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{{short description|Racing circuit in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Infobox motorsport venue
| Name              = Mobility Resort Motegi
| Logo              = [[File:Mobility Resort Motegi logo.png|250px]]
| Logo_caption      = Circuit Logo (2022–present)
| Image             = [[File:Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg|250px]]
| Image_caption     = Combined Circuit Map (1997–present)
| Location          = 120-1 Hiyama, Motegi<br />Haga, Tochigi, 321-3597 [[Japan]]
| Time              = [[UTC+09:00]]
| FIA_grade         = 2
| Coordinates       = {{Coord|36|32|0|N|140|13|42|E|type:landmark_region:JP|display=it}}
| Opened            = {{Start date and age|1997|08|df=yes}}
| Former_names      = Twin Ring Motegi<br />(1997–2022)
| Owner             = [[Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]] (1997–present)
| Operator          = [[Honda Mobilityland]] (2006–present)
| Construction_cost = [[Japanese yen|¥]]5 billion (44,873,000.00 United States Dollars)
| Events            = '''Current:'''<br />'''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]'''<br />''[[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]'' (1999, 2004–2019, 2022–present)<br />''[[Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix]]'' (2000–2003)<br />'''[[Asia Road Racing Championship]]''' (2024–present)<br />'''[[Super GT]]''' (1998–present)<br />'''[[Super Formula Championship|Super Formula]]''' (1997–present)<br />'''Former:'''<br />[[GT World Challenge Asia]] (2023)<br />[[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] ''[[FIA WTCR Race of Japan|Race of Japan]]'' (2015–2017)<br />[[IndyCar Series]] ''[[Indy Japan 300]]'' (1998–2011)<br />[[Coca-Cola 500 (Motegi)|Coca-Cola 500]] (1998)
| Capacity          = 68,156
| Layout1           = Speedway (1997–present)
| Length_km         = 2.493
| Length_mi         = 1.549
| Turns             = 4
| Banking           = 10°
| Record_time       = 0:25.830<!-- lap records are set during races only. qualifying, practice or testing laps do not count -->
| Record_driver     = {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Hélio Castroneves]]
| Record_car        = [[Lola B99/00]]
| Record_year       = [[1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K|1999]]
| Record_class      = [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]]
| Layout2           = Road Course (1997–present)
| Length_km2        = 4.801
| Length_mi2        = 2.983
| Turns2            = 14
| Record_time2      = 1:31.422
| Record_driver2    = {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshiki Oyu]]
| Record_car2       = [[Dallara SF19]]
| Record_year2      = [[2021 Super Formula Championship|2021]]
| Record_class2     = [[Super Formula Championship|Super Formula]]
| Layout3           = East Road Course (1997–present)
| Length_km3        = 3.400
| Length_mi3        = 2.112
| Turns3            = 11
| Record_time3      = 1:31.012
| Record_driver3    = {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiromi Sagami]]
| Record_car3       = [[Dallara GC21]]
| Record_year3      = [[Fuji Grand Champion Series#Revival|2004]]
| Record_class3     = [[Le Mans Prototype#LMP2|LMP2]]
| Layout4           = West Road Course (1997–present)
| Length_km4        = 1.400
| Length_mi4        = 0.869
| Turns4            = 6
| Record_time4      = 0:38.325
| Record_driver4    = {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Hironori Takeuchi]]
| Record_car4       = [[Toyota Chaser#Motorsports|Toyota Chaser]]
| Record_year4      = [[1998 Japanese Touring Car Championship|1998]]
| Record_class4     = [[Super Touring]]
| website           = {{URL|https://www.mr-motegi.jp/english/|www.mr-motegi.jp}}
}}

'''Mobility Resort Motegi''' (モビリティリゾートもてぎ) is a [[motorsport]] venue located in [[Motegi, Tochigi|Motegi]], [[Tochigi Prefecture]], Japan. Originally '''Twin Ring Motegi''' (ツインリンクもてぎ), the venue's name came from the facility having two race tracks: a {{cvt|2.493|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[oval track]] and a {{cvt|4.801|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[road course]]. It was built in 1997 by [[Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]], as part of the company's effort to bring the [[Championship Auto Racing Teams]] series to Japan, helping to increase their knowledge of [[American open-wheel racing]]. The oval was last raced on in 2010 by the [[Indycar Series]]. On 1 March 2022, the name of the track was changed to Mobility Resort Motegi, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the facility.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MOBILITYLAND {{!}} Announcing a Name Change of the Company and Twin Ring Motegi|url=https://www.mobilityland.co.jp/english/news.html|access-date=2021-10-31|website=www.mobilityland.co.jp|archive-date=2021-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104143342/https://www.mobilityland.co.jp/english/news.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The road course's most notable event is the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix which is currently held every year. The track also currently hosts rounds in the domestic [[Super Formula Championship]] and [[Super GT]] series each year.

