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Suzuka Circuit

1987–2026 · 36 races

Career summary

Race count

36

First year

1987

Last year

2026

Most wins

MSC · 6

Pole lap-time progression

Pole-position lap times by season. Fastest highlighted in red. Across 24 qualifying sessions, the gap from slowest (2005, 1:46.106) to fastest (2025, 1:26.983) is 19.12 seconds.

1994: 1:37.2091995: 1:38.0232000: 1:35.8252002: 1:31.3172003: 1:31.7132004: 1:33.5422005: 1:46.1062006: 1:29.5992009: 1:32.1602010: 1:30.7852011: 1:30.4662012: 1:30.8392013: 1:30.9152014: 1:32.5062015: 1:32.5842016: 1:30.6472017: 1:27.3192018: 1:27.7602019: 1:27.0642022: 1:29.3042023: 1:28.8772024: 1:28.1972025: 1:26.9832026: 1:28.778 1:26.983 (fastest)1:46.106 (slowest) 1994 2026

Most wins here

Rank Code Wins
01 MSC 6
02 HAM 4
03 VER 4
04 VET 4
05 BER 2
06 HIL 2
07 HÄK 2
08 SEN 2
09 ALO 1
10 ANT 1

Every race held here

Year ▼ Round Race Pole Winner 2nd 3rd
2026 3 Japanese Grand Prix ANT ANT PIA LEC
2025 3 Japanese Grand Prix VER VER NOR PIA
2024 4 Japanese Grand Prix VER VER PER SAI
2023 16 Japanese Grand Prix VER VER NOR PIA
2022 18 Japanese Grand Prix VER VER PER LEC
2019 17 Japanese Grand Prix VET BOT VET HAM
2018 17 Japanese Grand Prix HAM HAM BOT VER
2017 16 Japanese Grand Prix HAM HAM VER RIC
2016 17 Japanese Grand Prix ROS ROS VER HAM
2015 14 Japanese Grand Prix ROS HAM ROS VET
2014 15 Japanese Grand Prix ROS HAM ROS VET
2013 15 Japanese Grand Prix WEB VET WEB GRO
2012 15 Japanese Grand Prix VET VET MAS KOB
2011 15 Japanese Grand Prix VET BUT ALO VET
2010 16 Japanese Grand Prix VET VET WEB ALO
2009 15 Japanese Grand Prix VET VET TRU HAM
2006 17 Japanese Grand Prix MAS ALO MAS FIS
2005 18 Japanese Grand Prix SCH RAI FIS ALO
2004 17 Japanese Grand Prix MSC MSC SCH BUT
2003 16 Japanese Grand Prix BAR BAR RAI COU
2002 17 Japanese Grand Prix MSC MSC BAR RAI
2001 17 Japanese Grand Prix MSC MSC MON COU
2000 16 Japanese Grand Prix MSC MSC HÄK COU
1999 16 Japanese Grand Prix MSC HÄK MSC IRV
1998 16 Japanese Grand Prix MSC HÄK IRV COU
1997 16 Japanese Grand Prix VIL MSC FRE IRV
1996 16 Japanese Grand Prix VIL HIL MSC HÄK
1995 16 Japanese Grand Prix MSC MSC HÄK HER
1994 15 Japanese Grand Prix MSC HIL MSC ALE
1993 15 Japanese Grand Prix PRO SEN PRO HÄK
1992 15 Japanese Grand Prix MAN PAT BER BRU
1991 15 Japanese Grand Prix BER BER SEN PAT
1990 15 Japanese Grand Prix SEN PIQ MOR SUZ
1989 15 Japanese Grand Prix SEN NAN PAT BOU
1988 15 Japanese Grand Prix SEN SEN PRO BOU
1987 15 Japanese Grand Prix BER BER SEN JOH

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