MotoGP Review: Fast tracks equal close racing
Our man Toby Moody on why Phillip Island is a giant among tracks, Alvaro Bautista is the latest Spanish pocket rocket and what has happened to Kawasaki' plans to create an all-conquering green machine
Sunday was proof once more that fast, flowing racetracks provide close racing. It really isn't rocket science.
The simplicity of Phillip Island, where acres of run-off allow the configuration to survive from the 1950s, is obviously key. But, with so many circuits being built over the past decade that have over-seated and under-filled themselves, a lesson should be learned from the classic places.
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