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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPater Malinauskas, Jack Miller, and Carlos Ezpeleta inspect the plan. <\/p>\n
The South Australian Government\u2019s sensational MotoGP coup was announced by Premier Peter Malinauskas\u00a0and MotoGP boss Carlos Ezpeleta in Adelaide this morning.<\/p>\n
That included the presentation of a detailed track map for the planned 4.195 km, 18-turn circuit, which will allow MotoGP bikes to reach 340km\/h.<\/p>\n
Malinauskas trumpeted that \u201cwe\u2019re going back to the old F1 Grand Prix circuit\u201d, noting it will \u201cbring back the romance, it\u2019s a longer track, highest speeds, more overtaking, good racing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, far from being a simple return to the F1 layout, it marks the biggest revamp of the street circuit since its first use in 1985.<\/p>\n
Adelaide\u2019s original F1 circuit stretching 3.78km was trimmed to 3.22km when the Adelaide 500 (now Grand Final) was introduced in 1999.<\/p>\n
That was achieved simply by cutting out the most northern leg of the circuit and utilising Bartels Road instead of Rundle Road.<\/p>\n
Changes revealed today include a total revamp of the permanent loop of tarmac in Victoria Park, including the positioning of the start\/finish line and pit building to the Fullarton Road side of the park.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve taken an opportunity to make a modification to get a far better outcome for Victoria Park itself,\u201d explained Malinauskas.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the adjustment to the track, we are taking the opportunity to move the hard stand where the temporary buildings are put up and move it to an area immediately adjacent to the Victoria Park Heritage Grandstand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adelaide to host MotoGP on street circuit from 2027<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The heritage grandstand dates from the early 1880s and is a legacy of the use of the parklands for horse racing.<\/p>\n Track works will include the removal of an estimated 45 trees, although Malinauskas emphasised it\u2019ll also improve access to Victoria Park during set up and pack down each year.<\/p>\n The new Victoria Park loop as depicted still includes use of a portion of the current pit straight, leading into what appears a tighter version of the famous Senna Chicane that connects to Wakefield Road.<\/p>\n The presented map shows the current circuit\u2019s \u2018staircase\u2019 section of Turns 4-5-6 being replaced by a straight line \u2013 seemingly to avoid 90-degree turns with minimal run-off.<\/p>\n That\u2019s followed by the return of the F1 section \u2013 resurrecting the Banana Bend (albeit with a different approach angle and added chicane), Stag Hotel and Brewery Bend corners.<\/p>\n The return to the Rundle Road\/Dequetteville Terrace layout rather than Bartels Road means that the Supercars circuit\u2019s infamous \u2018Turn 8\u2019 sweeper is bypassed.<\/p>\n The hairpin at the end of Dequetteville Terrace is a 90-degree corner on the new layout due to an earlier entry back into the reconfigured parklands.<\/p>\n Adelaide\u2019s MotoGP coup was predicated on its willingness to provide a city circuit that the motorcycle championship craves under new ownership of Liberty Media.<\/p>\n While that has brought many questions over safety, MotoGP boss Ezpeleta is adamant the design won\u2019t compromise the wellbeing of riders.<\/p>\n MotoGP has \u2018complete confidence\u2019 Adelaide will be safe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe way that we\u2019ve done this is to study the area that was available for the track very, very closely, up to the centimetre, I would say, and then build a track with our speed calculations and the possible crash trajectories,\u201d said Ezpeleta.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very clear where we have to put gravel and I\u2019d say that even without the additional temporary, safety devices, such as air fences, even without that, our calculations say that the circuit\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n \u201cOn top of that, all of those devices will be there. So we\u2019re really happy about the work that\u2019s being done.\u201d<\/p>\n Although emphasising the amount of work that has been put in to date, Ezpeleta noted the presented design is not a final layout.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not been made clear if Supercars will utilise the entirety of the rejigged layout, although wholesale changes to the Victoria Park section are clearly aimed at both events.<\/p>\n What does Adelaide MotoGP deal mean for Supercars?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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