Phil Windrum Wrote:From memory this was on an island that has previously been wrecked by an earthquake or something so maybe it's the island rather than the circuit that's considered dangerous?????

thas right, it was wrecked by an earthquake and i think it was completely evacuated for a number of years and then the mayor of tokyo suggested a tt race. i remember there was a lot of japanese over in 06 to do a bit of investigating and thats why they let jun maeda away first in practice. then that horrible accident took place on the ballahutchin straight