Mobility Resort Motegi

Dario Franchitti once observed that his first view of Mobility Resort Motegi made him feel like he was “in a James Bond movie.”  Understandably so.  Said to be the largest construction project on the Pacific Rim when it was begun in 1996 under the auspices of the Honda Motor Company, the combination oval/road course sits in a bowl that was created by lopping-off the tops of several mountains 90 miles northwest of Tokyo.

The resulting facility features an egg-shaped oval and a completely separate road course with three different configurations, along with two complete pit and paddock complexes.  And that’s just for openers.  Mobility Resort Motegi is also home to the Honda Collection Hall, a stunning exhibit of Honda racing and production cars and motorcycles, as well as the Honda Fan Fun Lab which features a preview of Honda’s next generation technologies.  And overlooking Turns 3 and 4 of the oval is a four star hotel and restaurant.

Mobility Resort Motegi’s 1.549 mile oval is a unique, egg-shaped configuration.  Turns One and Two are wide and fast, while Turns Three and Four feature a tighter radius and usually require a downshift (or two) to negotiate at maximum speed.

The three road courses include the West, East and International configurations.  The .860 mile West course is contained within the oval and consists of six turns. The 2.983, 14 turn mile International course utilizes much of the West course before passing under the oval’s back straightaway and winding through the surrounding countryside before a tight hairpin and return straightaway (with a separate pit facility) brings it through a second tunnel and back inside the speedway.  The 2.112 East course uses much of the International circuit, but only a small portion of the West course.

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