Motegi, Tochigi · JP
Built by Honda as a dual oval-and-road-course facility, Motegi hosts the Japanese MotoGP and is a shrine to Honda's racing heritage. The 2.98-mile road course winds through dense forest.
Twin Ring Motegi is a permanent racing circuit in Motegi, Tochigi. The lap measures 4.801 km (2.983 miles) across 14 corners, run clockwise.
It opened in 1997. It hosts MotoGP. Capacity is around 68,156 spectators.
Honda built the facility in 1997, largely to bring the American CART series to Japan and to learn from US open-wheel racing at first hand. The original name, Twin Ring Motegi, described the layout literally: a 2.5 km oval and a 4.8 km road course sharing one site, an unusual pairing anywhere and unique in Japan.
The oval never found a lasting purpose. IndyCar raced on it for the last time in 2010, and it stood mostly idle afterwards. Honda Mobilityland renamed the venue Mobility Resort Motegi on 1 March 2022, its twenty-fifth anniversary, playing up the hotel, campgrounds and attractions and quietly dropping the reference to a second ring that was no longer used. The oval has since been decommissioned and is being turned over to spectator seating and camping.
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