Or a DoDo stud!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
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Or a DoDo stud!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
They think it's all over....
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8300268.stmQuote:
Donington Park's hopes of staging the British Grand Prix from 2010 look to be over after the operators' latest fund-raising attempts fell through.
Earlier this month Donington launched a bond issue in an attempt to raise £135m, but that has now been withdrawn.
Are some of the crowd on the pitch?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
About time for Bernie to crawl back to Silverstone then! Real shame they couldn't pull it off though, sounded very promising.
It leaves Donington absolutely f*cked though doesn't it? Presumabely no more racing.
Well, Donington Park had until midday today to sort out its financial planning for the British Grand Prix...
They'd better not be granted yet another deadline extension - we need this sorted out one way or another immediately. It's not fair on Silverstone, and it's not fair on race fans who wish to plan ahead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8300268.stm
Looks like time is up!
An interesting development regarding the future of Donnington (which is pretty much a building site) is that it seems likely now that the company leasing the circuit will default on the lease (as happened earlier on in the season) and control will be handed back to the Wheatcroft family. As for the half finished excavations on the infield, one would assume that this will have to be sorted out, but by whom will no doubt be in the small print of the lease deal. Personally i'd like to see the track restored to how it was before this whole sorry saga happened, the Dunlop bridge put back up and the infield restored to the large spectator areas that offer great views of the track.
It's looking like it'll be a complete disaster for Donington. I wonder if they'll end up going bust over this?
Perhaps they will and be sold off by the creditors, to Silverstone :D