Autopolis
Sign in to saveis a international racing circuit located near Kamitsue village in Ōita Prefecture, Japan on the northeast of Kumamoto. Opened in 1990, it hosts a range of domestic and international motorsport events throughout the year. The track is noted to have a high standard of facilities and infrastructure. Due to the circuit ending up in financial difficulties, it has changed hands several times but still operates to this day.
Key facts
- Motorsport venue.name
- Autopolis International Racing Course
- Motorsport venue.image
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- Motorsport venue.image_caption
- Full Circuit (1990–present)
- Motorsport venue.location
- Kamitsue village, in Hita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan
- Motorsport venue.owner
- Kawasaki Motors (2005–present)Hazama Ando (1995–2004)Tomonori Tsurumaki (1990–1994)
- Motorsport venue.operator
- Autopolis Co., Ltd.
- Motorsport venue.construction_cost
- ¥47 billion
- Motorsport venue.architect
- Yoshitoshi Sakurai
- Motorsport venue.fia_grade
- 2
- Motorsport venue.events
- Current:Super GT(1999, 2003–2009, 2011–2015, 2017–2019, 2021–present)Super Formula (1991–1992, 2006, 2009–present)Super Taikyu (2012–present)MFJ Superbike (2002–2015, 2017–present)Former: Ferrari Challenge Japan (2023, 2025)TCR Japan (2019–2021)FR Japan (2020)Asia Road Racing Championship (2009–2014)Formula V6 Asia (2007)Asian Touring Car Series (2003–2005, 2007)World Sportscar Championship (1991)
- Motorsport venue.layout
- Full Circuit (1990–present)
- Motorsport venue.length_km
- 4.673
- Motorsport venue.length_mi
- 2.904
- Motorsport venue.turns
- 19
- Motorsport venue.record_time
- 1:26.960
- Motorsport venue.record_driver
- Naoki Yamamoto
- Motorsport venue.record_car
- Dallara SF19
- Motorsport venue.record_year
- 2020
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- The circuit
- Events
- Lap records
- References
- External links
is a international racing circuit located near Kamitsue village in Ōita Prefecture, Japan on the northeast of Kumamoto. Opened in 1990, it hosts a range of domestic and international motorsport events throughout the year. The track is noted to have a high standard of facilities and infrastructure. Due to the circuit ending up in financial difficulties, it has changed hands several times but still operates to this day.
== History == The circuit, located within Aso Kujū National Park, was built at a cost of $500 million by the wealthy real-estate developer and investment banker Tomonori Tsurumaki who made headlines in 1989, when during a Paris auction, he successfully bid a Pablo Picasso painting Les Noces de Pierrette for $51.3 million from his Tokyo hotel room. Following his successful bid, he announced that his painting was to hang at the art gallery of the auto racing resort, under development at the time.