== Speedway ==
[[File:View of the Oval at Twin Ring Motegi from the South.jpg|thumb|left|View of the oval]] The oval course is the only one of its kind in Japan used for competitive racing. It is a low-banked, {{cvt|1.549|mi|km|abbr=on}} egg-shaped course, with turns three and four being much tighter than turns one and two. On March 28, 1998, [[Champ Car|CART]] held the inaugural [[Indy Japan 300]] at Twin Ring Motegi Speedway. The race was won by Mexican driver [[Adrián Fernández]]. [[Champ Car|CART]] continued racing at Twin Ring Motegi Speedway from 1998–2002. In 2003, Honda entered the [[Indy Racing League]] and the race became a part of the IRL schedule. In addition to Indy car racing, the track has also hosted a single [[NASCAR]] exhibition race in 1998.

Honda, which had built the oval for the express purpose of developing its oval-racing program for Indy car racing, did not win a race at the track for its first six years of operation. In 2004, [[Dan Wheldon]] took the first win for Honda on the oval. In 2008, the Motegi oval gained additional publicity when [[Danica Patrick]] became the first woman to win an [[American Championship Car Racing|Indycar]] race, beating [[Hélio Castroneves]] for her first and only Indycar victory.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/sports/othersports/21patrick.html?_r=1&ex=1366430400&en=9540f543d1680315&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin|title = Racing to Victory, and Leaving the Men and the Doubters Behind|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 21 April 2008|last1 = Caldwell|first1 = Dave}}</ref>

The 2011 season was the last season of [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]] in Motegi. It had been dropped from the calendar as organizers looked to maximize viewing audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 February 2011|title=Japan dropped from IndyCar calendar|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/motorsport/02/09/motorsport.indycar.japan/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210090613/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/motorsport/02/09/motorsport.indycar.japan/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2011|access-date=30 December 2021|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> The road course, rather than the super speedway, was used for the 2011 race due to damage to the oval track resulting from the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|2011 Tōhoku earthquake]]. The oval is not presently used for racing and even has been used as additional parking space during MotoGP events, but is still used for Honda's annual Thanks Day event showcasing various Honda road and racing vehicles, mainly from the nearby [[Honda Collection Hall]], with [[Takuma Sato]] running a lap of the course in his [[2017 Indianapolis 500]] winning car seven years since the last IndyCar race in the oval.<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Honda Racing Thanks Day: Takuma & Alonso drove the all-new NSX, production version demo run also conducted |url=https://en.responsejp.com/motorsport/2015/12/09/2015hondaracingthanksday%3Atakuma%26alonsodrovetheall-newnsx%2Cproductionversiondemorunalsoconducted.html |website=Response.jp |access-date=28 June 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tate |first1=Adam |title=Sato Stars at Honda 'Thanks' Day 2017 |url=https://motorsportstribune.com/sato-stars-at-honda-thanks-day-2017/ |website=Motorsports Tribune |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

=== Track length of paved oval ===
The track length is disputed by series that run at Twin Ring Motegi. The NASCAR timing and scoring use a length of {{convert|1.549|mi|km|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://racing-reference.info/race/1998_NASCAR_Thunder_Special_Motegi/X 1998 NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi at racing-reference.info]</ref> This length was used by CART in their races between 1998 and 2002, too.<ref>[http://www.champcarstats.com/races/199802.htm 1998 race result on champcarstats.com]</ref> The IRL measured in 2003 a length of {{convert|1.520|mi|km|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.champcarstats.com/races/2003i03.htm 2003 race result on champcarstats.com]</ref> This length was also used in the following races until 2010.<ref>[http://www.champcarstats.com/races/201016.htm 2010 race result on champcarstats.com]</ref>

