British circuit hasn’t even applied for planning permission

The 2010 British GP at Donington is less than two years away, but the North West Leicestershire district council is yet to receive planning applications from the operators of the track. Hmm, is that the smell of petty bureaucracy in the air?

Wee Bernie Ecclestone has warned that he would not hesitate to drop the British GP from the calendar if the owners of the circuit don’t get their act together.

“We have not yet actually received the planning application although we have been talking through the project with the race promoters during the phase prior to last week’s official announcement,” council spokesman Ian Hill told The Guardian.

Former F1 champions kicks Herr Mosley when he’s down

Damon Hill is the latest high-profile figure from the world of motorsport to reproach Max Mosley. Hill, currently the president of the BRDC (British Racing Drivers’ Club), reportedly told The Times:

“None of us wants to be moralising about individuals [a sure sign that Hill may be about to do just that…], but there has to be an element here to do with the image of the sport, and the ability of the premier representative of the sport in the world to continue to engage with a politic concerned about value.”