British Grand Prix to run at Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit and Circuit of Wales have confirmed they have reached an agreement which will see Silverstone hosting the British round of MotoGP in 2015.
The FIM have confirmed that Silverstone will finally be the host venue. The event will take place over the weekend of 28 – 30 August 2015 and the arrangement has secured the future of MotoGP™ racing in the UK following the recent announcement by Donington Park confirming that they will not be hosting the event.
Patrick Allen, Managing Director of Silverstone, commented: “A lot of work has been done over recent years to ensure MotoGP™ fans enjoy what Silverstone has to offer and it was devastating for the venue to lose the event last autumn. Two wheel racing is as much a part of Silverstone’s heritage as four wheel racing and I am obviously delighted to be in a position to announce we are hosting both the F1™ and MotoGP™ Grand Prix in 2015.”
“We have recently introduced a family friendly pricing policy for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix which is proving extremely popular and over the next two weeks I will be working closely with my team at Silverstone to launch a ticket model for MotoGP™ that I hope will be equally well received by fans. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers who have moved their event dates to enable us to accommodate MotoGP™.”
Michael Carrick, Chief Executive of Circuit of Wales commented “We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with Silverstone to host the 2015 and 2016 British rounds of MotoGP™. We want to thank the new management at Silverstone, our partners at Dorna and our investors for the rapid response needed to support the 2015 event when it became clear that we would be unlikely to conclude the contractual arrangements at Donington. We are delighted to secure the future of the event for the next two years while our circuit in Wales is under construction. Today’s announcement ensures we will have the 2015 British Round of MotoGP™.”
“We continue to advance our development activity on the Circuit of Wales and are focused on the upcoming public inquiry into the deregistration of the common land. We expect construction to commence once this inquiry has concluded.”
FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix 2015 provisional calendar, updated 11 February
The British Grand Prix, initially scheduled to take place on 30 August at Donington Park Circuit shall be finally hosted on same dates at the Silverstone Circuit. The 2015 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix calendar has been amended as follows (change in bold).
Date Grand Prix Venue
- 29 March Qatar* Losail International Circuit
- 12 April Americas Circuit of The Americas
- 19 April República Argentina Termas de Río Hondo
- 03 May Spain Circuito de Jerez
- 17 May France Le Mans
- 31 May Italy Autodromo del Mugello
- 14 June Catalunya Barcelona – Catalunya
- 27 June TT-Assen** TT Circuit Assen
- 12 July Germany Sachsenring
- 09 August Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- 16 August Czech Republic Automotodrom Brno
- 30 August Great Britain Silverstone Circuit
- 13 September San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
- 27 September Aragón MotorLand Aragón
- 11 October Japan Twin Ring Motegi
- 18 October Australia Phillip Island
- 25 October Malaysia Sepang International Circuit
- 08 November Comunitat Valenciana Comunitat Valenciana – Ricardo Tormo
* Evening Race
** Saturday Race