===NASCAR history===
{{main|Coca-Cola 500 (Motegi)}}
[[Mike Skinner (NASCAR)|Mike Skinner]] won the only [[NASCAR Cup Series]] exhibition race held at the track in 1998, the Coca-Cola 500. Skinner won driving the No.31 Chevrolet for [[Richard Childress Racing]]. The race was most noted for being the first oval track NASCAR race in Japan as well as being the first in which [[Dale Earnhardt]] and his son, [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]], competed with one another, driving No.3 and No.1 [[Coca-Cola]] Chevrolets, respectively. The track also held the [[NASCAR West Series]] in 1999 with Kevin Richards getting the win.

== Road course ==
The road course is {{cvt|4.801|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and is unique in sharing garage and grandstand facilities with the oval course, but being entirely separate otherwise. Although they are separate tracks, it is impossible for races to occur simultaneously on the two courses; to access the oval track, teams must cross the road course pit and front straight. The road course also runs in the opposite direction from the oval; clockwise, rather than counter-clockwise.

The course itself is built in a stop-start straight-hairpin style, which flows differently than many similarly-sized tracks. By Japanese standards the circuit is exceptionally flat, with only a slight elevation rise towards the hairpin turn. The road course is much busier than the oval track, with [[Super Formula]] visiting twice, [[Super GT]] and [[Super Taikyu]] cars once each, and local events almost every weekend. The road course can be used in three ways: the full course, or two "short courses" can be made, using connecting roadways. These short courses are usually used for junior formula events, such as [[Formula 4]] and [[FJ1600]].

The road course is also a popular motorcycle racing track, with the [[MotoGP]] usually visiting once a year, as well as several Japanese national bike racing series. It has hosted the [[Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix]] from 2000 to 2003 and the [[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]] since 2004.

==Other facilities==
[[File:Gran Turismo Cafe - Motegi.jpg|thumb|left|Gran Turismo cafe]]
In addition to the main racing complex, Mobility Resort Motegi features a second road course (called the "North Short Course") for karting and Formula 4 events, as well as a {{cvt|0.250|mi|km|abbr=on}} [[Dirt track racing|dirt track]] for modified and sprint car racing and also standard saloon racing. In addition, the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Observed Trials|Trials]] series visits the track every year for the world trials championship. Therefore, an outdoor trials course exists on the facility.

Outside of racing, Mobility Resort Motegi has the [[Honda Collection Hall]], which features historic Honda racing and production cars and motorcycles, and [[Honda Fan Fun Lab]], which features Honda's next generation technologies such as robotics, [[fuel-cell vehicle]]s and aviation. Honda also operates a technology demonstration center on the site, as well as educational centers.

In 2009, a cafe opened which was named after the ''[[Gran Turismo (series)|Gran Turismo]]'' video games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gran-turismo.com/hk/news/d6239.html |title=Grand Opening of the Gran Turismo Café at the Twin Ring Motegi Circuit - News - gran-turismo.com |access-date=2012-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113205100/http://www.gran-turismo.com/hk/news/d6239.html |archive-date=2009-11-13 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg247.com/2009/04/03/gran-turismo-cafe-opens-in-japan/|title = Gran Turismo Café opens in Japan|date = 3 April 2009}}</ref>

== Track difficulties ==
Mobility Resort Motegi is a separate-but-combined road-and-oval track (as opposed to the "[[roval]]" tracks common in the United States), and the decision to include a full road course contained largely within the oval necessitated design compromises. For spectators, sightlines can be extremely poor for road course races, as the grandstands are much further back than usual. The oval course blocks the view of much of the road course, including the best passing point on the track {{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}, and several large-screen televisions are needed. Seating outside the grandstand is limited to areas of the infield and along the {{cvt|750|m|yd|abbr=on}} backstraight of the road course.

Track access is a major concern, with only two entry and exit points by a two-lane public road. Motegi is not a particularly large town, and accommodation is virtually non-existent close to the track, except for the on-site hotel. Train links to the area are extremely limited (the major regional lines, [[East Japan Railway Company|JR East]] and [[Tobu Railway]] do not service the area), nor has a planned superhighway been completed. Thus the stated track capacity (about 65,000) is dictated largely by traffic flow, not by actual [[seating capacity]] (estimated to be nearly 100,000 for road-course events, 80,000 for the oval).

