The circuit, while popular with riders, falls well below the world-class standards expected from MotoGP in terms of infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Phillip Island is also located around an hour and a half from Melbourne, while fans located in the north of the country tend to favour cheap and easier trips to Indonesia for MotoGP.<\/p>\n
The race was also one of just five grands prix in 2025 that didn\u2019t produce a weekend attendance of above 100,000, and hasn\u2019t since Casey Stoner\u2019s final home race in 2012.<\/p>\n
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Following last year\u2019s Australian Grand Prix, reports emerged of a proposed move from Phillip Island<\/a> to Formula 1 venue Albert Park, located in Melbourne.<\/p>\n While there are obvious safety hurdles about such a move, MotoGP SEG members (formerly Dorna Sports<\/a>) spent the winter talking about the feasibility of the series racing on street venues<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Victoria, efforts have been made to save the MotoGP event at Phillip Island, with a petition launched and numerous government officials backing the campaign.<\/p>\n Phillip Island\u2019s MotoGP future hopes boosted by government intervention<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the Victorian government rejected MotoGP\u2019s proposal to move the race to Albert Park, citing economic benefits to the local area.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix is synonymous with Phillip Island, and Victoria is proud to support it,\u201d the Victorian government said in a statement.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cToday, the Allan Labor Government ruled out a request from Dorna Sports [MotoGP SEG] to move the event from Phillip Island to Albert Park.<\/p>\n \u201cAs regional Australia\u2019s biggest international sporting event, the Motorcycle GP brings tens of thousands of visitors to Phillip Island every year.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s good for tourism, good for local businesses, and good for jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack Miller<\/p>\n Phillip Island receives government funding boost<\/p>\n Part of the Victorian government\u2019s efforts to keep MotoGP at Phillip Island also comes in the form of a cash injection to the organiser.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n It is not clear how much money has been pledged, nor if it was accepted, according to ABC.<\/p>\n Bass Coast mayor Rochelle Halstead told ABC that she hopes the investment will be spent on infrastructure upgrades.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m absolutely thrilled,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a lot of concern that this may not happen, and that’s why we started a campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople came out and showed their love for the race,” she said.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cI’m hoping as part of the agreement to see an infrastructure investment at the site to bring it to international standards, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in the contract and how long that has been signed for.<\/p>\n \u201cBut [the GP] is absolutely part of the Bass Coast community fabric.\u201d<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the Australian state of Victoria has rejected MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group\u2019s proposal to move the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,647,132896,85,660],"class_list":["post-485934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-melbourne","tag-phillip-island-circuit","tag-sports","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jack](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gng_1251504_hires.jpg\")
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