Donington is the name of a number of places in England: Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...
Donington, Lincolnshire, a large village in Holland, Lincolnshire. See map
Holland is the name of a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. ... Map sources for Castle Donington at grid reference SK446272 Castle Donington is a town in the North of Leicestershire, close to Derby and Nottingham and on the edge of the National Forest. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Map sources for Donington Park at grid reference SK420259 Donington Park is a site near Castle Donington in North West Leicestershire, England owned by millionaire motoring enthusiast Tom Wheatcroft. ... Donington on Bain is a village in the county of Lincolnshire, England within East Lindsey district. ... Lindsey is a traditional subdivison of Lincolnshire in England, which includes most the urbanised areas. ...
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The Donington Park estate belonged to the the Gillies Shields family and like many other English country estates until World War I when it was requisitioned by the British government and used as a prisoner of war camp.
Wheatcroft funded a major renovation program and Donington reopened in 1977 with a round of the European Formula 2 Championship which was won by Bruno Giacomelli.
Finally, in November 1992, Donington was given a date on the Formula 1 calendar as the 1993 European Grand Prix.