Wasn't he just! He confirmed that they did not yet have the £100 funding in place, nor the planning permission.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
That's a tall order then!
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Wasn't he just! He confirmed that they did not yet have the £100 funding in place, nor the planning permission.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
That's a tall order then!
Not if they just need £100. I could give them that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
He said there was no mystery donor but correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he say the local authorities knew the score. The only way Donington would seriously upgrade was when their date was confirmed.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
It's raised my hopes a bit.
This is all very well, but he can't expect the permission to just be rubber-stamped in such a case, no matter what the potential economic benefits (always overstated) might be. This is especially the case if improving the road network is a stipulation, which it ought to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
I'll try and condense some of what Gillett said to Bob McKenzie in the Daily Express on Saturday if you didn't see it.
There will be some temporary structure grandstands but they will put up a main grandstand which will be in their masterplan announced next week. They want to have a 150,000 crowd.
People can come in by air next door, there is a train link coming into the airport in December. They will have one-way systems. Our car parks will be weather independent. I don't want to cover the place in tarmac. We are in open park and the theme will be Donington Park with the accent on park.
We have planning permission already we didn't start yesterday. It will be ready we will all be watching F1 at the best venue in the best placed spot for it in 2010.
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Originally Posted by SGWilko
This doesn't quite add up! Is he just messing with our minds, this Gillett chap? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarah
Well we know for sure that Indy will never be sold to Bernie. To be honest though, it is no big loss to the states, it is a bigger loss to F1. As for the states, they have replaced the USGP with a much bigger event, the Moto GP event.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
As for the British GP, the fans here should think themselves lucky, they even have a race. Be honest, after the fiasco of "trafficgate" they should have lost there GP right there and then. For my part, I am delighted that those wallys at the Drivers Club, have lost the event, they thought they were F1 gifted and had a special right to the GP. Silverstone, good riddance to bad rubbish!
If (and that's a big if) it does happen then I wonder what the score will be in where the changes are made?
Redgate and Craner Curves will surely go untouched (there isn't much point in Donnigton if Craner goes). My best guess would be a branch infield around McLeans. It's not wide enough for F1 at the minute though so would imagine that a lot of thee track will be altered and the fans will be put miles from the track. I'm expecting designs to be twisty and tight and we'll end up with a track that nobody likes :(
Simple question.
How can Donnington make a GP financially work with a £100m investment and paying Bernies fees when Silverstone couldn't on a much smaller investment?
Higher ticket prices anyone?
Do Donnington actually ALL the money in place for this? Simon Gillett was less than convincing in his brief ITV interview.
If the investment is over 5 years, then doesn't that mean the facilities are not going to be as they should for the first three years? Not a smart plan. If the first few race are tainted by poor facilities it will take a long time to earn respect and credibility back.
Some more from Gillett in the Express today - we are going to raise much of the money with a debenture launch that is part of the reason for a 10 year deal so that we can offer a 10 year debenture. We will build a superb clubhouse for our debenture holders. There is no mystery backer we have a strong 4 man board but we do have a major bank and an investment company with us. We will have phase 1 finished by the time we host the race and will have a permanent grandstand by 2011.