The Australian state of Victoria, where Phillip Island is besieged, is being affected by heavy rains that have led the authorities to issue several flood alerts.
The rainfall, which has already forced the parking areas to be closed to prevent the cars from getting trapped, has ended up flooding the lower parts of the circuit , as can be seen in the images attached to the end of this article.
Motorsport.com informs that MotoGP managers are not concerned about this fact and do not believe that it could affect official practice, scheduled for Friday.
However, the forecast is for the rain to continue to pour down on Phillip Island throughout Friday, and is not expected to abate until Saturday. Looking ahead to Sunday, the weather forecast predicts sunny weather.
In any case, the strong gusts of wind (up to 45 km/h) and the frigid temperatures (which will not exceed 16ºC at any time during the weekend) will continue throughout the Grand Prix.
Even if the action on the track is not affected, it is unlikely that the inclement weather will not cause headaches for the organization of the event.
Similar scenes were seen last weekend at the Bathurst 1000 in New South Wales, which saw most car parks permanently closed due to mud.
The weather was so bad that the Top 10 Shootout, which traditionally decides the top five rows of the Bathurst 1000 grid, was canceled for the first time in the race’s six-decade history.
If it ends up affecting the Australian Grand Prix program, it would be the third consecutive appointment that is affected by the weather. In Japan, Moto2 qualifying had to be stopped and MotoGP FP3 cancelled, and in Thailand the Moto2 race was finished early and the MotoGP race started almost an hour late.
Check out photos of the state of the circuit at the end of Thursday’s press conference at Phillip Island.
Phillip Island circuit flooded
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
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Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
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