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Sad day for motorsport as Donington Museum to close

< ► > Over 130 exhibits illustrate the history of motorsport – particularly Formula 1 – from the turn of the 20th Century, where visitors can pay homage to the cars driven by such famous names as Tazio Nuvolari, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio and Jackie Stewart to name a few. Thursday was marked by sad news for lovers of motorsport. The Donington Grand Prix Collection , the Donington Park Circuit Museum in England, will end on 5 November. Founded in 1973 by Tom Wheatcroft, to display his growing collection of Grand Prix machinery, and the cars raced by young protégé Roger Williamson in F2 and F3, it quickly grew to become the largest...
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