{"id":379004,"date":"2025-12-29T21:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379004\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:25:18","slug":"f1-fans-can-now-own-a-piece-of-suzuka-as-track-undergoes-changes-ahead-of-2026-japanese-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379004\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 fans can now own a piece of Suzuka as track undergoes changes ahead of 2026 Japanese GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 fans have the opportunity to own a piece of the Suzuka Circuit as the home of the Japanese Grand Prix undergoes track changes ahead of the 2026 race.<\/p>\n<p>The Suzuka Circuit is being resurfaced in parts, so the track will be selling the asphalt, although the price is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the road resurfacing construction on the Suzuka Circuit West Course, we will be selling the &#8216;asphalt&#8217; from the racing course that has hosted various major races such as F1 and the Suzuka 8 Hours,&#8221; the circuit posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The image shows one scene from the extraction process. Details such as price will be announced again at a later date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh! It&#8217;s the core, huh. About 20 centimeters, right? Surprisingly, it&#8217;s quite substantial,&#8221; one fan commented, while another added: &#8220;If you put your mind to it, you can turn anything into a product these days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others urged the circuit to opt for a lower price. &#8220;Please produce a lot and lower the price,&#8221; one fan wrote, and another added: &#8220;But, it&#8217;s probably expensive, right? (TV shopping program style).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Japanese Grand Prix is set for 27-29 March.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Japanese Grand Prix was the third round of the season. After starting from pole position, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/max-verstappen\/17529\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Max Verstappen<\/a> went on to claim the victory, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/mclaren\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McLaren<\/a> drivers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/lando-norris\/289316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lando Norris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/oscar-piastri\/828689\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oscar Piastri<\/a> completing the podium in second and third, respectively. The race also marked Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda&#8217;s first race as Verstappen&#8217;s team-mate at Red Bull after he replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/liam-lawson\/451769\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Liam Lawson<\/a>. Tsunoda finished 12th.<\/p>\n<p>While the surface of the track didn&#8217;t pose much of an issue, grass fires caused several red flags during the free practice sessions.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to F1, Suzuka also hosts the Japanese Super Formula, Suzuka 8 Hours, Intercontinental GT Challenge, Super GT and motorcycle racing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 fans have the opportunity to own a piece of the Suzuka Circuit as the home of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,195711,79010,817,204087,813,816,85,1511],"class_list":["post-379004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-barcelona-catalunya-pre-season-testing","tag-circuit-de-barcelona-catalunya","tag-f1","tag-f1-fans-can-now-own-a-piece-of-suzuka-as-track-undergoes-changes-ahead-of-2026-japanese-gp","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}