MotoGP returns to Phillip Island for the Australian Grand Prix on October 23-25, with the coastal circuit set to welcome the world’s best riders once more.
Fans can watch every practice, qualifying session, Sprint and Grand Prix live on SPOTV NOW.
Here are five things to know ahead of the race weekend.
Phillip Island’s farewell
Phillip Island will host the Grand Prix for the final time this year before the event moves to Adelaide in 2027.
The circuit welcomed the country’s first Grand Prix in 1989, with local hero Wayne Gardner winning the premier-class race before repeating the feat the following year. All but six editions have taken place at Phillip Island. Eastern Creek hosted the race from 1991 to 1996 before it returned to the Victorian circuit in 1997.
Adelaide will begin a six-year hosting agreement next season, with MotoGP set to race on a city circuit for the first time.
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The last ride
Fans will share the road with MotoGP stars when the Homecoming Ride returns for the final time on Thursday before the Australian Grand Prix.
First held in 2022, the event has brought hundreds of fans together to ride alongside current racers and former champions. Marc Marquez led more than 400 supporters in 2023, while Casey Stoner headed last year’s procession alongside riders including Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi.
This year’s ride will travel from San Remo through Cowes before finishing with a lap of the Grand Prix circuit.
Local hero’s final home Grand Prix
Miller will contest his final Australian Grand Prix as a full-time MotoGP rider before moving to WorldSBK with Pata Maxus Yamaha in 2027. The switch will end a 12-season spell in the premier class for Miller, who stepped directly up from Moto3 in 2015 after finishing runner-up in the lightweight championship.
However, Australia will still have a rider to cheer on when Adelaide takes over next year. Senna Agius will graduate from Moto2 to join Red Bull KTM Tech3, becoming the country’s sole representative on the MotoGP grid.
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Rare first-time winners
Phillip Island’s fast corners and changeable weather can challenge even the most experienced riders, but two of its last three MotoGP races produced maiden winners.
Johann Zarco made his breakthrough in 2023, overtaking Pramac Ducati teammate Jorge Martin on the final lap to claim his first premier-class victory. Raul Fernandez joined the winners’ club in 2025, finishing ahead of Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi to give Trackhouse Racing their first MotoGP victory.
Luca Marini, Diogo Moreira and Toprak Razgatlioglu will hope Phillip Island can provide a similar breakthrough as they chase their first premier-class Grand Prix wins.
Ducati’s surprise drought
Ducati have won twice at Phillip Island in the past three years through Pramac’s Zarco and Gresini’s Marc Marquez, but their factory team’s wait for an Australian Grand Prix victory stretches back to 2010.
The factory team’s most recent winner remains Casey Stoner, who claimed four consecutive home victories for Ducati between 2007 and 2010. He then won the next two editions with Honda, completing a run of six straight Australian Grand Prix victories before retiring at the end of 2012.
That leaves Ducati’s factory team facing a 16-year wait at Phillip Island, despite their success elsewhere. For comparison, their next longest win drought is only five years at Le Mans, when Miller won the 2021 French Grand Prix.
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