Donington dropped from BSB calendar
Added on Saturday, December 12th, 2009 by Carole Nash Editor
Donington dropped from BSB calendar
Donington Park has been dropped from the British Superbike Championship calendar for 2010 after series organisers deemed the circuit as unsuitable for hosting a championship round.
The East Midland’s circuit, currently in administration following a failed attempt to attract F1 racing and a stalled redevelopment programme; will not host the round on September 10/11/12.
Series rights holder MSVR claimed that the circuit was in an “unusable condition” and that uncertainty surrounding the Donington round in 2009 was “clearly unacceptable”.
Croft will now host the BSB round on September 10/11/12, whilst Cadwell Park will be the venue on May 21/22/23.
A statement from MSVR read: “The Donington circuit operating companies entered into administration last month and the track is currently in an unusable condition. Earlier this year several planned race meetings were cancelled and the BSB round was only able to be confirmed as going ahead eight days before the event, which was quite unsatisfactory. Such uncertainty is clearly unacceptable for the teams, series organisers and spectators.”
MSVR Chief Executive Jonathan Palmer said; ”It is very important for the teams, our broadcast and commercial partners and above all the fans that we prepare a calendar consisting of venues where there is no doubt about whether or not the event will actually take place. The prospect of a second event at Cadwell Park in May will I’m sure be great news for the many thousands of fans that already flock to the August Bank Holiday meeting.”
Other minor changes in the month of July see Knockhill moving to July 2/3/4 and Snetterton to July 16/17/18.
It is not yet clear as to the future of other events planned to be held at Donington, with question marks remaining over the British round of the World Superbike championship.
