Donington Moto GP Parking

Hi Guys, you think bikers had a hard time with the police at Donington for the Moto GP. We parked where we normally park (Slades Lane, a little road just off the main road between the Paddock entrance and the Redgate entrance) which then gives us easy access away from the circuit via Wilson,Breedon,Lount and onto Ashby.

I have been using this little pull in which is tarmaced on the side off the lane. We parked up as normal at 07.40 there was no cones or signs saying you could not park there. So imagine our shock when we returned there after the Moto GP to find no Car. We returned to the curcuit and after speeking to 3 lots of security, one of them told us he had seen the police removing the vehicles. so we found a policeman, who knew nothing about it, but said he would find out for us.

After a few minutes he returned and told us and the 4 other people trying to find out about their cars, that they had been towed away by the police. He then gave us the telephone number of the recovery firm that had removed the vehicles.We all tried no luck, so he spoke again and gave us another number. This worked we spoke to the company and found our cars where 10 miles away at Coalvile, and worse it would cost us £210 to get them back and we had to get there to collect them. T

he policeman then gave us an incident number and the phone number of Leicestershire Police and said to talk to them about it (he didn’t think it was right). We phoned them and found out the police arrived at 07.50 and put the cones out, slapped a parking ticket on at 08.00 and told the recovery firm at 08.10. So we had our car towed away from a place where I and 2 other drivers had been parking for up to the last 10 years without any warning.

You’d think they would have had the common courtesy to say something over the Curcuit PA system so we could move the cars. We are now having to write to the Chief Constable and complain and try and get our money back.So those who had to wait to get out had it lucky.