Register | Sign in

Home
News
Drivers
- Current Drivers
- Max Verstappen
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Lando Norris
- Pierre Gasly
- Sergio Perez
- Fernando Alonso
- Charles Leclerc
- Lance Stroll
- Kevin Magnussen
- Yuki Tsunoda
- Alexander Albon
- Guanyu Zhou
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Esteban Ocon
- Franco Colapinto
- Lewis Hamilton
- Carlos Sainz
- George Russell
- Valtteri Bottas
- Oscar Piastri
- Test/Reserve Drivers
Teams
Tracks
Seasons
Pictures
- Latest Galleries
- 2024 Las Vegas Practice
- 2024 Sao Paulo GP
- 2024 Sao Paulo Sprint
- 2024 Sao Paulo Practice
- 2024 Mexico City GP
- 2024 Mexico Saturday
- 2024 Mexico Practice
- 2024 United States GP
- 2024 United States Saturday
- 2024 United States Friday
- Gallery Categories
- 2024 Season
- 2023 Season
- 2022 Season
- All galleries
Stats
JOHNNYBET

British tabloid claims Gillett has found GP cash

NEWS STORY
28/10/2009

British tabloid the Express claims that, in what would have to be an amazing 'skin of the teeth' move, Donington boss Simon Gillett has found £12m and thereby "saved" the British Grand Prix.

While nobody is quoted and no source attributed, the British tabloid claims that Gillett won a "last-gasp bid to keep the British grand Prix after transferring £12 million to Formula One on the deadline last night".

If true, by transferring the money - which happened after the close of business on Tuesday night and therefore legally missed the latest deadline - Gillett might have caused this pathetic saga to rumble on for a little bit longer.

However, every day that Gillett continues with the Donington bid makes it harder for Silverstone to get on with the process of organizing the event, assuming that the Northamptonshire circuits owners, the British Racing Drivers' Club, can agree a financial deal with Bernie Ecclestone.

Where the £12m came from the Express doesn't say, but there are no branches of Cash Converters close to Donington, therefore that can only mean that Gillett has sent in several thousand jiffy bags containing unwanted jewlery (sic) to Postalgold.

LATEST NEWS

RELATED ARTICLES

LATEST IMAGES

Click to go to the main galleries section

POST A COMMENT

sign in

or Register for a Pitpass ID to have your say

Please note that all posts are reactively moderated and must adhere to the site's posting rules and etiquette.

Post your comment

Sign in or register for a Pitpass ID to leave a comment here!

post comment

READERS COMMENTS

No comments posted as yet, would you like to be the first to have your say?

Share this page

X

close

Copyright © Pitpass 2002 - 2024. All rights reserved.

about us | advertise | contact | privacy & security | rss | terms