All News: Suzuka International Circuit

Huttu Seals 2013 World Title with Interlagos Victory

September 11th, 2013 by

With two rounds of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix series still to run, Greger Huttu has sealed the series crown with a pole-to-flag win at the virtual-Interlagos. It’s the Finn’s third world title in four years, which sees him take home a cool $10,500 in prize money. Starting from pole position after setting a … Read the Rest »

Stanaway Seals iRPS Title at Suzuka

January 23rd, 2013 by

Continuing his unassailable form in the iRacing.com Road Pro Series, Richie Stanaway made it four race victories on the bounce with a faultless run to the chequered flag in the championship finale at Suzuka International Circuit. The New Zealand-based sim-racer who has dominated the second half of the season, demonstrated his qualifications for the championship … Read the Rest »

Broekman Nails ESRA V8 Opener at Suzuka

September 21st, 2012 by

Things looked quite difficult for the drivers of the European Sim Racing Association V8 Supercar GT Omega Championship early in the practice session for the first race of the championship at the Suzuka International Circuit. Rens Broekman was very fast indeed early in practice and took the pole position, nearly a full second faster than … Read the Rest »

The Pit Entry Challenge

August 15th, 2012 by

Sprint Cup or NiSWC, Formula One or iGPSWC, Daytona or Indianapolis, Suzuka or Stratford, online and real world races are won and lost in the pits.  The First Annual Pit Entry Challenge Presented by Simplex Media Solutions will pit 200 iRacers against one another to determine who is the best getting on — and off … Read the Rest »

Williams Surges, Ligier Fades as Frische Claims Title

July 19th, 2012 by

Williams continued their recent run of excellent form to surge into the lead of the Classic Team Championship constructors championship at Barber Motorsports Park even as a poor showing from Ligier’s Audrius Valanteijus gave Ferrari driver, Gernot Frische, the CTC drivers title with a race to run. Leading by 95 points, the Ligier driver would … Read the Rest »

Hamstead Closes Gap with Win in Japan

July 4th, 2012 by

Round Nine of the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond saw the teams travel to Japan for a 20 lap shootout at the famous Suzuka International Racing Course. This 5.8km course features a unique cross-over design, with 17 turns and little room for error. Madison Down grabbed the pole position in qualifying with a … Read the Rest »

Saarinen Uncorks at Laguna

October 14th, 2011 by

Week 9 in the 2011 Season 3 Thrustmaster Mustang Challenge took the sim racers to the twists and turns of the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the hills overlooking Monterey, California.  Over 500 drivers tried to entictoryer their names into the record book as a winner at the famed California track, but after … Read the Rest »

2011 iRacing.com Japan Grand Prix

October 12th, 2011 by

Nearly 250 iRacers took advantage of last Saturday’s 2011 iRacing.com Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka International Circuit to see if they could “be like Jenson” — ie Jenson Button, who scored his third win of the 2011 World Drivers Championship at Suzuka on Sunday. Sebastian Schmalenbach (DE-AT-CH) topped the highest strength of field race of … Read the Rest »

Huttu Untouchable as Luis Takes iNGPS Crown

October 11th, 2011 by

The penultimate round of the iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series brought the Williams-Toyota FW31s to a virtual-Japan for their first ever visit to the 3.6 mile Suzuka International Circuit.   And it was 2010 World Champion Greger Huttu who claimed the top step of the podium for his fourth victory of the season so far. … Read the Rest »

Five Minutes With Hugo Luis

October 7th, 2011 by

This weekend could witness a new era in sim-racing, as Hugo Luis sets-out to claim the iRacing.com NVIDIA Grand Prix Series title on Saturday in the penultimate round of the championship at the Suzuka International Circuit. In his début year of competition in online road-racing’s most prestigious series, the Brazilian has surged into a commanding … Read the Rest »