Without newly crowned World Champion Marc Marquez, MotoGP gets back underway in Australia for the fourth-to-last round of the season.

With 28 editions under its belt, Phillip Island is the non-European circuit that has hosted the most Grands Prix. However, there have actually been 34 editions of the Australian GP, as after the first two years at Phillip Island, the event was held from 1991 to 1996 at Eastern Creek in New South Wales — around a thousand kilometers further north.

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The GP data

According to Brembo technicians who work closely with all MotoGP riders, the 4.448 km-long Phillip Island Circuit is the least demanding track of the 2025 season in terms of braking.

On a scale from 1 to 6, it rates just 1 on the difficulty index, as there are only six braking zones per lap, totaling less than 22 seconds of braking overall. Moreover, the track features only one High-category braking point and two Medium ones.

The toughest corner

The toughest corner at Phillip Island for the braking system is Turn 1: MotoGP bikes decelerate from 335 km/h down to 182 km/h in 3.6 seconds, covering 250 meters under braking, with riders applying a 3.8 kg load on the brake lever.

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Deceleration reaches 1.5 g, and the Brembo brake fluid pressure peaks at 8.1 bar.

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Top marks — full score!

On Sunday, for the 30th consecutive year, the Australian GP in the premier class will be won by a bike equipped with Brembo brakes — a winning streak that began in 1994 at Eastern Creek with John Kocinski riding the Cagiva.

The American started from the front row, which at the time featured four bikes, and immediately took the lead, chased in vain first by Kevin Schwantz and then by Mick Doohan. Kocinski went on to win with a six-and-a-half-second margin over Luca Cadalora.

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One Corner, Five Titles

Thanks to that victory, being the season-opening GP, a Cagiva rider found himself at the top of the premier class World Championship standings for the first time. Kocinski remained leader even after the Malaysian GP, where he finished 2nd, but from the third GP onward, Mick Doohan took the lead and never relinquished it.

Turn 1 at Phillip Island is named after the Australian, thanks to his five 500cc World Championships won between 1994 and 1998, always on a Honda equipped with Brembo brakes, customized to his preferences with the innovative thumb-operated brake lever.

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25 Years of Marchesini

More than two-thirds of MotoGP bikes use Marchesini forged magnesium wheels, a brand that has been part of the Brembo Group since 2000. Magnesium offers an excellent strength-to-weight ratio and ensures high heat dissipation.

Thanks to 3D multi-forging, their weight is equivalent to that of carbon wheels, but with higher safety standards. Their performance is proven under braking, as well as in corners at extreme lean angles (up to 60°), and even on corner exit with the throttle fully open, all while the bike remains leaned over.

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