New pits for Donington Park
Donington Park will at last benefit from new pit facilities, thnaks to a £5 million redevelopment.
Pictures: Donington Park
A£5 million redevelopment project will see brand new pit facilities built at Donington Park for the 2006 season.
The investment will see the construction of 38 pit-garages, a dozen more than at present, while a new spacious office suite on the first storey will provide an improved working environment for race control, time-keeping and administrative personnel and the media at events.
The circuit commentators will be housed on the second storey, their vantage point giving them good views of much of the parkland circuit.
Allied to these works, the multi-purpose Paddock Suite is being virtually doubled in size to accommodate the Media Office at the British round of the MotoGP, with its demands for special areas for Media Conferences, Photographers and working offices.
The Paddock Suite will almost double in size.
The enlarged building, situated at the heart of the paddock and adjacent to the race circuit, will double as a unique venue for conferences, small exhibitions and both functions and corporate hospitality. En suite toilets and a fully fitted kitchen complement the facilities within this building.
Work is already under way to begin the demolition of the existing pit-garages, media room and race control tower.
"These updated, more spacious facilities are vital to the future growth and importance of Donington Park as an International motor sport centre - they meet fully the criteria expected for rounds of the World MotoGP Championship and other major events," explained the circuit's managing director Brian Pallett.
"The existing buildings had been out-grown, and when you have the world's top riders coming here, they expect the best - this is what is being achieved by this development, and it illustrates the major commitment that Clear Channel Entertainments, the lessees of the circuit, have to the sport."
Donington Park, which has hosted the British Motorcycle Grand Prix annually since 1987, has the contract to host the country's premier race of the year upto and including 2009.
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