What Would Be Wrong With F-1 Racing At Donington Park?

I'm delighted to have ditched Silverstone at last. The GP should never have been permanently taken away from Brands Hatch in the first place, and now after over 20 years there can be a little Schadenfreude at Silverstone's plight. Silverstone was always a boring track, but the changes which took away its one selling point - pure speed - have made the place even worse.

I'm very happy to see Donnington getting the GP, even without the great corners just the change in gradient all over the circuit makes it 10 times more interesting than any other track since the demise of the real Österreichring. The Craner Curves in the wet are one of the great tests of a driver, and fortunately they are staying intact...now all we need is a little rain-dance to see some magic.

What would be wrong? Absolutely nothing! I completely agree with the sentiments expressed by rosbif and piggingheck regarding the track (although I have only been to Silverstone to watch races and not Donington, yet).

Whilst I admit to being a sentimental fool, ie. the tradition of Silverstone blah, blah, blah, what I personally object to about the move from Silverstone to Donington is simply why and how it was done.

The decision to move had nothing to do with giving us better racing. Why would anyone in F1 deliberately give the fans and drivers something they actually want? It happened because Bernie the Big Baby didn't like the fact that the BRDC wouldn't pander to him and his ridiculous demands anymore. So he stuck his bottom lip out, stamped his tiny dwarf foot, said he didn't want to play any more and stomped off up the road to Donington. That's what sticks in my throat.

However, I am delighted that we still have the British GP (losing it would have been terrible IMO), and if the racing is likely to be better and more exciting, bring it on I say!

@Bozo: I don't need any prompting to call you crazy, but thank you so much for the very polite invitation. Here goes..."CRAZY BOZO!!"

I'm looking forward to it. Silverstone has been boring since they took all the quick corners out. The Woodcote chicane was one of the best bits of the season until they replaced it with a complex which makes Hockenheim look natural and flowing.

Time to go back to a circuit which doesn't look like it was designed on a computer.

M1 junction 24 same as East midlands airport. pass away in a great number of time via fact there is largely one way into the circuit and you'd be queing for hours, regardless of the incontrovertible fact that it fairly is going to likely be well worth it for a great days racing. I met Valantino Rossi there finally years GP !!!!

Rosbif said all there is to be said

I was extremely happy to see this fast and challenging track back