Suzuka Int. Racing Course

About this circuit

Elevação 3D da pista

Key corners

The Esses (Turns 3-4-5-6-7)

Five direction changes climbing uphill, taken in 6th-7th gear at 200-260 km/h. The most rhythm-dependent sequence in F1 — get the entry to Turn 3 wrong and the entire complex falls apart. The lap-time sensitivity here exceeds anywhere else on the calendar.

Degner 1 + 2 (Turns 8-9)

Two right-handers separated by a tiny straight, the first taken at 240 km/h and tightening, the second at 130 km/h on a tighter line. Misjudge Degner 1 and the wall on the inside of Degner 2 ends the lap.

130R (Turn 15)

A long left-hander whose name comes from its 130-metre radius. Once the most feared corner in F1; modern cars take it flat at 320 km/h and the corner has lost some mystique, but the run-off-to-wall margin still terrifies anyone who runs wide.

Casio Triangle / Final chicane (Turns 16-17-18)

The last corner — a tight, kerb-heavy chicane that ends the lap and leads onto the start-finish straight. The DRS-zone overtake spot, but also the place where five championship-deciding moves have happened (Senna 1989, Schumacher 2000, Hamilton 2007, Verstappen 2022).

F1 drivers at Suzuka Int. Racing Course