When 2014 British Grand Prix come to an end at Silverstone, a lot of motorcycle racing enthusiasts were interested in knowing, where the next British MotoGP will take place. These enthusiasts finally got their answer on Tuesday, September 2nd. When, Dorna Sports and the Circuit of Wales announced that Donington Park will host the 2015 British Motorcycle Grand Prix as an alternate venue. On this occasion the representative of the Circuits of Wales, Chris Herring said while talking to the media three weeks ago when they announced 5-year deal with MotoGP, both the Circuit of Wales and Dorna agreed to find a venue for 2015.
Adding to it, Herring said that it is in the best interest of everyone, particularly the fans, to reach a decision as early as possible and in the form of Donington Park now they have a venue that shares their vision of growing MotoGP in the United Kingdom.
Originally it’s the Circuit of Wales that has to host the British Grand Prix from next year according to the 5-year deal with MotoGP that is starting from 2015 and includes a further 5-year extension option. However, since the construction of Circuit of Wales is yet to begin and it may not be finished till the time next MotoGP race will take place in the UK. Therefore, the Circuit of Wales decided to find another venue for 2015 before the race moves to the new circuit in 2016.
The CEO of Dorna, Carmelo Ezpeleta said on this occasion that the Circuit of Wales has really work hard to quickly seize the best deal for the MotoGP fans in the UK and they believe that Donington Park will prove a fantastic race venue for 2015. Ezpeleta also said that Donington Park has hosted some of the most thrilling MotoGP races in past few years and they are certain that the extensive work done at the venue since it has reopened about four years ago will guarantee a fantastic event.
Now the only thing left is the announcement of the date for the 2015 British Grand Prix and it is expected to be declared sometime later during this month. The Donington Park has hosted MotoGP races for 23 years staring from 1987 to 2009.
With this announcement the hopes of the Silverstone executives have finally come to an end as they were looking to keep the MotoGP till the next season.
Reacting to the announcement the managing director of Silverstone Circuits Ltd, Richard Phillips said that they had made heavy investment in the facilities and the Silverstone circuit, especially to host the premier class racing as they have developed the British MotoGP into an extremely successful event. Philips continued by saying that they were very keen to keep MotoGP here as they cannot afford to subsidize it. So they are very disappointed for not hosting the 2015 British MotoGP.
Richard also said that they made their best and sensible offer to keep the event at Silverstone, but it appears that the Circuits of Wales that has no experience in hosting a Grand Prix event have decided to run it themselves by using Donington Park as alternate circuit until their venue gets ready. Philips said that in last five years Silverstone has taken the British MotoGP race to all-new level, so they anticipate that this move would not turn out to be a regressive step.
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