In 2011, [[Casey Stoner]] and [[Jorge Lorenzo]] proposed to boycott [[2011 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|the MotoGP race]] out of fears for their health from radiation from the [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]] even though all the independent scientific experts including the [[World Health Organization]] and [[Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency]] had stated that it is safe to live permanently {{cvt|80|km|mi|adj=on}} or more from the plant.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sports/moto-gp/fim-report-on-nuclear-exposure-in-motegi-says-nuclear-risk-is-minimal-despite-casey-stoners-threats-of-a-motogp-boycott/story-fn2ms4i4-1226102529372 | title=Motorsport Video &#124;Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips }}</ref> Motegi is more than {{cvt|120|km|mi|adj=on}} from [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]]. In the end, all the teams showed up for the race.

==Layout configurations==

<gallery>
File:Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg|Map of both road courses and speedway
File:Twin Ring Motegi oval map.svg|Map of speedway
File:Twin Ring Motegi road course map.svg|Map of combined road course
File:Motegi West Course.png|Map of west road course
File:Motegi East Course.png|Map of east road course
</gallery>

==Lap records==

The unofficial all-time track record is 1:29.757, set by [[Tomoki Nojiri]] during the qualifying session of [[2021 Super Formula Championship|2021 2nd Motegi Super Formula round]].<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_4w'>{{cite web |title=Mobility Resort Motegi - Course Records - Full Course 4 Wheels |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/records/full-4wheel/ |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> As of December 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Mobility Resort Motegi are listed as:

