The future of elite car racing in Great Britian appears to be increasingly bleak.
Donington Park, the proposed venue for 2010’s UK Formula 1 race, has stalled on the grid due to financial problems – the most high-profile at the end of April when the circuit owner began legal proceedings, against promoters, for unpaid rent of more than £2 million.
As the UK stage will only go ahead if the substantial £100 million redevelopment of the track is completed by March 2010, the race’s prospects certainly look in doubt.
Formula 1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, has said several times that if the Donington race circuit is not completed, the race will go elsewhere. This means somewhere abroad, not another British track.
That would bring an end to the UK Grand Prix which, along with the Italian stage, is the oldest continuously staged Grand Prix stage.
While racing fans can still choose from the British Touring Car Championship, MotoGP and A1GP, race fans may have to look further afield for a big event steeped in history.
The Le Mans endurance race ticks that box, with an electric atmosphere plus over 80 years of racing predigree. The race already attracts thousands of UK fans every year to watch the racing from dusk till dawn.
Of course the only problem is that the race is in France. However, you can race across the Channel, with various Poole channel ferries making the trip every day.
Still despite the disappointment of the UK Grand Prix apparently disappearing into the history books after 2009, there are many events to keep racing fans entertained.
For those looking to the past the UK is famous for classic, veteran and heritage shows countrywide in England, Scotland and Wales so there is no shortage or cars to view although not moving as fast as F1
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