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Originally posted by sumo
There are some well founded reports that , after the chaos caused by the last f1 gp held at Donnington , to the air traffic at the aiport and traffic congestion on the m1, there is no way the circuit will be allowed to hold another f1 gp . It is also rumoured that Tom Wheatcroft has said that he never wants to have the gp there again.
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I also remember the drivers moaning about a film of oil being laid by the planes using the racetrack, making the track slippery.
I saw a proposed GP layout of Donington on
Racing Circuits.net, (search for Donington, then click on proposed GP circuit) and basically all it is is removing the fogarty chicane, so you have a flat out blast from Coppice down to Melbourne.
However, last year when I was there for the BTCC, it took us 1 and a half hours to get out of the damn car park.....
(and it wasn't raining....or mud filled!
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That would be totally unnaceptable to the F1 circus, although I guess an F1 event would have more police support in closing the surrounding roads to non-GP traffic...which would've helped!