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%",
! Category !! Time !! Driver !! Vehicle !! Event
|-
! colspan=5 | Grand Prix Circuit: 4.801&nbsp;km (1997–present)
|-
| [[Super Formula]] || '''1:31.422'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Super Formula Motegi Result - 2021/10/17 |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2021/big/pdf/1017_superformula_f.pdf |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Toshiki Oyu]] || [[Dallara SF19]] || [[2021 Super Formula Championship|2021 2nd Motegi Super Formula round]]
|-
| [[Formula Nippon]] || '''1:34.853'''<ref>{{cite web |title=1997 Motegi Formula Nippon |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1997-motegi-formula-nippon/ |website=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport Magazine]] |date=28 September 1997 |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> || [[Masemi Kageyama]] || [[Reynard 97D]] || [[1997 Formula Nippon Championship|1997 Motegi Formula Nippon round]]
|-
| [[Super GT#GT500|Super GT (GT500)]] || '''1:38.350'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Motegi GT 300 km Race - GT500 Official Result |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2022/big/pdf/1106_gt500_f.pdf |date=6 November 2022 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Tadasuke Makino]] || [[Honda NSX (second generation)#Super GT|Honda NSX-GT]] || [[2022 Super GT Series|2022 Motegi GT 300 km Race]]
|-
| [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]] || '''1:40.2453''' || [[Giorgio Pantano]] || [[Dallara IR-03|Dallara IR-05]] || [[2011 Indy Japan: The Final]]
|-
| [[Le Mans Prototype#History|LMP900]] || '''1:43.686'''<ref name='2006_1000km_motegi'>{{cite web |title=2006 All Japan Sports Car Endurance Championship Series Round 2 - JLMC Final Official Result Table |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2006/big/0702_44f.html |date=2 July 2006 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Hiroki Katou]] || [[Reynard 02S|Zytek 04S]] || [[2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge|2006 Motegi JLMC round]]
|-
| [[Super Formula Lights]] || '''1:43.851'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Super Formula Lights Round 15 Result - 2021/10/17 |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2021/big/pdf/1016_superformulalights_f_rd15.pdf |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Giuliano Alesi]] || [[Dallara 320]] || [[2021 Super Formula Lights|2021 2nd Motegi Super Formula Lights round]]
|-
| [[Formula Three]] || '''1:44.373'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Motegi Japanese F3 - Round 11 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2018-motegi-japanese-f3-2/ |website=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport Magazine]] |date=19 August 2018 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref> || [[Sho Tsuboi]] || [[Dallara F317]] || [[2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship|2018 Motegi Japanese F3 round]]
|-
| [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing#MotoGP class|MotoGP]] || '''1:44.461'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w'>{{cite web |title=Mobility Resort Motegi - Course Records - Full Course 2 Wheels |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/records/full-2wheel/ |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> || [[Jorge Martín]] || [[Ducati Desmosedici|Ducati Desmosedici GP24]] || [[2024 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[Le Mans Prototype#LMP1|LMP1]] || '''1:44.508'''<ref name='2007_1000km_motegi'>{{cite web |title=2007 All Japan Sports Car Endurance Championship Series Round 3 - JSEC Final Official Results Table |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2007/big/0722_jseck.html |date=22 July 2007 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Shinji Nakano]] || [[Courage LC70]] || [[2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge|2007 Motegi JLMC round]]
|-
| [[Superbike racing|Superbike]] || '''1:47.324'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship Series Round 2 - JSB1000 Supported by ETS Racing Fuels - Race 1 Result |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2024/big/pdf/0413_jsb_f.pdf |date=13 April 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref> || [[Katsuyuki Nakasuga]] || [[Yamaha YZF-R1]] || [[All Japan Road Race Championship|2024 1st Motegi All Japan Road Race Championship round]]
|-
| [[Super GT#GT300|Super GT (GT300)]] || '''1:47.734'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Motegi GT 300 km Race - GT300 Official Result |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2022/big/pdf/1106_gt300_f.pdf |date=6 November 2022 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Iori Kimura]] || [[Honda NSX (second generation)#GT3|Honda NSX GT3]] || [[2022 Super GT Series|2022 Motegi GT 300 km Race]]
|-
| [[Formula Regional]] || '''1:47.881'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_4w' /><ref>{{cite web |title=FRJC Motegi Round 10 Results |url=https://frj.jp/2020/results/rd4/fn_r10.pdf |date=20 September 2020 |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> || [[Sena Sakaguchi]] || [[Formula Regional Japanese Championship#Car|Dome F111/3]] || [[2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship|2020 Motegi FRJC round]]
|-
