The Adelaide MotoGP road circuit has yet to be designed but is still widely criticized, including by the city’s F1 track designer, ahead of its inaugural race in 2027.
Adelaide replaces Phillip Island. According to the position b Australian Grand Prix Next year. Freedom media The two-wheeled sport has been flirting with the idea of ​​using street circuits; And the decision was widely discredited.
Is Phillip Island too dangerous for MotoGP?
MotoGP analyst Keith Huan has labeled the loss of Phillip Island ‘sad’.while Jeremy McWilliams called it a ‘dark day’. For the sport to lose such an iconic circuit from the calendar.
Carmelo Izpeleta insists that ‘safety comes first’Phillip Island is being called the most dangerous place to host a race in modern times. But Adelaide F1 track designer Bob Barnard was not convinced by the plans.
Adelaide F1 track designer thinks 2027 MotoGP race will be like Albert Park
Adelaide hosted an F1 race between 1985 and 1995, the MotoGP circuit was designed on a different layout to the one then in use. But Barnard pointed out issues with the proposal, which would be similar to Albert Park, which currently hosts the F1 Australian GP.
“Well, the key was that when I was building Adelaide for Formula 1, I wasn’t allowed to take a tree out, I wasn’t allowed to take a tree over the road. And this thing went through the park, so there were trees that I would have liked to take out,” he said. The Oxley Bom MotoGP Podcast.
“So you literally had to work within those constraints. Now, when I look at this plan, it’s going to be Albert Park, they’re going to knock down all these trees. I mean, the track isn’t going to be tied to what I originally built, so it’s going to be better?
“I think it’s going to be Albert Park, and nobody wants to go to Albert Park, unfortunately, that’s what it’s like at Liberty.
Is MotoGP selling its soul by pulling out of Phillip Island?
“There’s a few things going on. The big thing about a city track and you take Adelaide to Formula 1 and nobody drives the car except for the drivers.”
“There was no parking, but it’s in the middle of the city. So you have public transport, all these garages in the city, everything else. Everyone got to the track, and this is the beauty. It’s like Zandvoort, but this is very much about everything about sustainability – – -.
Because people have to drive there, you have to avoid a track like Spa. And then, if you’re interested in sustainability, leave all the drivers and teams at home, all on the simulator.
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Bob Barnard says the Adelaide race is not a good idea for MotoGP.
Barnard went on to say he was not in favor of MotoGP moving to Adelaide: “So do I think it’s a good idea? I don’t think so, because I mean, they’re going to have a lot of opposition. I mean, we’ve had enough opposition.”
“And then I don’t know if you remember what happened in Albert Park. People chained to trees went and protested outside Bernie Ecclestone’s house in London.
If you start showing that you have to knock, you will have the same group of people in Adelaide. And who pays for this?
“I mean, the state government spends this much money to run this race. It’s building a whole new pit complex, I mean, it’s going to be a hundred million or more to rebuild this track easily. And what do you have to say?
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