While I admire a lot what he’s done for the sport, I was wondering why Bernie Ecclestone seems to have such a grudge against Silverstone? He seems to have a dig at the place at every opportunity he gets.

While it’s no Bahrain or Shanghai (thank goodness), the place has improved out of all recognition since I first went there, back in the mid-1980s. Donington is a lovely and historic circuit, but the amount of work needed to bring it up to even Silverstone’s current standard, never mind surpassing it, makes me rather pessimistic for 2010…

Nicholas Hogg