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Phillip Island
A coastal circuit on cliffs above the Bass Strait, widely rated by riders as one of the best-flowing tracks on the calendar. Fast, sweeping corners with the ocean in view for most of the lap, and often windy — conditions change quickly this exposed to the sea. Riders regularly cite the flowing, high-commitment nature of the lap as a highlight of the season, in contrast to the stop-start layouts found at several newer circuits.
- Circuit length
- 4.448 km
- Corners
- 12
- First Grand Prix here
- 1989
- 2026 round
- Round 18
- Race date
- 25 Oct 2026
- Ticket prices
- AUD 50–AUD 425
Australian Grand Prix is round 18, 25 Oct 2026. The review publishes the day after.
The lap
The lap, drawn from the official circuit diagram and simplified to 115 points. This is the shape of the circuit; the length and corner count in the strip above are the published figures, hand-checked against the circuit’s own specifications.
What a ticket here actually gets you
Zone and stand structure, checked 3 Aug 2026. No prices — those move, and we do not publish one until it has been checked and dated.
What a Phillip Island weekend actually costs
Seats we could actually find on sale at Phillip Island ran from AUD 50 up to AUD 425 (general admission through to the priciest grandstand, not counting hospitality or Paddock Club) — checked 3 Aug 2026. Ticket prices move constantly and this is not every seat at the circuit, so treat it as a rough budget, not a quote. A typical return flight from a mid-priced European hub, booked around two months out, runs about €1100 a person; add roughly €270 a person for three nights in a mid-range hotel over the race weekend. These are grounded, dated estimates, not live quotes.
Ticket types
| Icon | Type | What you get | Screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doohan Corner | Trackside at Doohan Corner (Turn 1) | Not confirmed | |
| Stoner Corner | Trackside at Stoner Corner (Turn 3) | Not confirmed | |
| Lukey Heights | Trackside at Lukey Heights (Turn 9) | Not confirmed | |
| GA-1 | Trackside at GA (Turns 9-6 sweep) | Not confirmed | |
| Siberia | Trackside at Siberia (Turn 6) | Not confirmed | |
| GA-2 | Trackside at GA (near Siberia) | Not confirmed | |
| Champions | Trackside at Champions (Turn 11) | Not confirmed | |
| Stoner Pavilion | Trackside at Stoner Pavilion (Turn 12, final corner) | Not confirmed | |
| GA-3 | Trackside at GA (Champions/Stoner hairpin) | Not confirmed | |
| Gardner Straight | Trackside at Gardner Straight (Start-Finish) | Not confirmed |
structure checked 3 Aug 2026
Getting there
Fly into Melbourne, then it's roughly a 1h45–2h drive or coach transfer south-east to Phillip Island — there's no train link, so most fans arrive by road. Weather here can turn inside a single session — the same exposed, cliff-top setting that gives the corners their view also means wind and rain arrive with little warning. The nearest township, Cowes, is a small seaside community that swells considerably during race week.
Where to sit
Doohan Corner and the Southern Loop, early in the lap, sit right on the coastline. Siberia and Lukey Heights, further round, are the circuit's fastest, most exposed sections. The Champions grandstand and the Stoner Pavilion, named for Casey Stoner (unbeaten at this circuit from 2007 to 2012), sit either side of the final hairpin before the Gardner Straight run back to the line; general-admission grass patches fill the gaps between the named stands right around the headland. and the exposed cliff-top setting gives even the general-admission areas a genuine sea view.
Weighing it against other MotoGP circuits
Dates move; circuits do not.