Should Formula 1 return to Fuji?
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2021
- The Japanese Grand Prix was last held at Fuji Speedway in 2008. And while Suzuka is adored by all, should Fuji be given another shot at life in the F1 schedule? Well...that's why we're all here, eh?
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How about we replace Sochi With Fuji and rename it to the pacific Grand Prix?
YES
YES
YES
yes and bring back Indy as the Indiapolis gp
はい！！！！
They should do a 'Asian Grand Prix' the same way they did the European Grand Prix for a while
Pacific Grand Prix was a thing once.
now that would be really cool, they could alternate between fuji, sepang, korea(?), buddh, chang etc.
@@ams4490 korea track is crap....but if the could change it....plus facilities there should be among the best
@@aj8671 Korea is quite a good track. 2010s race was really good, and it only ever hosted 3 GPs so it would be interesting to see if it will deliver some more good races or if 2010 was a exception. Shame the city that should have been build around it never happened.
@@ams4490 buddh will never probably host an F1 event again.
Kind of funny they built the track for stock cars and when NASCAR finally came over in the 1990s they went to Suzaka .
And Motegi
And to further twist the knife to Fuji, after NASCAR's deal with Suzuka is done, they went with Motegi instead because Honda built an oval complex at Motegi. They even ran a championship race for what is now ARCA West at Motegi in 1999, the only NASCAR championship race hosted in Asia to this day (Calder Park 1988 was an exhibition)
In hindsight, going to Fuji in 1998 could be a PR disaster for NASCAR seeing that it's the same year as Tetsuya Ota's infamous crash there...
@@RezaMaulanaRezaMaulana98 ah yes the crash that josh refers to as "some safety concerns by the late 90s"
@@ArnoldTriyudho I thought they also went to Motegi, but I didn't wanna be wrong in case I was misremembering it .
Apologies for that atrocity , it's Suzuka , not whatever the hell I typed out .
"Wave any other flag at Fuji, you'll find out just how fast Toyota employees can break ten of your fingers"
Wave a Toyota flag at Interlagos, however...
Context for both, please?
@@omaralgharib6521 Timo Glock, who drives for Toyota F1 team at that time, was passed by Lewis Hamilton at Interlagos during the 2008 Brazilian GP. It cost Felipe Massa a chance at a world driver's champion.
@@omaralgharib6521
First one: they didn't want non-Toyota stuff at the Toyota track, I assume. Which is kind of stupid, which is why Josh mentioned it in the video.
Second one: "Is that Glock?"
@@omaralgharib6521 Brazilian fans have some bad memories regarding a certain Toyota being overtaken on the last lap in 2008
@@MrYukew seriously?? They still cant get over it?
“Should we go back to Fuji” yes, so long as Suzuka stays, if it doesn’t then no we shouldn’t go back
or we could alternate, Suzuka is great but so is variation
This. Two races in Japan wouldn't be odd since the country means so much for the industry.
We have some free spots
They're called imola and sochi
The tbc also exists
I always loved the idea of a big race pool who get drafted for each year. Then wed have a year with fuji and suzuka, one with nürburg and hockenheim and another one with monza, imola and mugello. Also silverstone and brands hatch and so many more.
But its propably never going to happen because TV and sponsorship deals.
@@Cookivirus and Portimão, that circuit sucks.
"And dragon flies..."
Ah yes, *THAT'S* the deal-breaker right there.
Dark what are you doing here
@@mukita123 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
@@darkowl5795 NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
PACIFIC GP? the name of the grand prix
yes like Aida (Okayama in the present day) was in the 90's
I was literally thinking that
Yes, replacing the Chinese gp
@@HMS091189 Nah replacing Saudi-Arabia as the new addition to the calendar
Always thought they should've held Pacific Grand Prix from 1996 onwards in Fuji.
Fuji 2007 was just decent? That race was bloody brilliant!
DRAMA Every single second! and 2008 was kinda good too
Alonso crashing while leading the race, Heikki Kovalainen getting on the Podium on the Renault, And Vettel crashing into Webber during the Safety Car. Fuji 2007 is quite underrated.
@@petrolweeb Massa and kubica's battle
@@petrolweeb There's also the part where Webber is driving while sick, puking within his helmet and all
It had a lot of drama, but wasn't the best racing we've seen at that circuit.
petition to rename fuji to cola vending machine on a dank street corner in gotemba speedway
It really says a lot about how amazing the Fuji circuit was, when it's still okay after Hermann Tilke remade it.
