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Twin Ring Motegi
Built by Honda in 1997 and sharing its site with an oval speedway (a genuinely separate track), Motegi's road course is unusually flat for Japan, with a stop-start straight-hairpin flow. It became the Japanese GP's permanent home from 2004, after Suzuka's short run-off areas were implicated in a rider fatality there in 2003.
- Circuit length
- 4.801 km
- Corners
- 14
- First Grand Prix here
- 1999
- 2026 round
- Round 16
- Race date
- 4 Oct 2026
- Ticket prices
- JPY 13000–JPY 27000
Japanese Grand Prix is round 16, 4 Oct 2026. The review publishes the day after.
The lap
The lap, drawn from the official circuit diagram and simplified to 78 points. This is the shape of the circuit; the length and corner count in the strip above are the published figures, hand-checked against the circuit’s own specifications.
What a ticket here actually gets you
Zone and stand structure, checked 3 Aug 2026. No prices — those move, and we do not publish one until it has been checked and dated.
What a Twin Ring Motegi weekend actually costs
Seats we could actually find on sale at Twin Ring Motegi ran from JPY 13000 up to JPY 27000 (general admission through to the priciest grandstand, not counting hospitality or Paddock Club) — checked 3 Aug 2026. Ticket prices move constantly and this is not every seat at the circuit, so treat it as a rough budget, not a quote. A typical return flight from a mid-priced European hub, booked around two months out, runs about €950 a person; add roughly €178 a person for three nights in a mid-range hotel over the race weekend. These are grounded, dated estimates, not live quotes.
Ticket types
| Icon | Type | What you get | Screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-Zone | Trackside at V-Zone (Main Straight) | Not confirmed | |
| Grandstand A | Trackside at Grandstand A | Not confirmed | |
| 1-Corner Sky Deck | Trackside at Grandstand near Turn 1 | Not confirmed | |
| T5 Deck | Trackside at Turn 5 area (General Admission) | Not confirmed | |
| Grandstand G | Trackside at Grandstand G (90-degree corner) | Not confirmed | |
| Victory Grandstand | Trackside at Victory Corner (final corner) | Not confirmed |
structure checked 3 Aug 2026
Getting there
There's no meaningful direct rail link — Motegi's own site notes this. JR Bus Kanto runs from Utsunomiya Station; road access is limited to two entry/exit points, which caps effective capacity regardless of seat count. The wider Tochigi region is rural and mountainous, and Motegi's own site is shared with Honda's collection hall and museum, giving fans a reason to arrive a day early beyond just the racing.
Where to sit
The V-Zone (V1 through V6) runs the length of the main straight; Grandstand A sits closer to the start line; Grandstand G covers the tight 90-degree corner later in the lap; and a further Grandstand Z is sold near Turn 1 — though Motegi's published seating plan runs to more sections than we have been able to place individually. Capacity here is also structurally limited: with only two road entry and exit points on site, the venue cannot expand attendance simply by adding more grandstand seats, unlike circuits with wider surrounding road networks. making advance travel planning around race weekend more important here than at most other stops on the calendar. Road access remains the practical constraint here regardless of which stand you choose: with only two entry and exit points serving the whole site, arrival and departure times matter as much as seat selection.
Weighing it against other MotoGP circuits
Dates move; circuits do not.