INA PLOT TWIST STRAIGHT OUT OF THE Downton Abbey archives, MotorSport Vision is planning to restore the historic Donington Hall into a character hotel after buying the Grade II-listed property.
MSV took over Donington Park in 2017, adding the Leicestershire venue to its current circuit portfolio of Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park, Snetterton, Bedford Autodrome and the forthcoming Laon-Couvron facility in northern France. This month the group announced it would buy the entire 28-acre estate adjacent to the Donington track, which includes both the Hall and the Hastings House building, formerly the home of the British Midland International airline prior to its takeover by IAG – British Airways’ owner – in 2012.