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Track length: 4448m Longest straight: 900 m Opened: 1956, Modified 1988 Fastest Ever Lap: 1:30.068 (Valentino Rossi, 2003) MotoGP Lap Record:1:31.102 (Loris Capirossi, 2004) Last Year MotoGP Winner: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) Website: http://www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au

Phillip Island is the fastest currently used for motorcycle GP racing and demands much of machines and tyres. There are three essentials for a good result at the Victorian state venue: guts, determination and a sweet-handling motorcycle.

Most riders count the track as one of their favourites because unlike many modern circuits that have been built to contain the speed of F1 cars, the Island is dominated by super-quick curves that test rider skill and daring to the limit.

The Australian GP's only negative is the area's unsettled early spring weather that can whip up dangerously strong winds off the nearby Bass Strait.

Situated 130 kilometres south east of Melbourne, Phillip Island hosted its first motorcycle races way back in the 1920s, when riders competed over a dusty 12-mile street circuit and the only access to the island was by boat!

The circuit fell into disrepair but was redeveloped in the late 1980s and hosted Australia's first bike GP in 1989.

Circuit tel: +61 3 59522710

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