MotoGP 2026

[pritch]

Just listening to the Oxley Bom podcast while I was doing the dishes. Makes a boring job acceptable. Just.

At one point they were discussing the loss of Phillip Island. Apparently the new owners have a different vision for MotoGP. Their version does not have people living in tents getting pissed until they fall down, then getting up and doing it all again the next day. The new vision has a city handy so that after the racing the fans can retire to pleasant bars and restaurants and sleep in the relative comfort of a hotel or motel. If the wife wants to visit an art gallery or go shopping she can. All of which, while pleasant, might make a visit to a GP considerably more expensive.

This would seem to place other rounds at risk. The Argentinian venue for example is waaay out in the sticks.

Anyhoo it would seem change is in the wind.

[F5 Dave]

When we did PI (6×) we didn't slum in tents.
We has a rented house for~8 of us. We frequented the Isle of Wight pub, got drunk and fell over, then a cheap restaurant, fell over again and crashed on a bed. Looxury!

And at least we didn't have to mix with the common rabble in tents. [Sniff].