Purple Sector
Mallala Motor Sport Park, turn by turn
Mallala Motor Sport Park's 8 turns in order, the Turn 5 hairpin among them: each turn's direction, shape and spacing on the mapped route.
Mallala Motor Sport Park’s circuit is 2,601 m, raced clockwise, with 8 numbered turns. Each turn below has its direction, its shape from Purple Sector’s mapped geometry, and how far it sits from the turns either side.
All 8 turns
Shapes come from Purple Sector’s registry geometry.
| Turn | Direction | Shape | From previous turn | To next turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | right | open corner, about 51° | 335 m after T8 | 150 m to T2 |
| T2 | left | bend, about 172° | 150 m after T1 | 480 m to T3 |
| T3 | right | bend, about 156° | 480 m after T2 | 445 m to T4 |
| T4 | right | kink, about 14° | 445 m after T3 | 365 m to T5 |
| T5 | right | hairpin, about 150° | 365 m after T4 | 130 m to T6 |
| T6 | left | open corner, about 63° | 130 m after T5 | 495 m to T7 |
| T7 | right | bend, about 152° | 495 m after T6 | 155 m to T8 |
| T8 | right | roughly right-angle corner, about 86° | 155 m after T7 | 335 m to T1 |
Turn 5
Turn 5 is a right-hand hairpin, turning through about 150°. (Mallala Motorsport Park) Turn 5 comes 365 m after T4, and T6 follows 130 m later. The operator resurfaced it before the 2020 season. (Mallala Motorsport Park)
History
Mallala began as RAAF Base Mallala, and it hosted the 1961 Australian Grand Prix. Since 2017 it has been owned by the Shahin family, who also own The Bend Motorsport Park.
Questions
How many turns does Mallala have?
The Full layout has 8 numbered turns in 2,601 m, raced clockwise: 2 left-handers and 6 right-handers.
Which corner is the hairpin at Mallala?
The operator calls Turn 5 a hairpin: a right-hander of about 150°, about 365 m after Turn 4.
Map, layouts and turn numbers: Mallala Motor Sport Park track map. More maps: every track in South Australia · the track list. Other circuits turn by turn: Mount Panorama · Phillip Island · Sydney Motorsport Park · The Bend Motorsport Park · Queensland Raceway · Lakeside Park · One Raceway · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Sandown Raceway · Adelaide Street Circuit · Euromarque Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) · Hampton Downs Motorsport Park · MotorMall Wanneroo Raceway · Winton Motor Raceway · Calder Park Raceway · Ipswich Kart Club · Morgan Park Raceway · Hidden Valley Raceway · Symmons Plains Raceway · Baskerville Raceway · Highlands Motorsport Park · Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon · Taupō International Motorsport Park · Teretonga Park · Luddenham Raceway · Collie Motorplex · Pheasant Wood Circuit · Wilby Motorsport Park.
Sources, checked 24 October 2026
- Turn numbers, directions, lengths and bend geometry (numbered to the operator’s circuit map): Purple Sector’s circuit page: purplesector.dev/tracks/mallala-motor-sport-park
- Turn numbers: Mallala Motorsport Park (operator), circuit map: static.wixstatic.com/media/e15dd2_25d13ce38be346209f53dfdf7b6e7168~mv2
- The Turn 5 hairpin, its resurfacing and the circuit’s history: Mallala Motorsport Park (operator), About: mallala.com/about