"Except Akihabara"
Alonso : *sad weeb noise
Sooooo,
We all good with two Japanese Grand Prixs?
We're good with two Japanese Grand Prixs.
Excellent idea, problem solved!
Japanese Grand Prix and Pacific Grand Prix once more?
Sold!
*Grands Prix
It may come to pass that we have 2 events in each country soon if liberty media can squeeze it to 24 races a year...
@@reisanibal1 yeah you don't buy 2 blocks of cheeses or say chineses 🤣
Yes they should. Question awnsered!
Simple but true
No they shouldn't, from the drivers perspective, Fuji is awesome, until you hit sector 3, Mr. Hermann Tilke DESTROYED Fuji's sector 3, if you ever have the chance to drive on Fuji try it out, and maybe you'll understand me. Fuji's sector 3 is SLOW, NARROW, UPHILL and the corners suck, it's a COMPLETE DISASTER
@@bernardoberner4 Yeah, 90s Fuji would be an S-tier course but the final sector in modern Fuji kind of ruins it.
@@bernardoberner4 I think we all can agree with Hermanm Tilke destroying tracks with a shitload of corners chicanes or straighs. But on the other side, I would love to see F1 race there again, I just don't know why but I like that track
Yeah
Bernie might not have attained his dream of F1 in Time Square, but I reckon Akihabara would make a better and more interesting alternative.
there is a Mario Car race in Shibuya....
I didn't even dare to imagine how they will rearrange the traffic for closing that street
@@rockzs74r not too much actually, the street is (was Pre-Pandemic) regularly closed for festivals, or just made a pedestrian only zone (nearly every weekend)
the area is anyway part of the traffic restricted zone, all commuters are strongly advised to use "route 4" or "route 17" parallel bypasses which have fewer traffic-lights and a far greater car capacity.
It's similar to Turkey this year, as Jimmy Broadbent said, it's like that girlfriend that dumped you calls you up one day.
Also Fuji is an awesome track
and an another one circuit.which on japan too.
its Sportland Sugo (which is the circuit that Super Formula helds there).
That whole "Cola Vending machine in Gotemba Speedway thing" could be a good idea for a Tshirt, methinks
Super GT had 4 races there last season, but I really haven't got tired of it once. Love this track :D
Love the Green Brave profile picture!
HE'S OUT OF FUEL HE'S OUT OF FUEL HE'S OUT FUEL
WOOOOOWWWW
WOOOOOWWWW
@@homeperson11244 *Sad Hirakawa noise*
If you want to know about Japan
Just watch 'our man in japan' the presenter is JAMES MAY and he covered most of the Japan I think
It was a very enjoyable series, but I guess I expect that with May :) I can also highly recommend the channel Abroad in Japan for a deeper more personal insight on the place and Chris and the regulars on it are wonderful lol :) sorry
@@bigmanjaffers best part is Chris himself admits that "Our Man in Japan" is a good show without all the stereotypical "Wow it is like another planet" thing that generally happens when detailing about Japan and that James May did a good job with it.
HEY, BIM!
@@zetto156 GUESS WHAT
I watched it and it's pretty good, but there are some Japan RUclipsrs who are amazing as well. 'Abroad in Japan' f.e. Amazing looking images and a charismatic presenter who also actually has some Japanese friends that have something to add.
Ah what a coincidence, I just watched the 2007 Japanese gp yesterday....what a race it was, just epic
We have so many euro gps, I’d love for Fuji to replace Sochi, call it the Asian GP, imola to replace Paul Ricard, portimao to replace Spain and kyalami over Saudi Arabia, dream calendar
Turkey over Imola IMO
Kyalami over Saudi Arabia won't happen, our country can't compete financially with Oil Barons
@@manikahluwalia7285 turkey over Abu Dhabi? Imola may not have the most overtakes but the racing is fantastic when it does happen and the history of the circuit is massive
@@sneakysnake7695 I know it’s only a dream haha, it’s sad really, Africa deserves a Grand Prix, the same as they deserved a World Cup, the fans would be phenomenal
@@louieward7288 I know the calendar is long already but I feel South Africa has a better chance of just being added instead of replacing any circuits, we dont have the money to replace any as established before.
0:03 insert Kirsten Dunst singing Turning Japanese
"japan is an amazing country"
*happy weeb noises*
"as long as you stay out of akihabara"
*sad weeb noises*
Noo!
its true though, weeb stuff is just 5% of what makes it a great country
@@GloomGaiGar of course.
That's true!
But saying it's great except for Akihabara ...
