Fuji Speedway: Fire Under The Mountain • Race Track Profiles

Fuji Speedway is an internationally known race track at the base of Mount Fuji, which has hosted four Formula 1 races and almost every type of motorsport out there. It was even considering NASCAR as its primary racing attraction when construction started!
You may know the modern race track from the 2007 or 2008 Japanese F1 Grand Prix, Gran Turismo, or if you are a fan of motorsports in Japan, but the track has had many considerable changes over the years!
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1963 Daytona 500
Fuji Speedway Original Layout Footage: • Old Fuji speedway onbo...
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[@real.p.1]

I'd enjoy finding out more about the old layouts in Gran Turismo or another simulator. Especially the first with the banked corner. It would be a great way to document Japanese racing history.

[@potatogirlcultist19]

There is a version on F1 Challenge VB or Assetto Corsa

[@Eeter26]

I think the tilkefied new layout is a crime! It’s not fuji speedway nowadays, just fuji medium-speedway.

[@TimRoseOfficial]

This is great! Thanks for sharing my friend and congrats on 3.7K! Keep rocking!

[@ooohhenrybmblm]

I think Toyota should at least bring back the original layout and then update the safety especially at the Daiichi section such as making a sort of run-off area there and then making better, bigger barriers. The last right sweeping turn should also be reused, with the old chicane prior to it.

[@davemcguigan218]

That was a great video!!! I follow F1 and this weekend they are in Italy at Monza. I started watching it in '90 and remember a race their that was not the Japanese GP and instead was an additional GP near Mt Fuji. That showed a lot of information about the Fuji circuit that I was not aware of! Thanks again!

[@CarsSimplified]

Thanks!
Monza is another track with a high banked turn that is abandoned, if I'm recalling that correctly. I think that's from the oval in the track's logo. Definitely a track I'll want to research some more!

[@davemcguigan218]

@@CarsSimplified yes that high bank is the old section that is not used anymore. Way too fast and dangerous today. Can be seen in the 'Grand Prix' movie made in '69 with the late James Garner.

[@ducedevlstear2471]

They have actually used the Twin layout few times in the 50's,
You come out the Parabolica, join the banking,
You come down the banking, you join the traditional track.
That could also be seen in the movie, although they didn't use it in racing any more by that time.

[@kaedeschulz5422]

The old layouts were dangerous yet awesome!
Sure would love to see F1 there as well as GT car stuff and LMP kinda stuff like in the past.

[@davemcguigan218]

I would like to see F1 return maybe even alternate between Suzuka and Fuji.

[@Karthik-nv6ry]

i loved it when flat out right hader final corner without chicane

[@goldensword1399]

Me gustaría verla en la fórmula 1 de nuevo

[@EvilInfernoWolf]

I would like to see NASCAR go there pluse imaguns ug suzuka and Fuji were combined

[@APoetsCorner]

I never knew the original layout of Fuji was so dangerous.

[@ditanugroho5654]

i dont think f1 should return there
i didnt like the current layout because it becoming so slow my favorite are Suzuka because it combined high speed and some low speed and maintaining to be techniqal

[@aussieaudir8lms871]

So fuji is most deadly track in japan? Also why is there is "short" version even tho it cuts less than 100m?

[@Yoshiman2024]

Well, it cuts way more than that but it's the "short" course because it cut the most dangerous part.

[@ritanovielli3503]

I want to know where they got the money for all the improvements especially when they tie in the word NASCAR to the whole schmeal.