Location | Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia |
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Time zone | UTC+09:30 ( UTC+10.5 DST) |
Coordinates | 35°18′30″S 139°31′0″E / 35.30833°S 139.51667°E |
FIA Grade | 2 (3 layouts) |
Owner | Peregrine Corporation |
Broke ground | March 2016 |
Opened | 13 January 2018 |
Former names | The Bend Motorsport Park (January 2018–August 2023) |
Major events | Current: Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia (2023–present) GT World Challenge Australia (2018–2019, 2021–present) TCR Australia (2019, 2024) Australian SBK (2018–2019, 2021–present) Future: Supercars Championship The Bend 500 (2025) The Bend SuperSprint (2018–2023) Former: S5000 (2019, 2023) Asian Le Mans Series (2020) Asia Road Racing Championship (2018–2019) |
Website |
www |
GT Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 7.770 km (4.828 miles) |
Turns | 35 |
Race lap record | 2:38.673 ( Aidan Read, Ligier JS P217, 2020, LMP2) |
International Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 4.950 km (3.076 miles) |
Turns | 18 |
Race lap record | 1:40.7295 ( John Magro, Dallara F308, 2019, F3) |
West Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 3.410 km (2.119 miles) |
Turns | 12 |
Race lap record | 1:10.085 ( Josh Kean, Footwork FA15, 2020, F1) |
East Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 3.930 km (2.442 miles) |
Turns | 22 |
West PLUS Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 3.66 km (2.274 miles) |
Turns | 17 |
Sprint Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 2.784 km (1.73 miles) |
Turns | 11 |
Southwest Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 1.81 km (1.125 miles) |
Turns | 7 |
North Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 1.34 km (0.833 miles) |
Turns | 13 |
Karting Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 1.1 km (0.684 miles) |
Turns | 16 |
Drag Strip (2023) | |
Length | 0.402 km (0.25 miles) |
The Bend Motorsport Park, currently known as Shell V-Power Motorsport Park for naming rights reasons, is a 7.770 km (4.828 mi) bitumen motor racing circuit at Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia, about 100 km (62 mi) south-east of the state capital, Adelaide.
The complex has a bitumen circuit, drag racing strip, and drift racing circuit. [1]
The race circuits are of a high international standard and licensed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for car racing and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) for motorcycle racing.
The circuit name was changed as Shell V-Power Motorsport Park from August 2023. [2]
In February 2015, Peregrine Corporation lodged plans with the Government of South Australia to redevelop the former Mitsubishi Motors Australia test track at Tailem Bend, South Australia. [3] Approval was granted in May 2015 [4] with construction commencing in March 2016. [5] Initially titled the South Australian Motorsport Park, by the time construction commenced, The Bend Motorsport Park name had been adopted. [6]
The address of the site was originally in Elwomple. In September 2017, before the facility opened, the boundary between Tailem Bend and Elwomple was adjusted so that The Bend Motorsport Park is officially in Tailem Bend, not Elwomple. [7] [8]
The first major event was the Revolve24 Endurance Cycling Challenge on 13–14 January 2018, an ultra-distance cycling festival featuring 24-hour, 12-hour and 6-hour races. [9] [10] It hosted The Bend SuperSprint, a round of the 2018 Supercars Championship, in August 2018. [11] It has a desire to hold a MotoGP Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix round. [12] [13]
On 4–14 January 2019, the circuit hosted the 25th Australian Scout Jamboree. [14] From January 10–12, 2020 it hosted a round of the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series season as the 4 Hours of The Bend [15] and the Supercars sprint round will be replaced by a new endurance event, The Bend 500. [16] The Supercars race was later dropped from the calendar altogether, in a shortened calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with circuit managing director Sam Shahin openly critical of the cancellation. [17] After multiple changes in the Supercars calendar, it was announced that the track will held a doubleheader in late September. [18]
Sam Shahin also offered up the facility for Hotel Quarantine during the Covid pandemic, but this was not taken up by the South Australian Government. [19]
Length: 4.950 km (3.076 mi)
Length: 7.770 km (4.828 mi)
Length: 3.410 km (2.119 mi)
Length: 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
Length: 3.66 km (2.274 mi)
Length: 2.784 km (1.730 mi)
Length: 1.81 km (1.125 mi)
Length: 1.34 km (0.833 mi)
Length: 1.1 km (0.684 mi)
Length: 0.402 km (0.250 mi)
Construction commenced in February 2017 for the 300 metres (980 ft) long pit building which includes hotel accommodation in the upper levels of the four-storey building. There are 34 pit garages. [21] The 100 room Rydges Pit Lane Hotel opened in 2019. [22]
As of June 2024, the fastest official race lap records at The Bend Motorsport Park are listed as: [23] [24]
