So what happened to donington then, will they just leave it half finished.
This weeks Autosport (3 December 09) had a report in which Simon Gillett says that he believes the track will survive. He estimates that restoring the track will cost less than £1million and take less than two months. He also says that as its closest neighbour is East Midlands Airport, the land cannot be used for residential or factory purposes, so it could only be used for either parkland or as a race track.
Edd Straw, the F1 editor also points out that the asphalt remains intact apart from 100 metres from the exit of McLeans to Goddards via the Melbourne Loop. The run-off at Coppice has also been dug up so both these areas would need re-laying. The tyre barriers and Armco barriers would also need to be replaced.
In all, it would appear that it only needs a "small" amount of work to restore, but the problem now must surely be finding an investor who will put up the money into returning the track to normal!
