After all the preparation, travel and expense of getting to Donington, and unloading and preparing at the circuit, and assisting Yunus Amiere with the setup of his car, and braving the heavy rain all day on Sunday to the point where all were shivering and wet to the bone, the Donington meeting was cancelled…

It had rained non-stop since 8am. Racing was stopped at 10am. The meeting was officially cancelled at 2pm.  The reason was the F1 tunnel (the one that has caused so many problems for Donington this year already) started to collapse because of the rain water. They tried to pump the water away, but it was a futile effort.

Judging by the condition of the buildings, paddock surfaces, runoff areas, track widths and all the other stuff that would be needed to host an F1 race safely and successfully F1 will never return to the circuit. At least not until every part of the current track is destroyed and rebuilt entirely from scratch. But as they can’t build a tunnel without it falling to bits I don’t see them converting it all to suit the desires of Little Bernie.

Nobody seems to know what’s going to happen now. Is the meeting going to count in the championship (i.e. a zero which can be dropped if you have enough scores – 10 rounds to count remember)?  Is the non-championship race going to be ‘upgraded’ to championship status? That’ll be annoying, as I don’t think I can do that day really.  Or will the CSCC/BRSCC/MRC come up with a new date later in the year at another circuit?  We’ve just got to wait.  As it is we are due out next on the 1st August at Silverstone (on the boring National circuit).  With only 5 rounds remaining it’s looking less and less likely that I will be able to challenge Magic Motorsport for the championship – but I’m not giving up until it’s over!