Phillip Island is currently a wee bit damp ahead of AustralianGP practice ☔️ But MotoGP officials are - for the moment - not concerned about the current flooding impacting Friday's running. Story:
While track action may not be affected, it's unlikely the weather that has been lashing the east coast of Australia won't cause operational headaches this weekend, particularly if car parks, both inside and outside the circuit, can't be re-opened.
There were similar scenes at the Bathurst 1000 in regional New South Wales last weekend which saw most car parks permanently closed due to mud, while spectators and trackside campers were subject to miserable conditions. The weather was bad enough that the Top 10 Shootout, which traditionally decides the first five rows of the Bathurst 1000 grid, was cancelled for the first time in the race's six-decade history.
The Thailand MotoGP race two weeks ago was heavily affected by wet weather, with heavy rain forcing a delay of almost an hour. The downpour also led to the prior Moto2 race being red-flagged and eventually abandoned after an attempt to restart it was thwarted by the weather.
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