http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...rack-revealed/

 

that looks a real mess what a shame!!!!
its that cunt eclstones fault

 

It is a very big shame !!

Ecclestone was a cunt even before he caused this situation !

 

as above real shame finger's crossed they will sort it out

 

It aint over till the fat lady sings people
There are a couple of investors intrested and talks are ongoing at the mo so hopefully it will rise like the pheonix

 

how is it bernies fault they cant do thier sums?

 

its fucked it aint coming back

 

kevin wheatcroft stood in front of a good few hundred of us last weekend and swore it would return as a circuit just a case of time.

 

I still cant believe that donnington fell blatantly being used as a tactic to control silverstone, I always said the F1 would never end up there, and I cant believe they ever thought it would do, they should have properly nailed it down contractually before they started digging the place up.

Real shame

Was one of the best circuits in europe IMHO

 

Agreed. Does seem like incredibly bad management to let the diggers in before the 'i's and 't's were dotted and crossed.

 

And more to the point before the penalty for not going ahead paid by F1 was underlined, lol

 

I did some formula renault testing there some years ago... it is a great circuit to drive - what a shame ... as said should have never started digging the place up before it was sorted and the money was in the bank to do the work... not dig it up then go looking for backers.

 

Christ it's a wreck!

 

What a mess, almost looks as bad as some of the roads round me.

 

That is sad to see

I loved that track and the annual PF Christmas track day always rocked !

 

why can nobody spell donington properly?

it's not that bad really. other countries manage to build a complete facility from nothing in a few months.

 

To be fair if you look most of the track looks like it is there
But until you see it you never know
Some of the video shown as bad is were the cars region group was two years back not the track

http://www.donington-park.co.uk/save%20donington.htm

 

if it makes money [which im sure it does] some one will invest

 

my fave track

 

why do's everybody blame ecclestone yer he's a total knob for wrecking formula 1 but it's down to simon gillett he's the real wanker sat in america a couple of million richer for wrecking donington focus the blame on him

 

Donnington would never ever ever work for F1, First off there would be delaiys of weeks, getting into Donnington, Second the conidtion of the roads/outa track are far from poor.
The main problem is, they wanted to allow a one man to sort everything that fucked it up. I went to the event Save donnington to where our local car club was featured in our evening post. what he said on the stage, which was very quite, was they are trying to fund re-developments of the track, and the half built tunnel that was for the F1. 8mŁ on a fucking tunnel?! what the hell are they thinking.

I would hope to see the track re-opened.

 

it might not be the end thought as last weekend i when to save donnington show and the amount of car that turned up was mad so will have to see if the amount of car that turned up was enought to save donnington

will post my piccys up soon so you can all see how many where there

 

Went to that too there`s a bit of work to do,plenty of people turned up weather was ok sun was out but damn cold wind,let`s hope they Save Donington as i think it be a real disaster it nothing happens.

 

yes, a real shame to see it like that.

 

Carnt see it ever recovering from this, its bound to be a fuck up if they do try and rebuild it.

 

i can see it being turned into a housing complex

 

when people say its not bernies fault..... didnt he have a mate who was something to do with donnington not getting permision or something to do with the loan

they got fucked over,, they was rushed to start work to get it up to standards as bernie didnt want to have the F1 at silverstone,,,, but then changed hes mind and blamed donnington for not being able to fund the F1 renovations

 

Thats how i understand it Ginge, the blokes a prick and now a great circuit is ruined

 

That's a real shame but Donington was miles behind Silverstone in terms of facilities. Let's hope they can drag it back up to the required standard, enjoyed many RS National days there.

 

Where is national day being held this year?very sad sight to see ive also had many good national days there,ive always enjoyed it more than ford fair at silverstone

 

It really does not look that bad to me? I would have said they probably repair more track each year than is dug up on that video?

 

Yeah the track will be the easiest bit to rescue but it's the facilities and spectating areas that still need a lot of work. Can't see many spectators wanting to stand in a muddy field to watch their racing.

 

Yep IMHO the tracks not that bad at all.

Ground work to sort out spectator bankings again looks the largest job by far.

 

Wheatcroft who owns the lease or somet like that is a business partner of Ecclestones.

 

Donington was and still is a shithole of a circuit compared to the rest of the countries tracks, was crap to drive, was crap to get in, was crap to spectate at, everything about it was shit, they should bulldoze the fookin lot and rebuid a proper track, but that willl never happen in this country, if it was a football stadium for the homeless imigrants then it would be started tomorow.

 

Each to their own I guess, personally I found it a great track to drive as I believe a lot of other people did too.

 

i think your wrong on the viewing side i watched moto gp and from where i was standing i could see at least half the circuit not many places you can do that

 

thats bang on mate bernie just used them to get one over silverstone, he has got fucking billions he could have helped if he wanted the GP to go to donington

 

Was a fantastic track to drive I reckon, had a really good mix of corners and gradients.
I agree the rest of the facilities were a bit pikey but still better than mallory or castle combe or llandow and on a par with croft etc

Its only really silverstone and brands that spring to mind as really being head and shoulders above donnington for facilities TBH

 

I was thinking the same. They need to get the track sorted first, then get some trackdays going at a Cheaper rate to attract more people in to gain some more funds. The infield can be sorted bit by bit, could allways make the infield a small drift track[like Oulton] or a rally X section to join onto the main track while its all dug up.