The official Adelaide Circuit set to host the Australian Grand Prix from 2027 was unveiled recently by the South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas thus marking a major milestone on the road to bringing the world’s first city-center MotoGP race to life.
Significant Step
The above unveiling marks an important step towards Adelaide (Australia) welcoming MotoGP in 2027 and establishing a world-class sporting destination designed to deliver benefits long after the checkered flag (in motorsport the checkered flag features black and white squares. It is waved at the finish line to signal that a race, practice, or qualifying session has officially ended. The first driver to pass under it wins).
One-of-its-kind Circuit
Set on the streets that first hosted F1 to Adelaide the circuit will be one-of-its-kind in MotoGP with the event combining the atmosphere of a major festival with the spectacle of the world’s premier motorcycle racing championship in the heart of one of Australia’s leading event destinations.
Safety Standards
‘MotoGP’ stated that the proposed $96m circuit is a result of months of close collaboration between MotoGP, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and partners in Adelaide (Australia) and is designed to deliver world-class racing while meeting the highest modern safety standards.
The 2027 Adelaide MotoGP Circuit is a new $96 million, 4.13-kilometer street circuit in South Australia. It will host the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) starting in 2027 as the sport’s first-ever city-center street race.
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual Formula One motor racing event taking place in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). The event is contracted to be held at least until 2035.
London (UK)-based Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel, single-seater formula racing cars run by the Formula One Group and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
London (UK)-based The Formula One Group is a group of companies responsible for the promotion of FIA’s Formula One World Championship and the exercising of the sport’s commercial rights.
Paris (France)-based the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) is an international organization with two primary functions surrounding the use of the automobile. Its Mobility Division advocates the interests of the motoring organizations, the automotive industry and the motor car users in the fields of road safety and traffic circulation. The Sport Division is a governing body for many international motorsport championships and disciplines including Formula One.
The MotoGP is the world’s premier motorcycle road racing championship and the oldest established motorsport world championship.
Mies (Switzerland)-based the International Motorcycling Federation (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM for short) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 123 national motorcycle federations divided into six continental unions.
360-degree Impression
‘MotoGP’ further stated that the immersive unveiling, which projected a 360-degree impression of the plans to those in attendance, was a significant moment on the journey towards Adelaide hosting a new chapter in the sport’s history.
Fifteen-corner Circuit
The 4.13 km, 15-corner circuit reimagines Adelaide’s iconic Formula One track for a new era thus bringing the legendary sections including the Stag Corner (a revived, tightened right-angle [90-degree] turn), the Rundle Road (a 360-meter straight section), the Brewery Bend (a historic right-hand turn onto the Dequetteville Terrace revived from Adelaide’s former Formula 1 street circuit), and the Dequetteville Terrace (a key high-speed straight and roadway section) back to life.
Lasting Legacy
The vision for the project extends well beyond race weekend. With MotoGP initially returning to Adelaide each year through 2032 the event will act as a catalyst for enhancing the park lands and the public spaces that form part of the circuit thus creating a lasting legacy for the residents, the visitors and the future major events.
‘Exciting Experience’
Commented Carlos Ezpeleta, Deputy Head Honcho, MotoGP Group, “We have spent many months working closely with the FIM and our colleagues in Adelaide to design a MotoGP circuit that is both exciting and, most importantly, safe. We are incredibly proud of what has been achieved and confident that it will deliver a totally new and exciting experience for our riders, the teams and the fans.”
Consideration for the communities that live, work and spend time around the circuit has also been central to the planning process.
‘Positive Community Outcomes’
Added Ezpeleta, “From Day One we’ve worked closely with the local stakeholders to ensure that the circuit delivers positive outcomes for the community and the environment as well as world-class racing. We understand a project of this scale will create some disruption but our goal is for the people of Adelaide to feel proud to host the MotoGP and genuinely connected to the event.”
Lasting Benefits
The project is intended to deliver lasting benefits across the economy, community and environment including initiatives to protect the existing green spaces, create new ones and enhance the public realm.
Famous Images
Put in Peter Malinauskas, South Australian Premier, “For more than 40 years the Adelaide street circuit has generated some of the most famous images in motor sport. Nigel Mansell’s (British former racing driver) exploding tire. Ayrton Senna (Brazilian racing driver) and Alain Prost (French former racing driver) on the podium after Senna’s last F1 victory. Craig Lowndes (Australian race car driver) winning from last on the grid. Jason Bright’s (retired Australian racing driver) spectacular Turn 1 rollover. In its new era we will deliver something truly world class – blending speed, safety and spectacular racing for both MotoGP and Supercars that will bring tens of thousands of visitors to our city and the State and project South Australia to a global audience of more than 630 million people.”
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