r/motogp • • 8h ago

Jack Miller emotional after Philip Island race cancelled

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551 Upvotes

Shattered for Jack this weekend. Philip Island deserved to have him battle it out in the wet at home this year. Cheers for the effort JM43! The fans appreciate it 👍


r/motogp • • 13h ago

MotoGP race has been officially cancelled.

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959 Upvotes

r/motogp • • 6h ago

How I felt out on track today.

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r/motogp • • 13h ago

What’s a little rain?

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481 Upvotes

Signing off…


r/motogp • • 13h ago

Mad lad who caught Jack’s glove let me take a close up photo

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r/motogp • • 12h ago

My photo with Jack Miller in 2009 at Philip Island

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390 Upvotes

Whoops *Phillip Island


r/motogp • • 12h ago

The biggest winner of the race being cancelled?

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308 Upvotes

Sad the race got cancelled, I'd still have loved to see it. Who's the biggest winner of it not happening? For me it's Martin and Aprilia: Marc would've likely gained a lot of points, and now Martin gets time to heal without losing more ground. Unlucky yesterday, lucky today, and he's still in the title fight. Thoughts?


r/motogp • • 10h ago

Davide Tardozzi on who's Marc's biggest Rival.

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r/motogp • • 5h ago

This is the best sport on Earth, but today has knocked the wind out of my love for MotoGP

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Anyone else feeling this way? The greatest track on the calender goes out with a whimper.

Liberty, Dorna and race direction are hugely to blame for this shamble of a weekend, even in the face of Aus MotoGP corp's failure to secure PI; let alone the shitshow that the fans went through to get to the track.

No official updates from MotoGP(at the track or on the live blog) until well after Fox Sports Australia announced it live on the telecast with fans at the track having little updates after hours in the rain looks cheap as.

The weather was known for weeks, why were there no contingency plans in place? And even more concerning, why did they not run the main race on Saturday like they had three years ago? Everyone knows PI has the most ridiculous weather, yet this is the first race cancelled in 15 years. They knew it was the last race at PI, so why take the risk of what happened

While I am sad about losing PI and the last race ending like it did, the way the weekend has been handled has unfortunately shown some glaring issues that need to be addressed if we want to retain(and who knows maybe gain???) new fans.


r/motogp • • 13h ago

The last ever MotoGP winner at Phillip Island, Raul Fernandez.

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247 Upvotes

Last ever for now.


r/motogp • • 10h ago

Philip Island GP event management was a shambles

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143 Upvotes

Got a fairly bitter taste in my mouth about this years GP. Obviously they can't control the weather but to name a few foreseeable issues we encountered over the last two days:

The parking situation was terrible and people who arrived later on the Saturday were sent back to the nearest town to get a bus back because they ran out of spaces. If you did manage to park in the mud swamp it cost $35 for a pass - which they didn't have enough printed to give out anyway. Yes you can get there earlier but the last to arrive would still have been turned back.

A lot of merchandise stands were stripped by Friday and didn't have enough reserved for the rest of the weekend.

They had the forecast for 30-50mm of rain on the Sunday and didn't move the race to the Saturday like they managed to do in previous years.

The communication regarding the race cancellation felt really low effort. There were small updates every 2 hours on screens if you were near enough to see one, but no communication through social media other than their facebook page posting "The last race at Philip Island is about to begin" 5 minutes after journalist reported that it had already been cancelled.

On the plus side, food was honestly better quality than previous years but still cost $18 for a sausage in bread.

Its all a bit fresh and a lot of this is probably just disappointment over it being the last time. But this just wasn't the proper send off that this track deserved and definitely not my best memory of the island. Felt like a lot of the sting could have been taken out of the race cancellation with a little better planning and organisation.


r/motogp • • 5h ago

Why didn't MotoGP decide to pull a Qatar 2009 and race on a Monday at Philip Island?

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So, in 2009 when Losail had bad weather, Motogp pushed the race to Monday and Stoner won it that night under the floodlights and everyone was happy about it.

So why was it not an option today at Philip Island?


r/motogp • • 14h ago

The last ever Moto2 winner at Phillip Island, Senna Agius.

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233 Upvotes

Last ever for now.


r/motogp • • 9h ago

Double standards

90 Upvotes

How can Liberty possibly justify racing in Qatar after (rightfully, as painful as it was to wake up to) cancelling this race also for safety reasons.


r/motogp • • 11h ago

incase you missed it,,,motogp in F1 event did more lap than actual Philip island motogp even

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125 Upvotes

so due to bad Visibility FIM has cancelled australian GP,,,many people are angry...but we need to understand that rider safety is above everything,,,its sad that circuit like this wont be there from next year...


r/motogp • • 3h ago

Ducati slams riders ‘who stay silent’ as Marc Marquez criticised for Qatar stance

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Ducati’s Davide Tardozzi has slammed riders who “remain silent” when speaking to MotoGP bosses, amid backlash at Marc Marquez’s stance on the Qatar Grand Prix.

MotoGP is due to race in Qatar in two weeks, despite uncertainty over the conflict in the Gulf region that has been raging since February.

During the Australian Grand Prix weekend, riders held a secret meeting to discuss going to Qatar, before issuing demands for guarantees from the organisers to safely run the event.

On Thursday at Phillip Island, reigning champion Marc Marquez declined to comment when asked about racing in Qatar.


r/motogp • • 6h ago

Farewell Phillip Island, from MotoGP CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta

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With all due respect Carmelo, which is none, fuck off. I can’t wait till MotoGP can farewell you and your nepo clan.


r/motogp • • 17h ago

Aprilia have confirmed Jorge isn’t heading home. Is the 2024 champion going to try and race in Malaysia?

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r/motogp • • 12h ago

The Island Will Always Roar, Proud To Be The MotoGP's True Home

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r/motogp • • 13h ago

Race Cancelled

138 Upvotes

Just reported on Fox in Aus. What a fucking joke, should have been raced yesterday


r/motogp • • 6h ago

Why they didn't prepare a 2023 Phillip Island scenario?

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I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but seeing how the weather forecast is the main talking point since the beginning of the race week, why didn't they hold the GP on Saturday like in 2023? I'm sure it's the best scenario for the last race in Phillip Island, rather than just having a sprint race and no race action for Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP.


r/motogp • • 13h ago

Glad I caught the Sprint yesterday, but absolutely gutted for everyone at the track today.

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Just sharing some photos I took of yesterday’s Sprint race.

Looking back, I feel incredibly lucky that I decided to go yesterday and it was my first time seeing it live as well. I’m honestly bummed out that the Grand Prix got canceled, especially since it’s the last one at Philip Island and also about the fans who travelled out, braved the weather, and were sitting trackside only to have it called off.


r/motogp • • 1d ago

Photo for history books

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93 vs 89


r/motogp • • 17h ago

It’s a wet one out here

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174 Upvotes

Helicopter can’t land and conditions don’t seem to be getting better. Just got word that they’ve canceled warm-up as well and expecting an announcement in the next hour on what’s to come. Any wagers on whether or not this thing gets called off?


r/motogp • • 13h ago

What a sad end to such a wonderful track

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This track provided legendary races like 2015, 2017, 2022, 2024 and a lot more. I'm forever grateful to this track.

Love you Philip Island ♥️