| [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing#Pre-MotoGP era|500cc]] || '''1:50.591'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /> || [[Valentino Rossi]] || [[Honda NSR500]] || [[2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing#Moto2 class|Moto2]] || '''1:49.716'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /> || [[Filip Salač]] || [[Kalex|Kalex Moto2]] || [[2024 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing#Pre-MotoGP era|250cc]] || '''1:51.412'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /> || [[Álvaro Bautista]] || [[Aprilia RSV 250]] || [[2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[Group GT3|GT3]] || '''1:51.770'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS Race 1 - Round 7 - Classification - Provisional |url=https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=GTASIA/2023/232908rc1bga.pdf |date=22 July 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref> || [[James Yu]] || [[Audi R8 (Type 4S)#R8 LMS (GT3)|Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II]] || [[2023 GT World Challenge Asia|2023 Motegi GT World Challenge Asia round]]
|-
| [[Sport bike#Classes|Supersport]] || '''1:52.900'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship Series Round 2 - ST600 Supported by Bridgestone - Race Result |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2024/big/pdf/0414_st600_f.pdf |date=14 April 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref> || [[Keito Abe]] || [[Yamaha YZF-R6]] || [[All Japan Road Race Championship|2024 1st Motegi All Japan Road Race Championship round]]
|-
| [[Le Mans Prototype#LMP2|LMP2]] || '''1:53.558'''<ref name='2006_1000km_motegi' /> || [[Shinsuke Yamazaki]] || [[Dallara GC21]] || [[2006 Japan Le Mans Challenge|2006 Motegi JLMC round]]
|-
| [[Porsche Carrera Cup]] || '''1:53.829'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Motegi Champion Cup Race Round 4 - Porsche Carrera Cup Japan 2020 - Final Rd.4 - Official Result |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2020/4wheel/0920_pccj_f_rd4.html|date=20 September 2020 |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref> || [[Ryo Ogawa]] || [[Porsche 911 GT3#991 GT3 Cup (2017–2020)|Porsche 911 (991 II) GT3 Cup]] || [[Porsche Carrera Cup|2020 Motegi Porsche Carrera Cup Japan round]]
|-
| [[Group GT1#GTS "GT1" (1999–2009)|GT1 (GTS)]] || '''1:54.200'''<ref name='2007_1000km_motegi' /> || [[Seicho Fujii]] || [[Ferrari 550#Motorsport|Ferrari 550 Maranello GTS]] || [[2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge|2007 Motegi JLMC round]]
|-
| [[Formula Toyota]] || '''1:55.214'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Esso Formula Toyota Series - Round 8 - Final Official Result Table |url=http://www.toyota.co.jp/ms/ft/racereport/200410242.html |date=24 October 2004 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref> || [[Hideto Yasuoka]] || [[TOM'S|Tom's FT30]] || [[Formula Toyota|2004 Motegi Formula Toyota round]]
|-
| [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing#Moto3 class|Moto3]] || '''1:55.675'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /> || [[David Alonso]] || [[KTM RC250GP#CFMoto Moto3|CFMoto Moto3]] || [[2024 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[LM GTE#History|GT2]] || '''1:56.453'''<ref>{{cite web |title=250 km Motegi 2009 |url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Motegi-2009-11-08-13316.html |date=8 November 2009 |access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> || [[Tomonobu Fujii]] || [[Ferrari F430#F430 GTC|Ferrari F430 GTC]] || [[2009 Super GT Series|2009 250 km of Motegi]]
|-
| [[Ferrari Challenge]] || '''1:56.626'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Asia Pacific Rd.4 - Official Results of Race 1 |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2019/4wheel/0707_ferrari_f1.html |date=6 July 2019 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Nobuhiro Imada]] || [[Ferrari 488|Ferrari 488 Challenge]] || [[2019 Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific|2019 Motegi Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific round]]
|-
| [[Super 2000#Touring cars|TC1]] || '''1:57.136'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_4w' /><ref>{{cite web |title=2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Twin Ring Motegi - Race 1 - Final Result |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2015/big/pdf/0913_wtcc_r1_f.pdf |date=13 September 2015 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Gabriele Tarquini]] || [[Honda Civic (ninth generation)#WTCC|Honda Civic WTCC]] || [[2015 World Touring Car Championship|2015 FIA WTCC Race of Japan]]
|-
| [[Formula 4]] || '''1:57.305'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_4w' /><ref>{{cite web |title=2016 FIA-F4 Championship Round 6 - FIA-F4 Round 13 Final Official Results |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2016/big/1112_f4_rd13_f.html |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> || [[Ritomo Miyata]] || [[Dome F110]] || [[2016 F4 Japanese Championship|2016 Motegi Japanese F4 round]]
|-
| [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing#Pre-MotoGP era|125cc]] || '''1:57.666'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /> || [[Mika Kallio]] || [[KTM 125 FRR]] || [[2006 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[LM GTE#History|GT]] || '''1:58.315'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Motegi GT 2000 |url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Motegi-2000-04-02-6950.html |date=2 April 2000 |access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> || [[Atsushi Yogou]] || [[Porsche 911 GT3#996 GT3 R (1999–2001)|Porsche 911 (996) GT3-R]] || [[2000 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship|2000 Motegi JGTC round]]