I'm an Anime fan who speaks Japanese, not sure if the term _"weeb"_ would suit me because *I'm not an obsessive simp for drawn girls who cannot live without them,* but Akihabara still seems interesting for me to visit one day (or even live there) anyway ^^`...
@@MiguelMedV you are a weeb then.
or an enthusiast idk.
did you learn to speak japanese from a proper class/education or from watching anime?
I think they should bring back the Pacific Grand Prix at Fuji. I love Fuji as a track and F1 should definitely go there. It's a mix of Portimao and the Nurburgring.
Suzuka is one of the greatest tracks ever, so definitely shouldn't disappear from F1. But if Fuji was added as a second Japanese race, I'd have nothing against that.
Love Suzuka but I'd happily see a return to it rotating with Fuji. In a perfect world we'd have both (and Honda wouldn't be leaving 😢) but F1 is F1.
There's no such thing as "F1 being F1"... everything happens for a reason.
@@YourFavouriteDraugr But that reason is the wrong reason. Instead we will get Saudi GP and I bet places like Qatar or Dubai will have their own GPs too soon.
Honda's technically not leaving. RedBull will still use the base Honda Power Unit, but they will pretty much start their own power train team around it. So the RedBull Engine won't be to dissimilar to the TagHEUER engine, which was just a Renault Engine with the timepiece manufacture's sticker slapped on top.
You got BlackFlagsMatter, you legend.
Also, you should try and do some nascar videos, you’ll easily attract a new audience.
S1apSh0es collab when
WHAT IN CARNATION??
And also the iceberg
I love Suzuka, but Fuji is a beautiful venue.
Honestly Fuji and Suzuka are both some of my favorite tracks on this planet 🔥
I drove this track on GT Sport and fell in love with it
You should try the 90's layout. That track was absolutely amazing.
The track is dogshit. Doesn't flow naturally and the turns are awkward af.
@@sebb8789 ding dong your opinion is wrong
@@ondrej1112 You silly clown... my opinion can't be wrong. BECAUSE ITS AN OPINION.
@@sebb8789 An opinion is not exclusively a preference. Preferences can't be wrong, opinions very much can be. It's literally one of the first things you learn in logic...
"there was a title battle at hand, between Alonso, Hamilton and _bwoah_"
Thanks, almost spilled my drink.
Having seen this circuit being used a lot during the 2020 Olympic Road Cycling, I can now say I definitely want to see it back in F1.
Love the content keep up the awesome work!!!!
Loved Fuji so much on Gran Turismo 4, I raced it so so much
Can you maybe do ” WTF Happend to USF1 ” next ? Please
1:35 that looks INSANE!! Love it, would love to have seen those races live back in the day
Also loving all the vintage nascar in japan footage, its so trippy to see and never imagined anything like this even had existed!
One day when I can try and go to Japan, I will follow in the great Anthony Bourdain's steps in Osaka and commit the tradition of "eat and drink until passed out on the sidewalk"
Wait wat your a Formula 1 fan as well ?
@@animeboy-qy5sq Wait holds on..... ya'll be not serious about doing that right?
@@animeboy-qy5sq I blame Slapshoes and CrankyF1Yankee
I remember hearing about the oval plan during a SPEED telecast in 2007 IIRC. Bob Varsha brought it up.
I was reminded of how decent this track was in GT Sport. I wonder if there was any good races at the track in Super Formula and Super GT in recent years since I don't follow those series.
Oh you're missing out on some brilliant action in Fuji in Super GT last year, especially their season finale race. It was a race to remember for the ages. The full race video is available on both The Race (English comms) and Super GT's channel (Japanese comms) if you're interested.
@@RezaMaulanaRezaMaulana98 That is cool. Thanks.
Good vid man! 💙
FIA:the Japanese grand prix will be in suzuka fans:are you afraid to get wet
Occasionally going to places like Fuji and Mugello would be a great way to add variety. It doesn't have to be every year - indeed, some of the more interesting races can come from circuits where the teams DON'T have year on year data.
Love these types of videos
click on the video
japan is an amazing country: agreed
as long as you stay away from Akihabara:ctrl+alt+del.
Wait wait wait, what about "DVD stores" in Osaka? I've never heard of this and search engines aren't telling me anything either!
Hentai
@@fmondeo It's Japan.... not to point a stick in the wrong place but... what do you expect.
@@jackthorton10 Why are you telling me this?
