Comments on: Donington: time to stop the cynicism?

By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:32:53 +0000

Just Announced

Donignton Gets Planning Permission….

Yahoo!!!!…..

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:31:49 +0000

New article on Grandprix.com which mentions where Mr Gillett is supposedly getting some of his funding from... D-Day for Donington Park

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:59:54 +0000

maybe the credit crunch will save the British GP. As Bernie will find it much harder to screw millions out of places like asia and the middle east over the next few years.

Fraid not, jayb. If anything, Asia and the Middle East will be the areas LEAST affected by the crunch, and so far, that’s proving to be the case. It will cause (and is causing) much more mayhem in the US and Europe.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:20:14 +0000

exactly, the sole reason Bernie added another spain track(both are terrible) was because of Alonso and now he doesn’t care about the UK, unbelievable.

By: jayb

jayb — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:05:47 +0000

maybe the credit crunch will save the British GP. As Bernie will find it much harder to screw millions out of places like asia and the middle east over the next few years.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:40:29 +0000

Well no American GP, Canadian GP, French GP, and the chance of no Britian GP, wow what next?

By: Chaz

Chaz — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:54:16 +0000

I have yet to go to a large scale event (Farnborough Airshow, Red Bull Air Race, any street carnival) in Britain where the traffic congestion was not a serious headache (I am being polite by not swearing. e.g. one mile an hour for 3 hours is not fun). I prefer it when a train station is close by so one can simply walk.

I’ve been a victim of the ‘park-and-ride’ scheme at the Farnborough Airshow and that’s a complete joke and a literal waste of time. Take my advice and just walk from the train station. Honestly I want Donington to work but they are being completely naive on this issue.

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:34:39 +0000

Keith,

re problems with airport

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/09/05/2010-donington-park-f1-track-revealed/

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:38:24 +0000

My cynicism will be alleviated when the building of the new facilities starts, but I will probably still be skeptical till the day of free practice 1.

By: LJH - Brits on Pole

LJH - Brits on Pole — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:55:38 +0000

Here’s what makes me particularly sad about the whole British Grand Prix situation. Let’s start somewhere a bit unexpected: Williams F1. Their motto: “We exist to race”.

So what has that to do with anything? Well, that puts them in broadly the same camp as Silverstone and the BRDC. The purpose of that organisation, and the reason it owns the track, is “we exist to race” – in other words, for the furtherance of motorsport in Britain, as anyone who has stood there soaked to the skin watching round after round of junior formulas will attest.

For 51 weeks of the year, it’s not about glamour or making money, it’s about making sure that infrastructure for developing British racing is in place.

But as soon as the Grand Prix switches to Donington the very top tier of British motorsport stops being about existing to race and starts being about purely commercial concerns – making profits, providing entertainment, going in for this whole ‘experience’ package at what I very passionately believe is the expense of the sport and of its fans.

Particularly ironic at a time when people are saying how good it would be if privateer teams like Williams could race economically in F1

My advice to you, Keith, is to use the very longest spoon you can find.