The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 8 October 2006 at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, Japan. It was the seventeenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Japanese Grand Prix. It was won by Fernando Alonso, his last win for the Renault team before he moved to McLaren the following season.
Michael Schumacher's Ferrari is returned to the pits after an engine failure cost him the race lead, and handed Fernando Alonso a ten-point advantage in the Drivers' Championship with one race remaining.
Suzuka International Racing Course
The Suzuka International Racing Course , a.k.a “Suzuka Circuit” , is a 5.807 km (3.608 mi) long motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Honda Mobilityland, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co, Ltd. It has a capacity of 155,000.
The circuit, as it appeared in 2018
Michael Schumacher's Ferrari 248 F1 being towed away after retiring from the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
Yamaha YZF-R1 of Team Etching Factory at the qualifying session of the Suzuka 300 km endurance race (2010).
Lewis Hamilton won the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, a race marred by the fatal accident of Jules Bianchi.
