This weekend saw the Download Festival 2014, at Donington Park in Leicestershire. I’ve mentioned before that the link between Donington and rock music – as well as aviation and motor racing – made it an attractive place for me to work for several years, and to live nearby, and so Download means that I can…
Formula E is the new class of motor racing from FIA, featuring electrically powered cars, hence the name. Formula E will be based at my local circuit, Lecestershire’s Donington Park in Castle Donington. The complex that will house the new formula is currently being built, and I took a trip along this evening to see…
I have written several times before about Donington Park, and about The Donington Collection, the fantastic museum of Formula One cars and other vehciles located at the race course. On previous visits for lunch, I have been lucky enough to see various activities including Ayrton Senna’s first Toleman Formula One car make its way out…
I mentioned recently about visiting the Superstars World event at Donington Park recently, and that the support events which included the Auto GP series. It also included the GT Sprint International series, which features various GTS cars racing. One of the great things about events like this is the good access that spectators have to…
One of the side effects of the growth of the Internet has been the ability to buy all sorts of odd things that you never thought or knew that you needed, but as soon as you see them, you wonder how on earth your life could have felt so complete for so long without a…
It appears that there are connections to the Lotus F1, or formerly, Toleman team everywhere at the moment. I wrote recently about a trip to see Lotus F1 earlier in the week, and I had previously mentioned the 1984 Toleman that was in reception at The Donington Collection in Donington Park, which had been Ayrton…
I wrote yesterday about my son Xander’s first motor sport event, a trip to BTCC at Donington Park, and I mentioned how good a spectator sport it is, not just because of the quality of the racing, but also because of the quality of the access to the circuit, the pits and the teams and…
You may be aware that I am a fan of motor racing, although I was quite old before I got to my first live event, although that was partially driven by growing up quite far from a circuit. Luckily, there are a number of circuits near where I now live, and my son Xander’s first…
You might start to think that I am obsessed with Castle Donington. I mentioned how it has a great history in motorsport, rock music and aviation, and how wonderful the Donington Collection, the world’s largest collection of Grand Prix cars, is. I also have mentioned that when I was there for lunch yesterday, Ayrton Senna’s…
As most F1 fans reading this are aware, Ayrton Senna was born on the 21st March, and the world of social media contains many tributes to the three times world champion on this date each year. In the UK, one place associated with Ayrton Senna is Donington Park, the race track in North West Leicestershire…
I had lunch yesterday with my good friend Mike Lovegrove at Donington Park’s café, and I thought that it was worth saying a few things about it, given that this is the opportunity to talk about two of my favourite events, Formula One and food. You may know from a previous blog that I have…
I have mentioned previously here that I was lucky enough to work in Castle Donington for several years. The idea of working in the village would have been exciting for me from a young age, and for those familiar with the place, you will know why. If you have heard of Castle Donington, it is…