It may be stating the obvious, but classic racetracks beget classic races. Since its maiden grand prix in 1987, the Suzuka International Racing Course in Japan's Mie Prefecture has become firmly established as one of the world's great racing circuits, delivering a formidable collection of great grands prix to boot. With its classic sweeping left-right left-right first sector, culminating in the long single apex uphill at Dunlop, its unique-in-Formula-One-terms figure-of-eight configuration, the tricky double-apex of Spoon at the top of the hill and the now diluted but still daunting flash through 130R into the established passing spot at the chicane, the former Honda test-track contains...
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