Donington Park MotoGP: 1987-2008.

This weekend's British Grand Prix at Donington Park will be the last before a 2010 switch to Silverstone.

Donington Park has hosted the British MotoGP round every year since 1987. Below are some facts and figures from the previous Donington events.

285 km/h - The highest recorded top speed at Donington achieved by Loris Capirossi in the MotoGP race in 2004 riding the 990cc Ducati.67 - There have been 67 Grand Prix races for solo motorcycles held at the Donington circuit.27 - Honda are the most successful manufacturer at Donington with 27 victories across all classes, the first of which was in the 250cc race with Toni Mang in 1987.27 - Italy have been the most successful nation at Donington with 27 wins.23 - This year's event is the 23rd consecutive year that the British Grand Prix has been held at the Donington Park circuit. The only current venue with a longer unbroken sequence of hosting Grand Prix events is Assen.17 - Loris Capirossi is the rider who has made the most Grand Prix starts at Donington with 17, followed by Alex
Barros and Max Biaggi each with 15.15 years 170 days - Last year at Donington Scott Redding became the youngest ever rider to win a Grand Prix race, taking the record from Marco Melandri who is the only other rider to have won a GP before reaching his 16th birthday.12 - Ron Haslam finished 12th on the rotary Norton in the 500cc race at Donington in 1991 - the last ever points scored by the historic British motorcycle manufacturer who won the first ever 500cc world championship race in 1949.11.768 seconds - The largest margin of victory in a premier-class race at Donington achieved by Casey Stoner from Colin Edwards in 2007.10 - Honda have won ten premier-class GP races at Donington, which is more than any other manufacturer.10th - Neil Hodgson's 10th place finish on a Ducati in 2004 is the best result for a British rider at Donington on a four-stroke MotoGP machine.7 - Valentino Rossi is the most successful rider across all Grand Prix classes at Donington with seven victories (1 x 125cc, 1 x 250cc, 2 x 500cc, 3 x MotoGP.5 - Valentino Rossi has also scored most premier-class wins at Donington with five, followed by Kevin Schwantz with four and Mick Doohan with three. Schwantz and Doohan were also involved in a spectacular crash at the 1993 event (pictured).2 - Britain have had two riders finish on the podium in the premier-class at Donington: Niall Mackenzie finished 3rd riding a ROC Yamaha in 1993 and Jeremy McWilliams was 3rd on the V-twin Aprilia in 2000.1 - Scott Redding's victory in the 125cc race last year was the first victory for a British rider in any of the solo classes since the Grand Prix was moved to Donington.1 - Valentino Rossi's victory at Donington in 2000 was the first time he had stood on the top step of the podium in the 500cc class.0.231 seconds - The closest finish in the premier-class at Donington was in 1997 when Mick Doohan finished just 0.231 secs in front of team-mate Tadayuki Okada.