Suzuka 10 Hours
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The Suzuka Summer Endurance Race was an annual sports car endurance race that was last held at the Suzuka International Racing Course, Mie Prefecture, Japan in 2019. The race was first held in 1966 as the Suzuka 1000km. In 2018, the event was reformatted and renamed to the Suzuka 10 Hours and became part of the SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge.[1]
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Venue | Suzuka International Racing Course |
First race | 1966 |
Last race | 2019 |
Laps | 78 |
Duration | 1000 kilometres (1966–1973, 1980–2008, 2012–2017) 700 kilometres (2009–2010) 500 kilometres (2011) 10 hours (2018–2019) |
Most wins (driver) | Kunimitsu Takahashi (4) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Porsche (11) |
The Suzuka Summer Endurance Race has been held 48 times from 1966 to 2019, as both a standalone endurance race and as part of numerous sports car racing championships including the Super GT Series, FIA GT Championship, and World Sportscar Championship. It was the longest-running Japanese sports car endurance race at the time of its last edition in 2019.