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The circuit was originally
planned as a 2.5 mile superspeedway with a road
course and 30 degree banking, but when construction
was started in 1965 the money ran out before both
ends of the banking could be built. The result
was a 6km road course with a massively banked
curve at one end.
In 1974 the direction was changed to clockwise,
and a new downhill right first corner was constructed
to bypass the banking.
When Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari somersaulted
into a prohibited area killing a marshal and spectator
in 1977, the F1 circus left not to return. |
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Fuji |
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Japan |
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Shizoukaken |
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| Track length
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2.77/4.45 |
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