MAJOR £15 MILLION REDEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR SNETTERTON CIRCUIT
14 October 2005 - MotorSport Vision

Track changes, business park and international events are all on the cards

Snetterton circuit owner MotorSport Vision has unveiled plans to completely redevelop the Norfolk track and make it a hub of the UK motor racing industry as well as a venue for international motor racing events.

The radical proposals, which are now at the planning stages with the local councils around Snetterton, include significant changes to the layout of the circuit itself, as well as the building of a brand new, state-of-the-art commercial complex called the Snetterton Business Park.

The park, revealed by MSV Chief Executive Jonathan Palmer, will include a race school, hotel with café, restaurant and conference facilities, shops and industrial units for race teams, car dealerships and engineering firms.

Snetterton Business Park has been proposed in conjunction with the local Breckland Council, whose Rural Enterprise Valley initiative aims to create a corridor of world-class Motorsport and advanced engineering expertise in the Norfolk area, with Snetterton as its core. The exciting plans will bring hundreds of jobs to the Snetterton area give the circuit new life and propel it firmly into the world of international Motorsport.

Palmer said: “We have big plans for Snetterton. I’ve always been very keen that all MSV circuits should be fantastic places to drive at. Snetterton has always been one of the tracks with a good, workmanlike reputation but it is not going to be top of many drivers’ list of favourite tracks. We want to put it up there.”

Also planned are some radical alterations to the layout of the Snetterton circuit itself, with Russell chicane being replaced by a double hairpin complex and Sear corner going out wider and featuring a sharper turn to bring it back in to rejoin the Revett Straight. A small section of infield track between Riches and Sear will also provide a test track that can be used independently of the main circuit.

With plans to make Snetterton the first UK circuit to have its own train station and the introduction of the huge Snetterton Business Park complex, Palmer is aiming to attract Snetterton’s first truly international motor racing event in its 54-year history.

“Part of the development is to bring the track up to FIA Grade 2 specification and that would mean we could hold races for anything from the World Touring Car Championship, Champ Cars or the Le Mans Endurance Series sportscars – anything apart from Formula 1.”

It is hoped that planning permission will be granted within a year, and that the whole project will be completed within five years.

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