The Mansell Brothers Cut the Tape on Pembrey's New Pit Lane
03 March 2007
Pembrey Circuit officially opened its new pit lane for the British
Formula 3 test, taking place at the Welsh venue in February. The Mansell
family were on hand to carry out the cutting of the ribbon with the
British Automobile Racing Club’s Chief Executive Dennis Carter.
This also marks the completion of the first stage of a long line of
development work to be carried out at the South Wales Venue.
The circuit manager, Phil Davies, was over the moon that the Mansell
brothers agreed to open the new facility. “The circuit has had
a long running relationship with the Mansell family and it was wonderful
that Greg and Leo agreed to help us mark the completion of this initial
phase of the works at the circuit. The development of the pit lane
is our first project aimed at providing improved facilities for our
visitors and competitors. Our aim is to make Pembrey the premier national
motor sport venue in Wales.”
The development of the pit lane plays a significant part in the development
of the circuit’s infrastructure and will allow for further improvement
at the circuit in the inner paddock area. The circuit’s operating
company, the British Automobile Racing Club, has set in place a scheme
of work to take place over the next few years to improve the circuit’s
facilities. The upgrading and expansion of current facilities is part
of the BARC commitment to their members and the motor sport industry
in the UK as a whole.
The new pit lane now boasts greater room for visiting competitors and
teams, as well as improved safety facilities and benefits from the
relocation of the pit lane entry. The new development has been designed
to allow further development in the future in this area, to include
pit garages and hospitality suites, to join the existing race control
and media offices in the inner paddock.
The circuit was awarded a motor sport infrastructure grant by the Welsh
Assembly Government to enable the circuit to complete the pit lane
improvements, which it had already started during 2006 with the relocation
of the pit lane. Further grants are in place for the development of
the new Dynamic Vehicle Test facility and lecture theatre, which are
in the process of being built, over the next few months. This new facility
will allow Swansea Institute students to further their studies, and
put their theory into practise.
The new pit lane has already met with great acclaim from a number of
teams which use the venue regularly. Trevor Carlin, Team Principal
of Carlin Motorsport, who is a regular visitor to the venue and was
at the F3 test said. “I am a big supporter of the circuit and
it is great to see all of the hard work by Phil and his staff come
to fruition. This is a vast improvement and has made our life a great
deal easier. As you can see today, we have got 27 cars and all of the
teams are testing without any problems, something which could not have
been done before. It is great to see Pembrey starting to be developed
and the improvements already being seen”.
BARC
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