Let's go see the FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX!

The 2025 season will kick off in March in Australia, continue with Round 3, the Japanese Grand Prix in April, and conclude with Round 24, the Abu Dhabi GP in December.

Number of Grand Prix Held: 24
Host Country: 21

• - Europe
  Italy (2 races), Monaco, Spain, Austria, United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, Azerbaijan
• ・North America
  United States (3 races), Canada, Mexico, Brazil
• ・Asia
  Japan, China, Singapore
• ・Middle East
  Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi
• ・Oceania
  Australia

Similar to track and field events, the winner of F1 is the one who crosses the finish line first. The final race is contested over a distance of approximately 300 km, requiring drivers to complete dozens of laps on a circuit that is between 3 km and 6 km per lap. The F1 Grand Prix weekend takes place over three days from Friday to Sunday (the Las Vegas GP is held from Thursday to Saturday), with the first day dedicated to practice sessions, the second day for practice sessions and the official qualifying to determine the starting positions for the final race, and the third day for the final race.

Point 1

On some Grand Prix events, a sprint race (approximately 100km short-distance race) will be held on the second day.

Point 2

In F1, three types of tires with different hardness are used, but there is a rule that requires teams to use at least two of them during the race, so a tire change will occur at least once during the race.

Point 3

In F1, one driver drives one car from start to finish. There are no driver changes.

The first F1 Grand Prix in Japan was held in 1977 at Fuji Speedway. Although it was held for two consecutive years, the event was then suspended in Japan until it was revived in 1987 at Suzuka Circuit with the F1 Japanese Grand Prix. That year, a total of 247,000 people attended, filling the Suzuka Circuit with fans. The highest attendance was in 2006, with a total of 361,000 people. Even now, more than 200,000 fans visit the F1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit, and over the past 34 events, a total of 8,728,000 fans have attended.
In recent years, the number of visitors from overseas has surged to watch F1 at SUZUKA CIRCUIT, which is praised by many drivers. More and more people are visiting for F1 viewing combined with sightseeing in Japan.

The FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX starts running on Friday, but in fact, events begin on Thursday. Core fans come to SUZUKA CIRCUIT from this event day. They fully enjoy F1 for four days. Of course, there are also people who come just to watch the final race on Sunday. Everyone enjoys the weekend of the FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX according to their own situation.

Every year, the Thursday event features special activities such as the Pit Walk, where you can see F1 cars up close. After Friday, which is the official schedule, there are unique events that you cannot experience. The drivers have already arrived in Suzuka, so you might run into them unexpectedly!?

On Friday, there will be two practice sessions, and the power of the machines entering the Suzuka Circuit for the first time this year is tremendous! It's a moment when the entire circuit is filled with cheers. On Saturday, there will be one practice session and an official qualifying session to determine the starting positions for the final race. The official qualifying will be conducted in three parts, with all 20 cars participating in the first part (Q1) for a time attack. The slowest times from 16th to 20th place will be determined in this Q1. The top 15 cars will advance to the second part (Q2), where the qualifying positions from 11th to 15th will be determined. The top 10 cars from Q2 will advance to the third part (Q3), where the qualifying positions from pole position (1st place) to 10th will be determined based on their times.

Sunday is finally the day of the final race. After a formation lap (familiarization run) of one lap, the cars will stop on the starting grid (the starting position of each driver), and once all cars are in place, the race will start simultaneously. The race will consist of 53 laps around the 5.807 km Suzuka Circuit.