	Michele Costantini	Maarten van Loozenoord	Predator Simracing