Super GT - SUGO
SUGO
Display & Timezone
Display & Timezone
Showing times for Europe/Brussels
Timezone
Europe - Brussels
19 - 20 Sep
Sugo
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Upcoming in Super GT
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FUJI 1
3 - 4 May
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MALAYSIA
20 - 21 Jun
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FUJI 2
1 - 2 Aug
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Upcoming at Sugo
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SUGO
Super Formula
8 - 9 Aug
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Track Info
Sportsland SUGO - Murata, Miyagi, Japan
Old-school rollercoaster in the hills - clockwise - International Car Circuit 3.704 km with 12 turns - event listings often quote 3.586 km - fierce elevation and the iconic 100R to Dunlop Bridge run
When was the track built?
SUGO was created in 1975 as a complete motorsport complex in the Tōhoku hills, with separate circuits for road racing, motocross, trials and karting. Yamaha stewardship kept the site evolving into a modern FIA Grade 2 venue that still feels properly old-school thanks to its natural terrain and compact lap.
When was its first race?
The venue’s first race season began in 1975. Through the late 1980s and 1990s it hosted All-Japan F3000, Group C sports cars and WorldSBK, before becoming a staple of today’s Super Formula, Super GT and MFJ Superbike calendars.
What's the circuit like?
- Elevation defines pace: Around 70 m of altitude change per lap means long climbs and plunges that punish traction and reward commitment.
- Signature 100R to Dunlop Bridge: A near-flat-out right-hand sweep up to the highest point, cresting under the Dunlop Bridge onto the front straight.
- Technical mid-lap: The Hi-Point - Rainbow - Backstretch sequence demands rotation over blind crests and perfect throttle timing for the downhill run.
- Benchmark pace: Super Formula’s 1:06.350 race-lap is the modern ceiling for cars here, with GT500 laps in the low 1:12s during races.
Lap records and benchmarks (by series)
- Super Formula - race lap: 1:06.350 - Nick Cassidy, Dallara SF19, 2020.
- Super GT GT500 - race lap: 1:12.079 - Hiroki Otsu, Honda Civic Type R-GT, 2025 Sugo 300 km. Qualifying bests around 1:09.4 in 2023.
- Formula Nippon - race lap: 1:08.740 - Hiroaki Ishiura, Swift FN09, 2011.
- Group C - race lap: 1:10.629 - Mauro Martini, Jaguar XJR-14, 1991.
- MFJ Superbike - reference: recent JSB1000 best race laps ~1:26 - 1:27, with the official SBK record 1:28.121 in 2023.
Why go?
SUGO produces elbows-out battles on a short, flowing lap you can follow with your eyes. The uphill blast to Dunlop Bridge shows raw commitment, the Hi-Point to Rainbow link exposes tyre management, and the Hairpin plus SP-In/Out complexes invite brave lunges. Super GT in late summer and Super Formula in early summer bring stacked Japanese grids to a natural amphitheatre.
Where's the best place to watch?
- 100R - Dunlop Bridge crest: Feel the speed as cars climb flat-out and crest onto the front straight - great panoramic views.
- Hi-Point to Rainbow: Blind apex into a downhill exit that decides the run along the Backstretch - brilliant for race craft and photos.
- Hairpin and SP-In: Heaviest braking and classic divebomb zone before the final sector switchbacks to the line.
Not just one series - headline events at SUGO
Super GT: Annual 300 km round with notoriously close finishes and weather curveballs.
Super Formula: Japan’s fastest single-seaters - SUGO is the shortest lap on the calendar and a fan favorite.
MFJ Superbike - WorldSBK legacy: Japan’s superbikes still fly here; WorldSBK raced SUGO from 1988 to 2003.
Hotels & Accommodation
SUGO
19 - 20 Sep
Sugo
Track Info
Sportsland SUGO - Murata, Miyagi, Japan
Old-school rollercoaster in the hills - clockwise - International Car Circuit 3.704 km with 12 turns - event listings often quote 3.586 km - fierce elevation and the iconic 100R to Dunlop Bridge run
When was the track built?
SUGO was created in 1975 as a complete motorsport complex in the Tōhoku hills, with separate circuits for road racing, motocross, trials and karting. Yamaha stewardship kept the site evolving into a modern FIA Grade 2 venue that still feels properly old-school thanks to its natural terrain and compact lap.
When was its first race?
The venue’s first race season began in 1975. Through the late 1980s and 1990s it hosted All-Japan F3000, Group C sports cars and WorldSBK, before becoming a staple of today’s Super Formula, Super GT and MFJ Superbike calendars.
What's the circuit like?
- Elevation defines pace: Around 70 m of altitude change per lap means long climbs and plunges that punish traction and reward commitment.
- Signature 100R to Dunlop Bridge: A near-flat-out right-hand sweep up to the highest point, cresting under the Dunlop Bridge onto the front straight.
- Technical mid-lap: The Hi-Point - Rainbow - Backstretch sequence demands rotation over blind crests and perfect throttle timing for the downhill run.
- Benchmark pace: Super Formula’s 1:06.350 race-lap is the modern ceiling for cars here, with GT500 laps in the low 1:12s during races.
Lap records and benchmarks (by series)
- Super Formula - race lap: 1:06.350 - Nick Cassidy, Dallara SF19, 2020.
- Super GT GT500 - race lap: 1:12.079 - Hiroki Otsu, Honda Civic Type R-GT, 2025 Sugo 300 km. Qualifying bests around 1:09.4 in 2023.
- Formula Nippon - race lap: 1:08.740 - Hiroaki Ishiura, Swift FN09, 2011.
- Group C - race lap: 1:10.629 - Mauro Martini, Jaguar XJR-14, 1991.
- MFJ Superbike - reference: recent JSB1000 best race laps ~1:26 - 1:27, with the official SBK record 1:28.121 in 2023.
Why go?
SUGO produces elbows-out battles on a short, flowing lap you can follow with your eyes. The uphill blast to Dunlop Bridge shows raw commitment, the Hi-Point to Rainbow link exposes tyre management, and the Hairpin plus SP-In/Out complexes invite brave lunges. Super GT in late summer and Super Formula in early summer bring stacked Japanese grids to a natural amphitheatre.
Where's the best place to watch?
- 100R - Dunlop Bridge crest: Feel the speed as cars climb flat-out and crest onto the front straight - great panoramic views.
- Hi-Point to Rainbow: Blind apex into a downhill exit that decides the run along the Backstretch - brilliant for race craft and photos.
- Hairpin and SP-In: Heaviest braking and classic divebomb zone before the final sector switchbacks to the line.
Not just one series - headline events at SUGO
Super GT: Annual 300 km round with notoriously close finishes and weather curveballs.
Super Formula: Japan’s fastest single-seaters - SUGO is the shortest lap on the calendar and a fan favorite.
MFJ Superbike - WorldSBK legacy: Japan’s superbikes still fly here; WorldSBK raced SUGO from 1988 to 2003.
