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In a shock move, Donington Park have announced that they plan to secure a 17 year deal to run the British Grand Prix from 2028.
The press release does not give any details as to how the venture will be funded… but we are promised an “exciting and innovative debenture scheme or something.”
Meanwhile back at Silverstone, the BRDC issued their own statement which said; “Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!”
The future of the British Grand Prix seemed to have been saved (again) following an excited telephone call from Donington Park to Bernie Ecclestone yesterday evening, in which it was announced that the required funding had been found under the… Dunlop Bridge.
Workers digging out a new access tunnel found a big pirates chest stuffed with £140 million in treasure. Further good news came when the builders were replaced by a friendly ogre and his woodland friends who magically transformed the circuit into a top class F1 venue, where customers would be instantly transported in and out, in giant hollowed out pumpkins pulled by four white horses.
Oh hang on, it’s all been just one big fairytale all along…
F1 has an impressive list of glamorous venues, Monaco, Singapore and Monza to name but three but now you can now add one more. Glasgow. Paul Morrison, a Scot who puts on the ‘F1 Rocks’ concerts has told the ‘Daily… Record’ that he is trying to convince Bernie Ecclestone he needs a Scottish GP, and with Donington hanging in the balance, now could be the time.
Morrison says; “We have the roads for it” (which you have to admit is a start) before he rather confidently predicts “We will see a Formula One race in Scotland, certainly within the next decade.”
The venue of choice would appear to be Glasgow. A quick look at the map over a pint of McEwans, shows that a circuit could be knocked up quickly, with a route taking on the boy racers along the Clydeside Expressway, before returning for a blast down Argyle Street finishing on the Govan Road.
Finishing in Govan (pictured) is a brave choice but business analysts say it would be good for the area, possibly doubling the number of people in employment from two to four.
Hopes for the 2010 British Grand Prix rise when Donington Park puts a new man in charge of construction…
Pitpass are always proud of their ‘exclusives’ and todays is a cracker. They have photographic proof that work is underway at Donington and to that end show us six pictures of an utterly deserted building site, save for a few… unmanned diggers. The photographs were taken by ‘Pitpass eye in the sky’ which makes it sound like they have their own helicopter. More like one of their readers on a holiday flight out of East Midlands Airport…
Silverstone officials have declared themselves ready to host the final race of the F1 season as concerns about the readiness of the Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina circuit mount. The circuit, as our spy shot below shows, is still a building site… and as with Donington, Silverstone is ready to fill the breach.
Said a source at the BRDC; “We are well aware that last November Northampton was under a foot of snow but we think that Silverstone would easily provide as attractive a Grand Prix as Abu Dhabi – we are ready and willing”
Reports that BRDC President, Damon Hill, was seen at Towcester Garden Centre bulk-buying potted palm trees have not been confirmed.
Now the legal wrangles are hopefully behind them, Donington Park chief’s are pushing ahead with building work at the track with the hope of being ready for next years British Grand Prix. However, with the prospect of a long wet… summer holding things up, they are working on an audacious plan to make sure the race can be held.
Specialist engineers are building a tunnel, that will start at East Midlands Airport, link via the Channel Tunnel and the Trans-Europe oil pipeline, before popping up near the Istanbul Park Circuit. Visitors will make the 18 hour journey in a series of eco-friendly trams with a park and ride facility at each end.
With Turkey having a great track and no spectators and the UK having loads of spectators and only the hope of a track, the solution should keep all parties happy.
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