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Mention Donington, and three distinctly different images spring to my mind: the sight and sound of Bernd Rosemeyer manhandling his aluminium silver Auto Union through gates and farmyards in 1938, Ayrton Senna on that opening lap of the 1993 European Grand Prix, and the rows of delectable machinery gathered in the five sheds making up the Donington Collection.
But, Simon Gillett, CEO of Donington Park Leisure Limited, is aiming to add a fourth to the mix, namely 'Home of the British Grand Prix', and is moving earth and heaven to make it happen.
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