|-
| [[TCR Touring Car]] || '''1:59.720'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_4w' /><ref>{{cite web |title=TCR Japan Series 2024 Round 4 - Mobility Resort Motegi - TCR-J Race 10 Results |url=https://tcr-japan.jp/sites/default/files/tcrj/result/2024TCRJ_Rd4Race10_final.pdf |date=1 December 2024 |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref> || [[Choi Jeong Weon]] || [[Hyundai Elantra N TCR]] || [[2024 TCR Japan Touring Car Series|2024 3rd Motegi TCR Japan round]]
|-
| [[MotoGP#Pre-MotoGP era|500cc]] || '''2:02.889''' || [[Mick Doohan]] || [[Honda NSR500]] || [[1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[SRO GT4|GT4]] || '''2.03.040'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS Race 2 - Round 8 - Classification - Provisional |url=https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=GTASIA/2023/232908rc2bga.pdf |date=23 July 2023 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> || [[Manabu Orido]] || [[BMW M4#BMW M4 GT4|BMW M4 GT4 Gen II]] || [[2023 GT World Challenge Asia|2023 Motegi GT World Challenge Asia round]]
|-
| [[Super 2000#Touring cars|Super 2000]] || '''2:07.456'''<ref>{{cite web |title=TCSA - 02–04 September 2016 - Race 2 - Final Classification |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2016/big/pdf/0904_tcsa_r2_f.pdf |date=4 September 2016 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Eric Kwong]] || [[SEAT León#SEAT León Super 2000 car|SEAT León 2.0T]] || [[Touring Car Series in Asia|2016 Motegi Touring Car Series in Asia round]]
|-
| [[Asia Road Racing Championship|Asia Productions 250]] || '''2:07.939'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /><ref>{{cite web |title=2024 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship Round 3 - Mobility Resort Motegi, Japan - Asia Productions 250 - Race 2 - Provisional Result |url=https://asiaroadracing.com/arrcdata/result/2024/r3/2024_rd03_ap250_r2.pdf |date=9 June 2024 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Arai Agaska]] || [[Yamaha YZF-R3]] || [[2024 Asia Road Racing Championship|2024 Motegi ARRC round]]
|-
| [[Asia Road Racing Championship|Asia Underbone 150]] || '''2:15.928'''<ref name='motegi_lap_records_full_2w' /><ref>{{cite web |title=2024 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship Round 3 - Mobility Resort Motegi, Japan - Underbone 150cc - Race 2 - Official Result |url=https://asiaroadracing.com/arrcdata/result/2024/r3/2024_rd03_ub150_r2.pdf |date=9 June 2024 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> || [[Murobbil Vittoni]] || [[Yamaha T-150|Yamaha MX King 150]] || [[2024 Asia Road Racing Championship|2024 Motegi ARRC round]]
|-
! colspan=5 | Super Speedway: 2.493&nbsp;km (1997–present)
|-
| [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] || '''0:25.830''' || [[Hélio Castroneves]] || [[Lola B99/00]] || [[1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K]]
|-
| [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]] || '''0:27.0977'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Motegi Indycars |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-motegi-indycars/ |website=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport Magazine]] |date=13 April 2003 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref> || [[Tomas Scheckter]] || [[G-Force GF09]] || [[2003 IndyCar Series#Inaugural Indy Japan 300|2003 Indy Japan 300]]
|-
| [[NASCAR Cup Series|NASCAR Winston Cup Series]] || '''0:35.2298'''{{efn|name=Motegi NASCAR FL Record|The lap time was found by dividing the track length by the speed written in the reference.}}<ref>{{cite web |title=1998 NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi Coca-Cola 500 NASCAR Final |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/1998/big/1122_1f.html |date=22 November 1998 |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref> || [[Jeff Gordon]] || [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo#NASCAR|Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR]] || [[Coca-Cola 500 (Motegi)|1998 Coca-Cola 500]]
|-
! colspan=5 | East Road Course: 3.400&nbsp;km (1997–present)
|-
| [[Le Mans Prototype#LMP2|LMP2]] || '''1:31.012'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2004 GC-21 Sports Car Race Round 1 - GC-21 Official Final Results |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/2004/4wheel/0516_6f.html |date=16 May 2004 |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> || [[Hiromi Sagami]] || [[Dallara GC21]] || [[Fuji Grand Champion Series#Revival|2004 1st Motegi GC-21 round]]
|-
! colspan=5 | West Road Course: 1.400&nbsp;km (1997–present)
|-
| [[Super Touring]] || '''0:38.325'''<ref>{{cite web |title=1998 All Japan Touring Car Championship Series Round 3 - JTCC Official Final Results Table |url=https://www.mr-motegi.jp/eng/result_m/1998/big/0510_3f.html |date=10 May 1998 |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> || [[Hironori Takeuchi]] || [[Toyota Chaser#Motorsports|Toyota Chaser]] || [[1998 Japanese Touring Car Championship|1998 Motegi JTCC round]]
|-
|}