@@fmondeo Let’s be honest, we know your typical DVD store does not sell the stuff they keep in the back of the room if you catch my drift ;)
Yes. It is a better track for racing than Suzuka and has beautiful scenery with Mount Fuji in the background.
You're video's are kool Josh,, I like how you let someone else have a turn explaining different aspects aswell. 👍
How about a return to Buddh International? Jehan Daruvala's rising through the ranks ... 👀👀
Daruvala probably still regularly takes a poo on the streets
@@USMCLib3rty very smart comment there, well done, I hope you're proud of your racism
@@USMCLib3rty Very very smart and totally not racist I mean I can already tell your white
He did a voiceover on a other formula 1 channel of that topic
@@akhilvaidya7932 you just reprimanded racism by using racism. Not very clever 🤦🏼♂️
Suzuka and Fuji
It was so Awesome back in the 90's when Suzuka was the Last Race!
I remember in the early 2000s, I went to the New York Auto Show and got a special demo disc for Gran Turismo 4 from the Toyota section. It had the Prius and a concept car and just 3 editions of Fuji Speedway. The 1980s edition, and the Toyota revamp with the new hairpin corner just before the last turn.
All i needed to make my day better
Boy i really REALLY love your videos!
Big up Darian, see you on the Dumpster Fire later
This is a good channel... deserves more Subs
Fuji Speedway is in my top 3 tracks in the world along with Phillip Island and Spa. No, I’m not joking, it’s seriously underrated.
I would also be great to see F1 at Motegi, or even go back to Okayama. And I didn't know that Fuji originally targeted Nascar, however I believe Suzuka was the first to host Nascar races in Japan on the Smaller east course when they had exhibition races there in 1996, and 1997.
Wasn’t expecting BFM to be part of a F1 style video especially with one of my favorite F1 commentator. Great video as always highlighting tracks that are more so or else forgotten.
has his name always been Black Flags Matter or did he create that after BLM?
@@wintertimealldatime he’s had that name for a few years last time I recall. Most people just call him BFM for short or his actual name
@@wintertimealldatime It was after the first black lives matter movement in 2015
@@noviranger239 sus
And to think that this same man said "Michael Waltrip" 15000 times in one video!
I vote Twin Ring Motegi or Fuji Speedway for the next Japanese Grand Prix
I forgot that NASCAR was trying to come to Japan. Couldn’t believe it when I stumbled upon a NASCAR race at Suzuka on RUclips. Would be cool if they alternated between Suzuka and Fuji... Love the Mt. Fuji backdrop!
great video mate, keep going you inspired me to make my channel!
Man...Loved this video.
That Toyota jibe was hilarious.
😂👍
Holy shit! It’s Darian!
well there were some good virtual races on gt sport with super formula cars, i mean the track has a good layout.
dude why don't u do a vid on sepang international circuit
OR better yet a video on Alex yoong
2015 Sepang was the best race I've ever watched (I started watching 2014 and I did watch the entire 2020 season) and they need to take out Russia and replace it with Malaysia
@@ashton_does_gacha20 the Russian government pays for that race, as long as they keep paying the Russian gp will still exist
The problem with Russia isn’t the track, it’s actually pretty interesting, the problem is the F1 cars. Go and watch the F2 races there and try to disagree. Schumacher and Tsunoda pulled off some mega overtakes.
@@McPlayer8t F2 can make anything interesting, but that track has nothing interesting about it and passing is basically impossible in F1. It's not a good circuit
You don’t need to be a fan of Nascar to enjoy BFM. His content is seriously entertaining and informative, one of my favourites.
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F1 should race on the street circuit in Tokio from Cars 2
Yes, as a second GP in Japan. Pacific GP would be a total hit.
Fuji is awesome, played so often in GT5
how you explain is gold
Based on how Fuji Speedway was in 2007 and 2008, for the infrastructure issues, the poor sighting of seats (where some of those who attended paid good money to have no view of the track) and from a driving perspective, it's very frustrating to drive. Herman Tilke himself admitted that the slow off camber corners that make up the third sector were there to extend the lap time and it disrupts the rhythm of the track, not good
It would be nice to see Fuji on calendar especially being an initial D fan
"be sure to like this video if you.... liked it" is 100% my favourite outro i've ever heard.
I have one special remembrance to the 2008 GP: Bridgestone marked their option tyres with a white stripe in the middle of the tyre back then. However, they decided to use a green stripe to mark their efforts for environmental protection or something on this race weekend.
The problem was: After just a few laps with a beginning graining this green stripes (on black tyres) more and more disappeared and our German TV commentators got more and more distracted from this circumstance. In the end, it was completely impossible to prove which tyre was used on which car - the prime or the option.
