Sydney Motor Sport Park

The 4.5km Brabham circuit combines the classic Grand Prix layout with an additional 830m of track that branches from the southern end of the circuit.

The extensions sees competitors take the turn seven right hander, head over a crest through turns eight and nine, before heading downhill through turn ten. A fast run into a hard braking area for the turn 11 hairpin sets competitors up for a fast uphill run through the turn 12/13 complex that rejoins the original Grand Prix layout at the entry to turn 14.

As Australia's only FIA Category Two approved circuit, this layout offers an incredible mix of the fast flowing sections for which Sydney Motorsport Park is famous, with some very technical sections that will test the best of both car and motorcycle competitors and is sure to become a favourite.

The original jewel in Sydney Motorsport Park's crown is the Grand Prix circuit, which was constructed in 1990.

Complying with FIA Category Two standards, this legendary circuit has hosted a number of major international races, including the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, V8 Supercars Championship and Australian rounds of A1GP.

The track surface is hot mix bitumen, laid in a continuous length. At 15m wide on the main straight, the circuit narrows to 12m as it flows through landscaped hills.

A favourite amongst riders and drivers alike, the Grand Prix circuit offers a variety of challenging bends, curves, turns and straights. Offering plenty of cornering, braking and passing opportunities, the Grand Prix circuit rewards the committed.

Turn one is the fastest on the circuit, with nerves of steel required to turn in at 200km/h.

GP North was the first new circuit for Sydney Motorsport Park, created via the addition of a link road between turns four and fifteen, utilising the northern half of the Grand Prix circuit.

The link road offers a unique challenge, as racers turn left from the entry to turn four, followed by a banked right hander over a blind crest with a downhill entry into the exit of turn 14.

This link has produced a fast, flowing 2.8km layout that is serviced by the Grand Prix pit lane on the main straight.

Running around the famous Corporate Hill, GP South incorporates the 830m extension from turn 6 through to turn 14.

From turn 14, competitors run down the hill towards the turn 15 hairpin, but turn left prior to entry across a left-right-left link road before re-entering the original circuit at the exit of turn 4.

This has created a short, sharp, technical circuit with a fantastic mix of corners that will test drivers and riders of all levels, from beginner to professional.

Sydney Motorsport Park's purpose built skid pan is the largest of its kind in the Sydney metropolitan area.

The 9000 square metre (2.25 acre) polished cement skidpan can be operated either dry or wet, through the use of an automatic flooding system, with water sourced from an onsite dam.

The skidpan can run independently of the race circuits, and is accessible from the main pit area, even during a race meeting.

There is a sheltered viewing area at the western end of the pan, with air conditioned suites available nearby.

Sydney Motorsport Park's skidpan is available for:

• Driver and rider education
• Product launches
• Tyre and vehicle testing
• Photo and video shoots
• Drift Days
• Motorkhanas and much more

The Sydney Motorsport Park Figure Eight is a separate facility to the skidpan and racetrack and can be operated independently of all other configurations.

Exercises on the smooth concrete Figure Eight are conducted at low speed. It's twisting, off-camber bends have been designed so that drivers can develop cornering skills and skid/slide control.

With these characteristics, the Figure Eight is the perfect platform for:

• Driver Training
• Product Launches
• Drift Days
• Tyre and vehicle testing
• Photo and video shoots