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Formula 1 circuit
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2026 Japanese Grand Prix
· Round 3
Newest first. Each year links to the full race weekend page.
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing |
| 2022 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing |
| 2019 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes |
| 2018 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2017 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2016 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2015 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
Most Suzuka International Racing Course wins, across all eras.
Michael Schumacher
6 wins · 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
All-time Japanese GP record.
Lewis Hamilton
4 wins · 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
What makes Suzuka International Racing Course feel like more than another race weekend.
Suzuka is the only circuit on the F1 calendar with a figure-8 layout — the back straight passes over the front straight on a bridge. The crossover gives the track a balance of high-speed, medium-speed and technical sections rarely matched anywhere else.
A high-speed left-hander on the run back to the chicane, named for its 130-metre radius. Once a flat-out corner that defined the bravest qualifying laps; modern downforce levels make it a momentum corner but it still rewards commitment.
Suzuka's traditional autumn slot has made it the venue for some of F1's most famous championship-deciding races — the Senna–Prost collisions of 1989 and 1990, Schumacher's 2000 title, Hamilton's 2014 wet-race victory.
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