Awesome to hear BFM. I had no idea Japan wanted a stock car series.
The big safety issue with the banking was unlike most (if not all?) other Superspeedways - and you can see it in some of the footage - at Fuji the cars dropped down into the banking off the end of the straight, where usually they would climb up into it. This made the cars very light and in some cases for faster sports cars they’d become airborne... which didn’t end well.
Man worked with bfm fuck yeah. Two great guys, one great video!
WEC did give us a banger race at Fuji in 2015, Porsche vs Audi LMP1 was a joy to watch
I forgot F1 sometimes allowed boats to race in their calendar. 😆🤣
Someone at NASCAR must of been an secret otaku because they actually went back there and raced at the suzuka east course and at the Motegi Oval
1:17 ah yes, thanks for clarifying that that is a race track Josh
I loved this circuit in Gran Turismo as a kid. Because this is the only track with, you guessed it, SHORTCUTS!
The Duo we didn't expect. But we needed
I wish they could have done something to keep the circuit as close to possible as the original, because that layout was soo good. Extremely fast but very challenging
Maybe they should try racing at Motegi. Ok yes yes I know IndyCar races at Motegi (the oval) already and having both racing at the same circuit is weird BUT think of the racing at the road course!
Fujimi is OK but Suzuka is awesome! I got used to driving it on Gran Turismo and it is a challenge for anyone.
not a f1 level circuit, but motegi is such a good track. you can see most of the corners from its grandstand, great battle with stop and go layout with 2 long straights, love watching super gt, superformula, and indycars. (yup you heard that right)
My understanind with that banked turn was that the major issue is that the cars dropped into the banked turn rather than what you see in say Daytona where the cars travel up in the banked turn
My man BFM is featured
Fuji: *builds a track for Stock Cars*
NASCAR: *races at Suzuka and Motegi*
Fuji: 😐
Fun Fact the circuit was used during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games for road cycling
I go to Fuji Speedway for some casual track driving about once a month. I really like the circuit, the venue as a whole and the scenery around... I think it would be spectacular for F1. It *is* a bit remote though, and I can imagine the people logistics being a challenge.
Short answer: yes. Long answer: Hell to the YES!!!
One of my favourite circuits. I think it should be in F1.
Holy hell, tilke being responsible for designing the 2005 fuji layout change explains alot. I remember back in one of the early gran turismo games the new (at the time) 2005 version of the track was included (along w the previous layouts we been enjoying in the GT games before) and me hating the new last sector of the new track with all the random tight bendy turns and elevation changes. I always thought who the hell’s idea was it to change the last section to this?! This sucks! Now it makes sense lmao
You should do a video on the AIDA circuit which hosted the Pacific Grand Prix in 94 and 95.
After watching Super GT and Super Formula and also driving alot on it: It's my favourite track in the world, closely followed by Spa-Franchorchamps.
It just got that beautiful mountainous and green atmosphere. I'd take Fuji everyday over tracks like COTA or even stuff like Monza, Brasil and Nürburg.
I loved playing on this track in other games
Great vid before Covid came in to play. I went to see race is at Fuji and it’s Suzuka at least three times a year. Once you get to Fuji it’s a great track accessibility at the track is fantastic walking around it excellent vantage points great and the fact that you can actually camp track side is amazing. And the racing is absolutely incredible at Fuji. The problem with Fuji is getting to the track mountain roads slow driving it’s not how would you say interstate friendly. But once you get to the track it’s amazing. But I can understand that they don’t want to cut huge swaths of interstate into the Fuji area just for a race track,
The two races at Fuji were very good, having both Suzuka and Fuji on the calendar would be fun, but we may also need roughly an extra 10 weekends for racing per year if we want all the tracks possible on one F1 calendar...
Extra ten weeks? You mean, have a race every single week of the year with the amount of tracks F1 fans want back. Fuji, Istanbul, Watkins Glen, Kyalami, and on and on
Played this track on Project Cars 2. I like the course however I struggle in the inner loop at Dunlop.
To answer the question in the title: yes
They should do a couple of 'joker rounds' per season. Example for a 22 race calendar: keep like 20 rounds full time and 2 rounds that alternate each year but maybe at a reduced cost for the organisers. That way, we could go one year to Imola and Nurbirgring, and to Fuji and Portimao the other, Mugello and Malaysia another year, etc... It would mix up the calendar a bit every year, whitout removing the classic races.