F1 moves to DONNINGTON in 2010

[jonnywombat]

Originally Posted by indie

have to agree, donnys to narrow for cars, F1 will become even more boring with racing from donny, there will be NO overtaking at all

Apart from this...:)

Wot a lap.. That guy could be the next Lewis Hamilton...

[Lord Larry]

Originally Posted by indie

have to agree, donnys to narrow for cars, F1 will become even more boring with racing from donny, there will be NO overtaking at all, and its bad enough at the minute, cost to revamp? forget it, make it wider? no way, would be cheaper to build a new track
Last point the carparking at donny is even worse, i take it there is a lot of back handers going on for them to move to donny

I live about 10 miles from Silverstone and I find it ironic that F1 is moving to Donnington at approximately the same time that MotoGP will be moving to Silverstone.

It seems that Dorna have lost their patience with the owners of Donnington, who have been tardy in making the improvements necessary to adequately host the British round of MotoGP. To host F1, the owners will need to spend a massive amount on Donnington, far more than would have been needed to bring Silverstone up to the right specifications. Bernie Ecclestone's decision therefore seems to have been illogical and I would imagine we will see the entrance fee to get into Donnington increasing massively in the years to come to pay for all the improvements needed.

On the other hand, Silverstone is already significantly better than Donnington in terms of the facilities available and the condition of the track etc and I think the moves that have been announced will be bad for F1, but very good for MotoGP. On balance therefore, I'm quite pleased.

[Rerb]

Originally Posted by Lord Larry

I live about 10 miles from Silverstone and I find it ironic that F1 is moving to Donnington at approximately the same time that MotoGP will be moving to Silverstone.

It seems that Dorna have lost their patience with the owners of Donnington, who have been tardy in making the improvements necessary to adequately host the British round of MotoGP. To host F1, the owners will need to spend a massive amount on Donnington, far more than would have been needed to bring Silverstone up to the right specifications. Bernie Ecclestone's decision therefore seems to have been illogical and I would imagine we will see the entrance fee to get into Donnington increasing massively in the years to come to pay for all the improvements needed.

On the other hand, Silverstone is already significantly better than Donnington in terms of the facilities available and the condition of the track etc and I think the moves that have been announced will be bad for F1, but very good for MotoGP. On balance therefore, I'm quite pleased.

The owners of Donnington have always been a bit anti-punter in my mind, I agree that Silverstone has superior facilities just a shame it's such a sh1te circuit for spectators.

MotoGP to Brands I say, I'd willingly travel twice the distance to see it there.

[Lord Larry]

Originally Posted by Rerb

just a shame it's such a sh1te circuit for spectators.

I wouldn't say that Silverstone is appreciably worse than Donnington or Brands for spectators. There is nowhere that you can see all of the track at any of the three venues, but I would say a vantage point at Bridge or Luffield would be as good as any vantage point at Brands and so too would the stands at Stowe and Club and Becketts.

It would not surprise me if F1 returns to Silverstone once the first contract at Donnington comes up for renewal. Silverstone also has the advantage of being centrally placed within England, close to the M1 & the M40 and roughly equidistant between London and Birmingham.

[Rerb]

Originally Posted by Lord Larry

I wouldn't say that Silverstone is appreciably worse than Donnington or Brands for spectators. There is nowhere that you can see all of the track at any of the three venues, but I would say a vantage point at Bridge or Luffield would be as good as any vantage point at Brands and so too would the stands at Stowe and Club and Becketts.

It would not surprise me if F1 returns to Silverstone once the first contract at Donnington comes up for renewal. Silverstone also has the advantage of being centrally placed within England, close to the M1 & the M40 and roughly equidistant between London and Birmingham.

Got to disagree there Luffield is about the best part I've watched and you can't compare that to anywhere on the infield at Donnington or Clark to Hailwood at Brands. Just my opinion Silverstone may have the infrastructure (presently) but it's just too flat to observe anything more than a short section of the track.

Why do DORNA and the F1 governing body set such lengthy contracts with circuits, giving a track a max of two years would certainly get rid of the current complacency shown by both Donnington and Silverstone. Again just my two penneth.

[Singh600RR]

Or maybe Uncle Ecclestone justs wants to get rid of a British GP full stop. He's got a queue of countries asking to host a GP.

Think about it - he hates Silverstone and the BRDC - so it'll never go back to Silverstone in Bernies lifetime. Also he knows that Donno will never get upto scratch in time or in budget - so after 1 race he'll say it was a disaster and give the British GP slot to another country like India (hurrah!) or middle/far east (boo!!)

I've been to Donno, Brands and Silverstone - and in MY opinion - Silverstone is the best F1 track, the other circuits are very good too - but that doesn't mean they can't switch yearly between Donno and Silverstone.

We need to move away from the "down south" motorsport bias...