2010 British GP to Redefine the Term “Busman’s Holiday”
It was announced in July 2008 that Donington Park had been awarded the contract to host the British Grand Prix for 10 years from 2010. It will be the first time the BGP will be held away from Silverstone 21 years.
And not without controversy as this petition attests to.
2010 will also mark another first in British GP and in the sports history.
During an open day at Donington Park, which is yet to receive planning permission for renovations, chief executive Simon Gillett said: “This will be the first public transport grand prix. We are not bringing cars here,” he is quoted as saying by the Nottingham Evening Post. (Your snarky editor suggests with Max and Bernie in charge F1 may not bring any cars either)
Plans are to have fans travel by bus from Nottingham, Leicester or Derby, take the train to East Midlands Parkway Station or fly to East Midlands Airport.
And these idiots think they can transport an estimated 100 thousand fans via public transport?
This I gotta see. From afar, ’cause I damn sure don’t want to be part of the resulting chaos.
IN RELATED NEWS: Legendary F1 broadcaster Murray Walker weighs in on Donington Park.
“I do think that it is a tragedy that Silverstone has lost the British Grand Prix. The corner complex at Beckett’s is one of the finest in the world. There is a gigantic fan base for the circuit, but Silverstone can’t raise the money that Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Malaysia can raise.
“Is Donington going to get the job done? If they don’t, the British Grand Prix is lost. Bernie Ecclestone will say ‘I’m off to Russia instead.’ Or Kazakhstan.”
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I seem to remember 80000 fans attending a Renault sponsored round of the WSbR, so I assume they all got there under their own steam. I can’t see the organisers doing this without the infrastructure in place to do it.
The Sydney Olympics at Homebush were public transport only, BUT, it had a purpose built rail link & enough buses to handle the numbers.
I don’t see anything coming of this except a royal goat f*ck.
Back when the venue change was announced many of the blogs and news artcles noted how jammed-up traffic was in the area without a GP. hat tells me, in a country used to mass transit, the major mode of transport there is by car and truck.