After recent speculation surrounding the design of the Adelaide Street Circuit following MotoGP's decision to move away from Phillip Island, an offical render of the track has been released, fuelling varying opinions from fans of both sports.

A driving force moving the annual Australian-leg of the MotoGP calender was due to a lack of accessibility to the venue, outdated facilities and fears of an 'unsafe' track due to high-speed run-off areas and unpredictable weather.

Phillip Island is a favourite circuit amongst many MotoGP fans and riders, with most Australian's reminiscent of double MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner's domination at the track form 2007-2012.

However, when news broke the move would be to a street circuit, outrage broke amongst both fans and particularly riders, raising questions on how the move would be a 'safe' one.

MotoGP fans are not the only ones who are going to have to come to terms with the new track as Supercar fans too are going to have to adapt for their grand final, set to take place just two weeks after the MotoGP bikes descend on it for the first time at approximate speeds of 343km/h.

Supercars Legend Mark Skaife spoke on the process of the design of the track on Fox Sports Motorsport 360 claiming "The priority was MotoGP to begin with, and then the Premier and the South Australian Motorsport Board and iEDM and Supercars — all the people involved in it — have been really in the background saying, ‘Okay, how do we modify it and then make it more Supercars friendly?'"

With renders of track simulations officially being released, current and past MotoGP riders have weighed in on the situation, with reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez stating "What I see is a lot of trees that we are not used to ride with that kind of atmosphere around but it's super nice" when speaking to MotoGP media.

However this optimism was not coherent through the paddock with former double MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia describing the layout as "much more boring" compared to the iconic Phillip Island but "better than Balaton Park", a track that has produced poor racing with limited overtaking hotspots.

With divided opinion still within the paddock the focus changes to how the track will fair for Supercars drivers just two weeks later, with track changes having to be made to suit the racing style of Supercars, particularly narrowing turns 8 and 9 and increasing kerb heights.

The quality of racing is at the forefront of the fans concerns, for MotoGP fans it seems that the iconic battles of Phillip Island may not be recreated.

For Supercars fans who have not been at the centre of attention are too concerned by what is proposed with reigning Bathurst 1000 winner Matt Payne suggesting that change may not of been needed for them as "I feel like it's in a really good spot at the moment with the characteristics of it.”

 

MotoGP and Supercars may have seemingly been better off remaining with current propositions to provide what the fans want - so was it for money all along?

Former Australian MotoGP rider Chris Vermeulen too spoke on Fox Sports Motorsport 360 surrounding the logistics of accessing a street circuit in a city like Adelaide opposed to Phillip Island, an almost two-hour drive outside of Melbourne's CBD with limited accomodation.

Vermeulen stated that "Realistically, if they're in a city centre … I don't know what number they're hoping for, but it's going to way bigger — 200,000-300,000 people. This is good for the sport, for South Australia, for MotoGP worldwide. There's going to be so many eyes on the city when it comes."

With 2025 crowd figured eclipsing 90,000 across the weekend, the highest since 2012 MotoGP was on the up again in Australia.

If confirmed true the rumours surrounding Aussie sensation Senna Agius to Tech3 KTM, growth would be taken to another level.

So, the move is evermore seemingly for a business move for economic gain by Liberty Media after their acquisition of MotoGP with the Supercars being a domino that falls in the process.