{"id":811837,"date":"2026-07-20T08:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811837\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:16:13","slug":"supercars-news-should-phillip-island-bump-sandown-from-the-finals-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811837\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Should Phillip Island bump Sandown from the Finals Series?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRussell Ingall celebrates winning the 2005 V8 Supercars Championship at Phillip Island. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n

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As drivers battle it out to secure their places in the 2026 Finals, there\u2019s increasing intrigue over which tracks will feature in next year\u2019s post-season.<\/p>\n

Phillip Island is being tipped to take Sandown\u2019s place as the Semi-Final round between the Gold Coast and Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Supercars\u2019 2027 calendar plans are all pending crucial Teams Racing Charter negotiations<\/a> that will determine how many events take place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s believed Supercars\u2019 desire is to return to Phillip Island in Sandown\u2019s current slot, with Sandown moving into the Sprint Cup in place of Queensland Raceway.<\/p>\n

Talks to bring Supercars back to Phillip Island for the first time since 2019 began off the back of news MotoGP will leave the venue for Adelaide.<\/p>\n

The Victorian Government-funded Australian Grand Prix Corporation promotes the MotoGP race and is at the centre of those conversations.<\/p>\n

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A November date for Supercars at Phillip Island would ensure it does not conflict with the AGPC\u2019s work on the Albert Park F1 event in March\/April.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d also give the best possible chance of fan-friendly conditions at the seaside circuit, which struggled to draw a crowd when it was last on the calendar.<\/p>\n

Phillip Island has featured deep in the Supercars season previously, including holding the final round from 2005 to 2007.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d be a significant wildcard in the 2027 Finals, though, given Supercars\u2019 Gen3 machines have not raced at the fast and flowing venue that is notoriously tough on tyres.<\/p>\n

Any tyre failures could decide the make-up of the Grand Final, while the consequences would also be high for any roughhouse Finals driving.<\/p>\n

MotoGP\u2019s move is already destined to change the flow of the Supercars Finals as it will result in the Adelaide Grand Final being run on a revised circuit.<\/a><\/p>\n

So what do you think? Would you like to see Phillip Island bump Sandown from the Finals Series? Cast your vote on this week\u2019s Speedcafe poll below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russell Ingall celebrates winning the 2005 V8 Supercars Championship at Phillip Island. Image: Supplied As drivers battle it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,134245,12357,85],"class_list":["post-811837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-phillip-island","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811837","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=811837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}