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Round 2 of 12 rounds in the 2006 Superbike World Championship. and Round 2 of 12 rounds in the 2006 Supersport World Championship. | |||||||||||||
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Date | 5 March, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Location | Phillip Island | ||||||||||||
Course | Permanent racing facility 4.445 km (2.762 mi) | ||||||||||||
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The 2006 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 3–5 March 2006 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Cowes, Victoria, Australia.
The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Ventnor, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The current circuit was first used in 1956.
Cowes is the main township on Phillip Island in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is about two hours' drive from Melbourne and can also be reached by coach, or passenger ferry from Stony Point on the Mornington Peninsula. Cowes is located on the northern side of Phillip Island and faces towards French Island and the Mornington Peninsula. At the 2016 census, Cowes had a population of 4,839.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
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