Phillip Island is probably one of the best loved racing venues for both fans and riders, but after this year’s GP with it’s very flukey weather conditions and the usual rider complaints, Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta set out immediately to try to have the traditional October date pushed up earlier in the season.
Ezpeleta according to MCN, has even warned the track organizers that if GP racing doesn’t get a March date for 2012 season, it won’t be granted FIM homologation.
However Andrew Westacott of the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, has confirmed that there is no risk that the venue will be removed from the calendar, citing that their contract states that the races are to be held in September or October until 2016.
“Dorna has asked us to review the matter and those discussions are ongoing,” said Westacott.
“But the timeslot and the preferred option for us it to have it in September/October.
As most motorsport fans will know, the vagaries of the weather mean that there’s no guarantees of a good day or bad at Phillip Island.
”True that no one can guarantee the weather at Phillip Island, or anywhere else as a matter of fact, but the World Superbike championship that holds their event at the Island at end of February, has to the best of my very untrusty memory, never really faced the topsy turvy weather conditions that MotoGP does in October.