Fuji Speedway

Fuji Speedway (富士スピードウェイ, Fuji Supīdowei) is a automobile racing circuit located in Japan. Also called Fuji Speedway or Fuji International, the circuit was built near Mount Fuji, a dormant volcano in central Japan. Fuji International Speedway hosted the Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix in , , , and . Fuji International Speedway was originally intended to be a NASCAR or Indy Car style oval, so it had a banked turn 1. Some of this turn survives today.
Due to a big crash in involving Gilles Villeneuve and Ronnie Peterson, which killed a photographer and a race marshal, Fuji Speedway was removed from the 1978 calendar until , where the Japanese GP was held at Suzuka Circuit, until F1 decided to return to a modified Fuji in .
Due to poor ticket sales and bad weather, FOM decided that the Japanese Grand Prix would be shared between Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit on alternate years. But in 2010, Toyota decided to discontinue the hosting of the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji, due to the global financial crisis.
==Circuit History ==
In 1963 a group of Japanese businessmen hatched a plan to bring NASCAR-style racing to Japan. They called their company Japan NASCAR Corporation, and planned to create a 4 km/2.5 mile high speed oval in a hilly area about 10km west of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji, actually on the foothills of 1,400m Mount Mikuni. Unfortunately the money ran out while the first of the two banked turns was under construction.
==Circuit Layout==
Fuji Speedway 1976.png|Fuji Speedway (1974–1983)
Fuji Speedway.png|Fuji Speedway (2005–present)
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==Event History==
The following is a list of Formula One World Championship events held at the Fuji circuit:
Year	Event 	Winning Driver 	Winning Constructor	Report
 	Japanese Grand Prix	Mario Andretti 	 	Report
 	Japanese Grand Prix	James Hunt 	 	Report
 	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton 	 	Report
 	Japanese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	 	Report
For 2009 onwards, the race would no longer be held at Fuji International Speedway, with F1 opting instead for Suzuka Circuit. Fuji International Speedway is owned by the Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese car company that also owned and operated a Formula 1 Team from until .
==Sources==
*www.wikipedia.org, The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One by Bruce Jones
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