Editing Suzuka Circuit (section)

== 130R corner ==
[[File:Suzuka Circuit 2006.jpg|thumb|The Suzuka Circuit seen in 2006|alt=]]Following two major accidents in 2002 and 2003, one of the main issues in safety has been at the corner 130R. In 2002, [[Toyota F1]] driver [[Allan McNish]] suffered a high-speed crash through the bump, which sent him through a metal fence; he was not seriously injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-30 |title=McNish ruled out of Japanese GP : allanmcnish.com |url=http://allanmcnish.com/blog/2002/10/mcnish-ruled-out-of-japanese-gp.asp |access-date=2024-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130040749/http://allanmcnish.com/blog/2002/10/mcnish-ruled-out-of-japanese-gp.asp |archive-date=2011-01-30 }}</ref>

Track officials revised the 130R, redesigning it as a double-apex section, one with an {{cvt|85|m|yd|abbr=on}} radius, and then a second featuring a {{cvt|340|m|yd|abbr=on}} radius, leading to a much closer Casio triangle (chicane), with the chicane becoming a "bus stop" type for motorcycles.

However, the problem continued for the new revised section. During the [[2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|2003 MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan]], the track's first major event since the revisions, [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] rider [[Daijiro Kato]] was killed when he crashed in the new section, on his way to the braking zone for the Casio triangle. MotoGP has not returned to Suzuka since the incident.