Due to its position in the last appointments of the Motorcycle World Championship calendar, the Australian circuit of Phillip Island is often the scene of the celebration of the world titles on the track and later they move the party to both Pinos pizzeria and the same bar. at Cowes which Honda normally shuts down when he celebrates those titles in private.
Among those who were crowned before Izan Guevara in Phillip Island there are real MotoGP Legends like Mick Doohan who celebrated his last 500cc title in front of his team, Valentino Rossi who celebrated his 500cc crown in 2001 and then the first of his MotoGP titles with Yamaha in 2004, Casey Stoner also celebrated his MotoGP title Honda, his second personal title, and Jorge Lorenzo his second MotoGP title for Yamaha in 2012. That October 28 coincided with the celebration with a young Marc Márquez who was also crowned Moto2 world champion that day, the second of his now extensive palmares.
The Phillip Island circuit has been the venue for the Australian GP continuously since 1997, but before that it hosted events in 1989 and 1990. It was precisely at this last event before temporarily handing the baton back to Eastern Creek, that a moment that is still historic: of the youngest world champion in history for Loris Capirossi in 125cc at the age of 17 years and 165 days. A few hours later the American John Kocinski would become the world champion in two and a half parts at the expense of Carlos Cardús who came to the last round of the year with a five point lead and buried his option.
In addition to Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez, other Spaniards who have previously been proclaimed champions at the Phillip Island circuit are Dani Pedrosa, both 250cc titles in 2004 and 2005, and Álvaro Bautista from La Mancha in 2006 in the small 125cc category. and Julián Simón in 2009 and Mallorcan Joan Mir in 2017 in Moto3, who will be joined in 2022 by Izan Guevara.
The Phillip Island champions
500CC/MOTOGP
1998 Mick Doohan (Australia) in 1 GP
2001 Valentino Rossi (Italy) in 2 GPs
2004 Valentino Rossi (Italy) in 1 GP
2011 Casey Stoner (Australia) in 1 GP
2012 Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) in 1 GP
250CC/MOTO2
1990 John Kocinski (USA) last GP
1997 Max Biaggi (Italy) last GP
2000 Olivier Jacque (France) last GP
2002 Marco Melandri (Italy) in 1 GP
2004 Dani Pedrosa (Spain) in 1 GP
2005 Dani Pedrosa (Spain) in 2 GPs
2012 Marc Márquez (Spain) in 1 GP
125CC/MOTO3
1990 Loris Capirossi (Italy) last GP
1998 Kazuto Sakata (Japan) in 1 GP
2006 Álvaro Bautista (Spain) in 3 GPs
2008 Mike Di Meglio (France) in 2 GPs
2009 Julián Simón (Spain) in 2 GPs
2017 Joan Mir (Spain) in 2 GPs
2019 Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italy) in 2 GP
2022 Izan Guevara (Spain) in 2 GP
Source: La Verdad
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