==Events==

; Current

* March: [[Super Taikyu]]
* April: [[Super Formula Championship]], [[All Japan Road Race Championship|MFJ Superbikes]], [[Porsche Carrera Cup|Porsche Carrera Cup Asia]]
* July: [[Asia Road Racing Championship]]
* August: [[All Japan Road Race Championship|MFJ Superbikes]]
* September: [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] ''[[Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix]]'', [[Asia Talent Cup]]
* November: [[Super GT]], [[F4 Japanese Championship]], [[Super Formula Lights]]

; Former

* [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|Champ Car]]
** ''[[Indy Japan 300|Bridgestone Potenza 500]]'' (1998–2002)
* [[Coca-Cola 500 (Motegi)|Coca-Cola 500]] (1998)
* [[Ferrari Challenge#Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific|Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific]] (2019)
* [[Formula Regional Japanese Championship]] (2020–2024)
* [[Formula Toyota]] (2002–2007)
* [[Fuji Grand Champion Series#Revival|GC-21]] (2004)
* [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]
** ''[[Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix]]'' (2000–2003)
* [[GT World Challenge Asia]] (2023)
* [[IndyCar Series]]
** ''[[Indy Japan 300]]'' (2003–2011)
* [[Japan Cup Series]] (2023)
* [[Japan Le Mans Challenge]] (2006–2007)
* [[Japanese Formula 3 Championship]] (1997–2019)
* [[Japanese Touring Car Championship]] (1998)
* [[Porsche Carrera Cup|Porsche Carrera Cup Japan]] (2004, 2006–2007, 2010–2012, 2020)
* [[TCR Japan Touring Car Series]] (2020–2024)
* [[World Touring Car Championship]]
** ''[[FIA WTCR Race of Japan|FIA WTCC Race of Japan]]'' (2015–2017)

==In popular media==
As a large recently constructed Japanese circuit, Mobility Resort Motegi has and continues to be utilised virtually in a large number of electronic video games, both in arcade machines and in PC and console games for home use.
* In Honda's 2005 [[Clio Awards]] winning commercial "Impossible Dream", the sequence in which the [[British American Racing|BAR]] [[Formula One]] car is driven into the bridge was filmed at the circuit.
*During the opening sequence of ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'', the three main Kamen Riders are shown riding around the circuit, as Honda is the series sponsor.
*During the ending sequence of ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'', the series' characters are shown dancing on the main straight of the road course. The racetrack is revealed in the series as the primary Go-onger team's origin (it is known that [[Go-ongers#Saki Rōyama|Saki Rouyama]], Go-on Yellow, works there), and was used (along with the Honda Collection Hall) in the final scene from "[[List of Engine Sentai Go-onger episodes#Road of Justice|Road Of Justice]]", the final episode of the series.
*In ''[[Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3]]'', a race called the Rider Grand Prix took place in a variation of the Twin Ring Motegi, owned by Shocker in the altered timeline.
* The track is available in racing games such as ''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]'', ''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]'', ''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo (2009 video game)|Gran Turismo (PSP)]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 5]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 6]]'', ''[[iRacing.com]]'', and ''[[RaceRoom|RaceRoom Racing Experience]]''.
*During the first tankery battle in [[Girls und Panzer]] Das Finale Part 1, [[List of Girls und Panzer characters|Ooarai Girls Academy]] against [[List of Girls und Panzer characters|BC Freedom High School]], members of Leopon Team, the [[VK 4501 (P)]] reference the track, saying they wished they re-opened the oval layout.

==See also==
* [[Suzuka International Racing Course]], another Honda-owned track operated by [[Honda Mobilityland]], which was built in 1962 and hosts the [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] [[Japanese Grand Prix]].
* [[Fuji Speedway]], a road track originally conceived as a high speed oval, and former host to the Japanese Grand Prix, current host of the [[FIA World Endurance Championship]] [[6 Hours of Fuji]].

===Access===
'''Bus routes<ref>[https://www.twinring.jp/access_m/ Access]</ref>'''
*[[JR Bus|JR Bus Kanto]]
**For [[Utsunomiya Station]] via [[Motegi Station]]
*[[Michinori Holdings#Ibaraki Kotsu|Ibaraki Kotsu]]
**For [[Mito Station (Ibaraki)]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://www.mr-motegi.jp/ Mobility Resort Motegi] - in Japanese
*[https://www.mr-motegi.jp/english/ Mobility Resort Motegi] - in English
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141008150624/http://racingcircuits.info/asia/japan/motegi.html Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.533075,140.227802&spn=0.003862,0.005043&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=36.533076,140.226781&panoid=0VysiycpwZql0B_ZxYsQVQ&cbp=12,269.11,,0,9.36 Street View imagery in Google Maps]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.533054,140.23138&spn=0.015517,0.02017&t=h&z=16 Satellite picture by Google Maps]

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