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Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer 's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038. [1]
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer 's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038.
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Donington Park is the oldest UK motorsport circuit still in operation. The first racing took place in 1931 using the narrow roads that accessed the Donington Hall estate as it was then. In 1933, the track was made permanent and welcomed pre-war Grand Prix racing including the legendary Auto Union Silver Arrows driven by Bernd Rosemeyer and ...
- The Grand Prix Era
- Resurrection
- F1 Dreams
Donington's first Grand Prix was organised in 1935, with three continental entries boosting the race card: Dr Giuseppe Farina and Gino Revere in Maseratis and Raymond Sommer in an Alfa Romeo. Home-entered cars included the ERA of Prince 'Bira' of Siam, while the winner was Richard Shuttleworth in an Alfa Romeo. The flowing parkland circuit was furt...
In the post war years, a number of attempts were made to restart racing at Donington Park but these all foundered with a combination of planning difficulties (caused by the track straddling county borders) or financial issues. Into the 1970s, it looked increasingly likely that the circuit would remain nothing more than a ghost. However, one man had...
Lacking the necessary finances to complete a modern F1 venue, in 2007 the Wheatcroft family sold a 150-year lease to Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd, headed by Simon Gillett. Ambitious plans to redevelop the circuit to secure the British Grand Prix seemed to pay off when Gillet was able to negotiate a 17-year deal with Bernie Ecclestone, starting in...
Description. Circuits. Latest Races. Donington Park opened as a motorcycle circuit in 1931 under the direction of local garage owner and competitor Fred Craner. Car racing followed two years later, and in 1935 the circuit hosted its first Grand Prix.
Mar 26, 2020 · This book tells the remarkable story of how two pioneers, Fred Craner and John Gillies Shields, backed by members of the Derby and District Motor Club, created Britain’s first road racing circuit in 1931 and developed it at an astonishing rate, culminating in the world famous “Silver Arrows” Grands Prix of 1937 and 1938.
In January 2017, the Donington circuit business was taken over by MotorSport Vision, with the Donington Park Estate on a 21 year lease, until 2038. The acquisition of the circuit was cleared unconditionally by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in August 2017, [31] with MSV immediately investing in a multi-million pound improvement ...
