F1 » Donington reclaims F1 as British GP moves

I don't see who is going to win over this decision.

1. F1? Nope, as Donington is a useless track for the cars. Too narrow, too few straights, horrible access problems.

2. MotoGP? Nope again as the circuit is crap for spectating and the local Silverstone Marshalls know diddly squat about bikes (hopefully Racesafe will get the exclusive marshalling rights for it at least)

3. The BRDC? Nope, absolutely they are the biggest financial losers

4. Bernie? Probably. He got his wish and has royally screwed the BRDC. Hope the little twerp rots in hell.

Well I hope they plan to extend the M1 to the main entrance because following the MotoGP event which had 89,000 spectators on the Sunday I can assure you it's not up to the job! Perhaps they will operate park and ride from the Silverstone car parks?

Since this story was around at the time of the MotoGP event I was assessing the circuit's potential to host F1 and it's very hard to see how they could squeeze a modern day F1 pits and paddock into the venue itself and more over accommodate the massive space required for corporate hospitality around the circuit.

Looking around at Silverstone today you appreciate what a huge size venue it is and the ease with which it could have even more

Reading this post, a lot of you have been to the Moto GP in recent years and anyone that has been there will know the task in hand. Crap roads, aged facilities and car parks that are occupied by sheep when there isnt an event on. It WILL NOT be up to Silverstones standard by 2010.

It says they are spending £100m over 5 years. This means that over the next decade they will be planning to recoup that cash, on top of paying for the GP. Don't expect tickets to be cheap!

On top of this, they are going to kill a brilliant bike track.

Rockingham cost ~£50m to build and that place was a total flop.

Donington! Ive just had a similar feeling to when London got the olympics - Oh the pain! F1 in 2 years has Bernie actually been there? and by road rather than chopper. The motogp teams say it is the worst facilities on their calender. 5 year plan of investment whoops 2010 is in 2 years. It will be a disaster, what were they thinking of! It will take at least 10 years to get the Park up to scratch. Plus point is Motogp to Silverstone?

BYE BYE British GP. Bernie / Max get their own way, fans complain because of facilities etc and attendances drop.... perfect excuse.

SAY NO MORE

Having been going to MotoGP at Donington for over a decade now it''s going to take every penny of that £100m to bring the circuit up to standard. When you consider Ecclestone''s constant gripes about access, parking and general maintenence of Silverstone then you just have to look at what''s currently on offer at Donington. On raceday Sunday at MotoGP over 85k came(half on bikes) & cars took 4hrs to get out, all parked on grass.Facilities are at 70''s standards inc the new pits, access to infield from Redgate impossible & half the infield a moto-x track,its all of it a mudpit when it rains.The only positive is the circuit has a soul unlike silverstone although don''t expect to see much overtaking

Silverstone is an appalling circuit for viewing and the facilities are nothing special. Donington is far better to watch from but most other things associated with it need a lot of work. I went to the MotoGp a couple of weeks ago and was out within 30 minutes of leaving. The roads were set up much as they used to do back in the 90s and in my view worked well(we were in a car)I think it tends to serve Silverstone right for not getting their finger out. Old Bernie has been on about it for 5 years now. I just hope MotoGp doesn't go to Silverstone. I'm not much interested in F1 - hardly racing these days - but if the punters get a better deal at donington because of it - good luck!

i dont think that the GP should be moved in 2010. they certainly didnt think about the locals and how this will affect them, and the economic of the village, when it gets moved.
silverstone is a small village which only really has the grand prix to put it on the map, and they are taking that away from them.
most of the people i have spoke to think it should stay at silverstone, this would clearly be the easier choice, and from my experience most of the locals love it.

ok so whats going to happen. millions of pounds spent on new facilities (good), millions of pounds spent on removing and re-tarmaking of gravel traps (bad) millions of pounds spent on changing the circuit for F1, this will include several thousands of pounds making it wider and several more thousands adding hairpins designed by the moron that is tilke.

so in total they ruin another great track. Silverstone doesn't need as much work, has already got planning permission and imo is better for F1 (not slating donnington but its more of a bike place). As for better viewing, surely thats going to be ruined when they modify the track.

I've been to the last ten F1GP at Silverstone - and the improvements are amazing. This year i drove in and out on all three days with no trouble at all. The facilities are great, access is now fine unless you arrive mid morning and try to leave directly after the race, and despite comments above if you sit in Stowe or Club you can see a great chunk of the track. I'm devastated that F1 will no longer go there - watching an F1 car through Copse, Maggots and Beckets is something everyone should get to do! Whilst I don't intend to miss the 2010 GP because of it's location i'm disappointed to say the least.