Location | Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia |
---|---|
Time zone | UTC+09:30 ( UTC+10.5 DST) |
Coordinates | 35°18′30″S 139°31′0″E / 35.30833°S 139.51667°E |
FIA Grade | 2 (3 layouts) |
Owner | Peregrine Corporation |
Broke ground | March 2016 |
Opened | 13 January 2018 |
Former names | The Bend Motorsport Park (January 2018–August 2023) |
Major events | Current: Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia (2023–present) GT World Challenge Australia (2018–2019, 2021–present) TCR Australia (2019, 2024) Australian SBK (2018–2019, 2021–present) Future: Supercars Championship The Bend 500 (2025) The Bend SuperSprint (2018–2023) Former: S5000 (2019, 2023) Asian Le Mans Series (2020) Asia Road Racing Championship (2018–2019) |
Website |
www |
GT Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 7.770 km (4.828 miles) |
Turns | 35 |
Race lap record | 2:38.673 ( Aidan Read, Ligier JS P217, 2020, LMP2) |
International Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 4.950 km (3.076 miles) |
Turns | 18 |
Race lap record | 1:40.7295 ( John Magro, Dallara F308, 2019, F3) |
West Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 3.410 km (2.119 miles) |
Turns | 12 |
Race lap record | 1:10.085 ( Josh Kean, Footwork FA15, 2020, F1) |
East Circuit (2018–present) | |
Length | 3.930 km (2.442 miles) |
Turns | 22 |
West PLUS Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 3.66 km (2.274 miles) |
Turns | 17 |
Sprint Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 2.784 km (1.73 miles) |
Turns | 11 |
Southwest Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 1.81 km (1.125 miles) |
Turns | 7 |
North Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 1.34 km (0.833 miles) |
Turns | 13 |
Karting Circuit (2018-present) | |
Length | 1.1 km (0.684 miles) |
Turns | 16 |
Drag Strip (2023) | |
Length | 0.402 km (0.25 miles) |
The Bend Motorsport Park, currently known as Shell V-Power Motorsport Park for naming rights reasons, is a 7.770 km (4.828 mi) bitumen motor racing circuit at Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia, about 100 km (62 mi) south-east of the state capital, Adelaide.
The complex has a bitumen circuit, drag racing strip, and drift racing circuit. [1]
The race circuits are of a high international standard and licensed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for car racing and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) for motorcycle racing.
The circuit name was changed as Shell V-Power Motorsport Park from August 2023. [2]
In February 2015, Peregrine Corporation lodged plans with the Government of South Australia to redevelop the former Mitsubishi Motors Australia test track at Tailem Bend, South Australia. [3] Approval was granted in May 2015 [4] with construction commencing in March 2016. [5] Initially titled the South Australian Motorsport Park, by the time construction commenced, The Bend Motorsport Park name had been adopted. [6]
The address of the site was originally in Elwomple. In September 2017, before the facility opened, the boundary between Tailem Bend and Elwomple was adjusted so that The Bend Motorsport Park is officially in Tailem Bend, not Elwomple. [7] [8]
The first major event was the Revolve24 Endurance Cycling Challenge on 13–14 January 2018, an ultra-distance cycling festival featuring 24-hour, 12-hour and 6-hour races. [9] [10] It hosted The Bend SuperSprint, a round of the 2018 Supercars Championship, in August 2018. [11] It has a desire to hold a MotoGP Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix round. [12] [13]
On 4–14 January 2019, the circuit hosted the 25th Australian Scout Jamboree. [14] From January 10–12, 2020 it hosted a round of the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series season as the 4 Hours of The Bend [15] and the Supercars sprint round will be replaced by a new endurance event, The Bend 500. [16] The Supercars race was later dropped from the calendar altogether, in a shortened calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with circuit managing director Sam Shahin openly critical of the cancellation. [17] After multiple changes in the Supercars calendar, it was announced that the track will held a doubleheader in late September. [18]
Sam Shahin also offered up the facility for Hotel Quarantine during the Covid pandemic, but this was not taken up by the South Australian Government. [19]
Length: 4.950 km (3.076 mi)
Length: 7.770 km (4.828 mi)
Length: 3.410 km (2.119 mi)
Length: 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
Length: 3.66 km (2.274 mi)
Length: 2.784 km (1.730 mi)
Length: 1.81 km (1.125 mi)
Length: 1.34 km (0.833 mi)
Length: 1.1 km (0.684 mi)
Length: 0.402 km (0.250 mi)
Construction commenced in February 2017 for the 300 metres (980 ft) long pit building which includes hotel accommodation in the upper levels of the four-storey building. There are 34 pit garages. [21] The 100 room Rydges Pit Lane Hotel opened in 2019. [22]
As of June 2024, the fastest official race lap records at The Bend Motorsport Park are listed as: [23] [24]