Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

The Phillips Island Circuit is a 2.77-mile (4.45-km) road course located in Ventnor, Phillips Island, on a two-hour ride from downtown Melbourne, Australia. It is the venue for several high-profile racing events such as the Superbike World Championship and was the first circuit to host the Australian Grand Prix under the name of 100 Miles Road Race in 1928. Back in that time, motor enthusiasts used the local roads of Philips Island for racing, given its relative isolation and mild weather year-round that makes it ideal for outdoor activities. There is a lot of wind in the area, and the track tends to receive light rains in the mornings 140 days a year on average, keeping a relatively wet surface. 

There are 12 turns in the Phillips Island Circuit, with different radius and considerable elevation changes throughout the road course trajectory. The landscape around the track is spectacular, with the ocean showing in the background, wide runoffs, and lots of open spaces with green grass at both sides of the raceway. The circuit runs counterclockwise, starting at the middle of the Gardner straight and going downhill to face the highest difficulty sector of the track right in the first six corners. Turn number two, the Southern Loop, is long and fast-paced, and when you get to the Stone Corner, there is a high possibility you might be hitting the 230 km/h (142 mph). The Honda Corner suddenly gets the speed down to 60 km/h (37 mph), and from that sector on, eight sweeping turns close the circuit averaging 148 km/h (92 mph) of speed.