Wheatcroft Family Determined to Reopen Donington

The racing track’s owning family said yesterday it is dedicated to reopen the circuit as soon as possible. After Simon Gillett’s company Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd, who was the leaseholder for the track, went into administration in November 2009 the track returned to the owning Wheatcroft family.

Simon Gillet failed to gather the necessary funds to revamp the well-known British circuit and secure an F1 deal. Kevin Wheatcroft is now in charge of finding a new leaseholder for th… (read more)