Editing Fuji Speedway (section)

===2007 and 2008 Japanese Grands Prix===
{{Main|2007 Japanese Grand Prix#Problems with the Circuit|l1=2007 Japanese Grand Prix|2008 Japanese Grand Prix}}

During the [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix]], Fuji Speedway met with a lot of problems, including the paralysis of the transportation network provided by the shuttle buses, poor facilities including some reserved seats without a view, lack of organization, and expensive meals such as simple lunch boxes being sold for 10,000 [[Japanese yen|yen]] (US$87) at the circuit.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/car/graph/20071001/ |title=富士スピードウェイ：コース見えず、トイレやバスは大渋滞 ３０年ぶりＦ１に課題 (Fuji Speedway: Can't see the course, and the rest rooms and the shuttle buses are crowded. There is a problem in F1 has not held for 30 years) |date=October 1, 2007 |publisher=[[Mainichi Shimbun]] |access-date=October 3, 2007 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011010512/http://mainichi.jp/enta/car/graph/20071001/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kansenzyuku.or.tv/circuit_photo/data/1190949269.jpg |title=F1 Grand Prix lunch-box – \10,000 |date=September 28, 2007 |publisher=www.kansenzyuku.com/ |access-date=October 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824042707/http://www.kansenzyuku.or.tv/circuit_photo/data/1190949269.jpg |archive-date=August 24, 2008 }}</ref>

Newspaper accounts of the event also alleged problems with Toyota bias and control. The circuit prohibited spectators from setting up flags and banners to support teams and drivers,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kansenzyuku.or.tv/circuit_photo/data/1190869319.JPG |title=Notes on the reserved seat |date=September 28, 2007 |publisher=kansenzyuku.com |access-date=September 30, 2007 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824042711/http://www.kansenzyuku.or.tv/circuit_photo/data/1190869319.JPG |archive-date=August 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://yaplog.jp/champion-ship/archive/395 |title=日本ＧＰ・横断幕の事 (About banners at the Japanese GP: Q&A with Mr. Ikeya, Fuji Speedway) |date=October 1, 2007 |publisher=champion-ship |access-date=October 1, 2007 |language=ja}}</ref> with the exception of the [[Toyota F1]] team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www42.atwiki.jp/kusotoyota/?plugin=ref&serial=11 |title=Captured image from the race on Sunday |date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=[[Formula One Administration]] |access-date=September 30, 2007 |language=ja}}</ref> Therefore, there were very few flags and banners in the event compared with other Grand Prix events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news1.as-web.jp/contents/photonews_page2.php?news_no=12951&cno=1 |title=横断幕はどこ？ (Where are banners?) |date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=AUTOSPORT Japan |access-date=October 2, 2007}}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.i-dea21.jp/kensawa/index.php?d=20070930 |title=Kenji Sawada's Report from circuit |date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=Kenji Sawada, an official F1 photographer |access-date=September 30, 2007 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013205757/http://i-dea21.jp/kensawa/index.php?d=20070930 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}</ref>

For the [[2008 Japanese Grand Prix]] race, organizers responded to lessons learned the previous year by reducing the total number of spectators allowed at the event.  Compared to 140,000 persons allowed for Sunday events in 2007, attendance was restricted to 110,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://f1update.com/full_story/view/245662/Fuji_to_limit_attendance_for_2008_GP/|title=Fuji to limit attendance for 2008 GP|work=f1update.com|access-date=June 29, 2016|archive-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032458/http://f1update.com/full_story/view/245662/Fuji_to_limit_attendance_for_2008_GP/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, walkways and spectator facilities were improved, along with larger screens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/02/20/fuji-speedway-gets-better-toilets-but-still-needs-a-roof/|title=Fuji gets better toilets but still needs a roof · F1 Fanatic|date=February 20, 2008|work=f1fanatic.co.uk|access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> However, the race was also affected by rainy weather, which has historically interfered in a number of past races at the circuit, and later in 2013, led to interference with a [[2013 6 Hours of Fuji|6-hour endurance race]] at the track for the [[FIA World Endurance Championship]].

Following both poor ticket sales and weather, it was decided by FOM that the FIA Japanese Grand Prix would be shared between Fuji and Suzuka on alternate years, with Suzuka holding the next race on Sunday, October 4, 2009. After the [[Great Recession]] and its own operational deficit, [[Toyota]] discontinued the hosting of Japanese Grand Prix beginning in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toyota to pull out of hosting 2010 Japan GP|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708091931/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20090707p2g00m0dm031000c.html|website=Mainichi Daily News  |archivedate=8 July 2009 |df=mdy|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20090707p2g00m0dm031000c.html|accessdate= 7 July 2009 }}</ref>