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The 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 June 2008 at the Donington Park circuit. Valentino Rossi, trying to close the gap to Casey Stoner on the opening lap. Stoner went on to win the race, with Rossi finishing a distant second in the MotoGP race.
The 2006 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 June – 2 July 2006 at the Donington Park circuit. Dani Pedrosa, lifting his trophy on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.
The 2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 2007 at Donington Park in Castle Donington , Great Britain .
The 2009 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 July 2009 at Donington Park . It was to be the final motorcycle Grand Prix at Donington, with the race moving to Silverstone for the 2010 season .
The 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 July 2004 at the Donington Park circuit. MotoGP classification
In early November 2017, Silverstone announced a three-year deal to host the races in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [5] There was no race in 2018 due to weather conditions; it resumed in 2019. [6] [7] [8] The 2019 British motorcycle Grand Prix saw one of the closest finishes in MotoGP history, when Álex Rins won the race ahead of Marc Márquez by 0.
The 2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 July 2005 at the Donington Park circuit. It was also marked the final victory of Valentino Rossi in the wet race at the British circuit until the 2015 event was held at the Silverstone Circuit .
Donington Park motor racing circuit was the first permanent park circuit in England, which also ended the race circuit monopoly that Brooklands had held since 1907. Fred Craner was a former motorcycle rider who had taken part in seven Isle of Man TT races, [ 8 ] and was by 1931 a Derby garage owner and secretary of the Derby & District Motor ...