The 2015 MotoGP season hasn’t even started yet and we already have our first controversy of the year. Seems like it’s going to be a season full of them. To get our yearly fix of MotoGP madness going, it appears that the British MotoGP round isn’t going to take place where it’s supposed to. The round was scheduled to take place at Donington Park but after the venue split with rights holder Circuit of Wales, the round is now likely to return to Silverstone. All this would’ve flown under the radar, if not for the fact that Silverstone actually lost out its own rights to host the British round of MotoGP only six months ago.
If the latest turn of events has left you confused, don’t worry because you’re not the only ones to have that feeling. I didn’t see this coming, either. But Motorcycle News caught wind of the development after discussions between the Circuit of Wales and Donington Park collapsed under a weight of failed negotiations and upgrades to bring the track up to MotoGP standards. Everything came to a head when it became apparent that neither organization had the finances to make the upgrades work on their own.
So with little time to prepare ahead of the start of the 2015 MotoGP season, an audible was called to bring the round back to Silverstone for the time being. Whether the Circuit of Wales and Donington Park can get their acts together in time to salvage hosting for the 2016 season remains to be seen. But from the looks of things, the British round of MotoGP could remain in Silverstone in the foreseeable future.
Click past the jump to read more about the mess surrounding where the British round of the 2015 MotoGP season will be held.
Donington Park Drops Out of MotoGP Calendar, Silverstone Eyed As Replacement originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 11 February 2015 14:00 EST.
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