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Santi Hernandez and Ramon Aurin describe Phillip Island

Race engineers for Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa, respectively, analyse the Australian track –one of the fastest on the calendar.

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After Marc Marquez’s MotoGP title win at Twin Ring Motegi last weekend, the Repsol Honda team now head to Phillip Island for the sixteenth round of the season. The Australian track is located at one of the most beautiful venues on the calendar, on an island near Melbourne. Repsol Honda race engineers Santi Hernandez and Ramon Aurin –the latter of which will work with substitute rider Nicky Hayden this weekend– describe Phillip Island as a very fast circuit with one of the highest top speeds and where rider ability makes the difference. Strong winds make setting up the bike difficult, and tyre wear is a big factor.

Phillip Island

Length: 4.448 m
Corners: 12
Left corners: 7
Right corners: 5
Longest straight: 900 m
Width: 13 m
Fastest Lap: 1:27.899
(Jorge Lorenzo 2013)
Circuit Record: 1:28.108
(Marc Marquez 2013)