Wales MotoGP track gets the go ahead

[almostthere]

They need to build a circuit in the south east with more chance of a bit of sunshine maybe somewhere south of Dartford near the M20 for easy access, doubt that'll happen though wouldn't want to see any favoritism towards anything based near London
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[UncleFester]

So Brands MkII then lol
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[Skudd]

They have to think of a name for it first.

lllllwwyyyllnuullgoggog was the most popular.
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[Rogerborg]

Perhaps they could have a virtual race at the virtual track?

https://i.imgur.com/hh3aGlu.png?1
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[Rogerborg]

Trigged by Gideon threatening to cut off welfare payments to Wales post Brexit, it turns out that the chap behind the circuit, Michael Carrick, had gardening work done on his Cambridgeshire mansion that got "accidentally" billed to the Welsh government funded company backing the circuit.

It's OK though, it was just some paperwork-letterhead-misfiling-handwave-handwave that occurred due to a totally innocent one-off mistake. A one-off mistake that was repeated seventeen times over two years, for a total of £35,000 before the whistle was blown.

Well, start as you mean to go on, I always say.
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[almostthere]

Easy mistake to make I'm sure it wasn't intentional
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[wristjob]

im sure its already been said but lots of millions of pounds will go somewhere and no track will ever happen.

[RedPanda]

In the news again today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-36775971

Just bloody pull the plug already. We have enough circuits in the UK, invest that government money in something worthwhile in Wales.

Possibly an oxymoron.
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[Rogerborg]

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[chris-red]

[Rogerborg]

[Gone but not forgotten]

[Rogerborg]

The private company behind this white elephant have just been caught using £7 million of Taffy.gov money to pay off unrelated existing debts.

This appears to have been done just to keep them solvent in the hope that they can go and hit up the private sector for hundreds of millions in more loans.

The phrase "good money after bad" leaps unbidden to mind.

Reminder: construction was supposed to start in 2013 and be finished by 2015. They've been paying Dorna for the rights for the British MotoGP rights since 2014 and are tied into doing so until 2024, regardless of whether they ever put a shovel in the ground, which they haven't yet.
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[mkjackary]

Question to those who are more cleverer than moi.

Why can't we have both circuits? Spain have three (1 2 3) motoGP circuits, why can't england have one and wales have another?

[RhynoCZ]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Rogerborg]

But wait...

As if by magic, a new plan appears.
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[nitrosurf]

The infrastructure to/from/around the site is pretty shitty though. I mean, they buggered around with the A470 but that's just a stent in a collapsing artery.

Really speaking a 'Circuit of Wales' would have made more sense just off the M4, near a major populace. What's near the M4, has an airport (well, sort of) and plenty of hotels etc? Begins with a 'C'...?

Alright, so the cost of land and development would be higher than in the sticks, but we paid for the Millennium stadium... I've watched the Speedway there twice, like watching ants drifting around a bean...

Also, it's always f##king cold in Ebbw Vale. I once moonbathed shirtless in Wick during December; that felt warmer than Ebbw Vale in July...

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[RhynoCZ]

It's not just money that's the concern. Living in democracy, people have right to comment what's going on in their neighbourhood. A race track means noise and noise means a lot of pissed people, that are not fans of motorsport + there's the enviroment with all the flora and fauna and people protecting it.

The best place for a race track these days would be next to a busy highway/dual carriageway, in the middle of nowhere, far from inhabited areas.
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[Rogerborg]

Aaaaand where did that £9 million of public money go? On "services"?

Their business plan seems to be modelled on RainPal.

Yes, we have investors.

No, you can't see them.

We'll announce them soon.

Here be CGI.

Give moar monies.
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[Doovy]

I still love the whole gardening thing.