At a press conference held at the Grand Prix of Limburg at Lommel it was announced by Youthstream that the 2011 Grand Prix of Great Britain will be held at Matterley Basin near Winchester in Hampshire.
The event will be organized in cooperation with Mr. Steve Dixon and the ACU, Great Britain’s Motorcycling Federation.
The press conference hosted by Youthstream’s President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo, FIM/CMS President Dr. Wolfgang Srb, the Promoter Mr. Steve Dixon and ACU Motocross Committee Member Mr. Chris Warren.
Matterley Basin is located in Hampshire between Petersfield and Winchester and in 2006 it was the venue for a GP of Great Britain and the Motocross of Nations.
Mr. Giuseppe Luongo, the Youthstream President, stated: “I’m very happy to work again with Steve, the UK is a very important area where we have a lot of fans and a lot of interest in Motocross. We have a very positive experience after working with Steve, having hosted a record crowd in the 2006 Motocross of Nations, but to give stability FIM, ACU and Youthstream are talking together and we need Steve to be the master of the operations in the UK. We have a long time agreement now and I’m sure that with the experience from the past we will do even a better Grand Prix.”
Mr. Steve Dixon, the local promoter, continued: “I’m very happy to be involved again in the organization. The landowner has worked really hard in the last four years to have all the planning permissions. We have already 100 volunteers who will start working on the event. This year we did not have a British GP, so we have to make up for that and this is actually what I’m doing, everybody knows that Motocross is my passion and I’m very glad to be back working with the FIM, Youthstream and the ACU.”
ACU’s Motocross Commission Member Mr. Chris Warren added: “On behalf of the ACU I would like to say that we are very pleased to give Steve and his team full backing. He is done a marvellous job to get all the planning. The ACU will support anything he needs and we’ll make sure that we can provide it. We think that Matterley Basin is the venue that we want for the British GP, it is the venue that produces maybe the best atmosphere and we are very pleased that the FIM Motocross World Championship is back in England.”
Dr. Wolfgang Srb, FIM/CMS President, added: “The British GP is very important in our agenda. The History of the country and the History of the sport, the fans that show up at the GP and all the British teams that we have in the Championship deserve a home GP. It’s very important for us to have ACU here with us giving full support to the event, so we hope to find the home of the British GP for many years to come. We all know that Steve is very good and everyone is very pleased to work with him. Good luck and congratulations to the people who made it possible.”