After 17 years of racing action, motorsport activity is finally coming to a close at Rockingham, with a change of ownership planning to build an ‘automotive logistics hub’ – which basically sounds like it’s going to be a big industrial estate. It’s not all bad though, as the new owners Rockingham Automotive LLP (RAL) say it will create about 200 jobs.
Peter Hardman, current chief executive at Rockingham, said:
“The team at Rockingham have done a tremendous job running the circuit and the facility over the last five years. However, it has been reluctantly concluded that motorsport activities are unlikely to produce an economic return for the new owners when set against the acquisition cost of the land.