Sugo escapes ruin as earthquake hits northern Japan
Nearly precisely 10 years on from the devastating Tohoku earthquake of March 2011, the Fukushima spot some 300 kilometres north of Tokyo used to be hit by a magnitude 7.3 quake that reportedly left bigger than 100 injured and thousands of homes with out energy.
A serious parkway used to be furthermore blocked by a resultant landslide, whereas the ‘Shinkansen’ bullet say service used to be furthermore suspended in the spot.
Whereas some ruin used to be furthermore reported in neighbouring Miyagi prefecture, which lies to the north of Fukushima, a representative from Sugo contacted by Motorsport.com said that the circuit, which on a accepted basis hosts both SUPER GT and Sizable Formula occasions, used to be no longer affected.
There were issues that the earthquake can like disrupted Sugo’s ongoing renovation work of the pit and paddock advanced that commenced slack closing year, nonetheless this used to be no longer the case, fixed with the representative.
Twin Ring Motegi, which lies to the south of Fukushima in Tochigi prefecture, furthermore reported that it escaped any ruin.
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The track, home to MotoGP’s Jap round and beforehand the host of IndyCar Sequence races, used to be badly broken by the 2011 bother, which rendered its oval track (pictured above in 2010) unusable for one thing various than exhibition running.
A decade on, the oval has unruffled no longer been repaired, with track owner Mobilityland – a subsidiary of Honda – no longer willing to underwrite the associated price of changing the 1.5-mile track’s tarmac.
Drifting venue Ebisu badly broken
Whereas both Sugo and Motegi escaped ruin from the earthquake, the Ebisu venue in Nihonmatsu, simplest known for maintaining drifting occasions equivalent to D1GP, used to be no longer so lucky.
The west circuit at Ebisu, with out a doubt one of seven tracks that assassinate up the flexibility, used to be closely broken in the quake and it used to be announced the flexibility will close for the time being.
Loads of prolific Jap drivers shared photos on social media showing clearly how a landslide had affected the pit constructing of the west circuit. No injuries were reported on the flexibility.
Extra reporting by Ken Tanaka