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The Donington Circuit layout in 1937. 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]
Six days after competing at Donington Park, the F3000 guys were at Silverstone for the second round of the 1993 International F3000 Championship. Gil de Ferran won at 119.462 mph (192.255 km/h) from David Coulthard and Michael Bartels – all were driving Cosworth powered Reynard 93Ds. [6]
Donington Park is a motorway service station owned by Moto, near Kegworth village in the English East Midlands. It is accessed from the M1 motorway by junctions 23a (from the south) and 24 (from the north), and is part of the complex of junctions involving the A42 , A453 , A50 and A6 roads.
The 2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.It took place on 9 July 2000 at Donington Park.. Ralf Waldmann's final win in the 250 cc classification is of particular note.
Monsters of Rock was the first major festival event at Donington Park. It was regular, with few cancellations throughout its run. In 1988, due to poor conditions, two fans were killed after being crushed to death during Guns N' Roses set. This led to the festival's first cancellation in 1989. Cancellation happened again in 1993, and in 1997.
Indicating the end of an era, this was to be the final race at the famous Donington Park circuit as it would be the Silverstone Circuit that would host the MotoGP race from 2010 onwards. [3] [4] Valentino Rossi took pole position on Saturday - the fourth of the season - with a time of 1:28.116.
On 24 October 2009, BBC News reported that Donington had failed to raise the £135 million needed to stage a British Grand Prix, that Donington's bid 'looks over' and that Bernie Ecclestone had offered the race to Silverstone, but that the terms appeared to be the same as those that the Circuit rejected the first time around. [14]
The 1993 European Grand Prix (formally the Sega European Grand Prix [1]) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 April 1993 at Donington Park.It was the third race of the 1993 FIA Formula One World Championship.