AUSTRALIA'S MOTOGP could potentially be held on the country's Gold Coast after plans for a £300 million motorsport complex were unveiled yesterday.
Plans are underway to build a 4.1-mile race track, complete with international hotel and car and motorcycle museum. The complex will also have the most modern communications technology available.
And after the success of Qatar's MotoGP night race the new Australian facility has plans to install floodlights too.
The project, which has been eight years in the planning and is expected to complete in 2011, has been endorsed by former motorcycle world champion Mick Doohan:
"It's a fairly bold area these guys have stepped into, but all in all I say it's got quite a bit of merit," he said.
When asked if he thought a MotoGP World Championship race could be held at the Coast precinct, he replied: "It would be great, I'd obviously love to see it up here.
"I think we'll go one step at a time. We've got the circuit in place; you never know what will happen down the track.
"From what I can see the facility will be one of the best in the world."
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