Cllr Jim Harker, the Conservative leader of Northamptonshire County Council, on a deal to keep the British Grand Prix in their county for the next 17 years.
Few could have imagined that when Giuseppe Farina won the very first race of the modern Formula One World Championship at Silverstone in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, that sixty years later, Northamptonshire would be at the very heart of a world class multi-billion pound motor sport industry.
At the centre of this industry is Silverstone, a circuit which is rightly recognised by many as the home of British Motorsport, and is known worldwide as a favourite of racing drivers and spectators alike. But Silverstone is more than a circuit; it provides a wonderful shop window for the British Motorsport industry to an estimated 600 million television viewers across the globe.
As a county, we are very proud to have such a world famous circuit, on our doorstep and the announcement that Silverstone had secured a deal to hold the British Grand Prix event for 17 years was very welcome given our links to motorsport and high performance engineering.
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