Phillip Island: Celebration Island

Located among the last appointments on the motorcycle world championship calendar, Australia’s Phillip Island circuit is usually the scene of world title celebrations at the track, after which the party moves to the same Pinos Pizzeria and the same bar. At Cowes, it usually concludes when Honda personally celebrates those titles.

Among those crowned in the past Izan Guevara of Phillip Island Real MotoGP legends like Mick Doohan celebrating his last 500cc title in front of the team, Valentino Rossi celebrating his 500cc crown in 2001 and winning his first MotoGP title with Yamaha in 2004, Casey Stoner There is Honda is his second individual title for him and Jorge his Lorenzo won his second MotoGP title with Yamaha in 2012. His October 28th coincided with a celebration with his young Marc Marquez, who on the same day was crowned Moto2 World Champion.

The Phillip Island circuit has been the site of the Australian Grand Prix uninterruptedly since 1997, but before that it hosted the events of 1989 and 1990. Before returning to Eastern Creek, there will still be a historic moment: Loris Capirossi becomes the youngest ever world champion in 125cc at 17 years and 165 days. A few hours later, American John Kocinski made his world champion by 2.5 seconds, with Carlos Cardus arriving in the final round of the year with his 5-point lead to fill his options. I was.

In addition to Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez, the other Spaniard to have previously declared champions at the Phillip Island circuit was Dani Pedrosa, who won the 250cc title in both 2004 and 2005, Alvaro Bautista won the 2006 title from La Mancha in the 125cc small category. Julian Simón in 2009 and Joan Mir of Mallorca in his Moto3 in 2017 will be joined by Izan Guevara in 2022.

Phillip Island Champions

500CC/MotoGP
1998 Mick Doohan (Australia) 1 GP
2001 Valentino Rossi (Italy) 2 GP
2004 Valentino Rossi (Italy) 1 GP
2011 Casey Stoner (Australia) 1 GP
2012 Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) 1 GP
250CC/Moto2
1990 John Kosinski (USA) Last GP
1997 Max Biaggi (Italy) Last GP
2000 Olivier Jacques (France) Last GP
2002 Marco Melandri (Italy) 1 GP
2004 Dani Pedrosa (Spain) 1 GP
2005 Dani Pedrosa (Spain) 2 GP
2012 Marc Marquez (Spain) 1 GP
125CC/Moto3
1990 Loris Capirossi (Italy) Last GP
1998 Kazuto Sakata (Japan) 1 GP
2006 Alvaro Bautista (Spain) 3 GP
2008 Mike Di Meglio (France) 2 GP
2009 Julian Simon (Spain) 2 GP
2017 Joan Mir (Spain) 2 GP
2019 Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italy) 2 GP
2022 Izan Guevara (Spain) in 2GP