The home of the British Grand Prix, Northamptonshire's Silverstone Circuit, is set to report record turnover of almost £60 million for 2018. The circuit benefitted from a record crowd of 140,500 for 2018's Formula 1 British Grand Prix – with a combined weekend total of over 340,000 – which contributed roughly half the circuit's £59.3m turnover. However the circuit is expected to post a small profit of just £400,000 – which is a 21 per cent decline on 2017. According to The Telegraoh, this drop was driven by a loss of £2.6m incurred by the BRDC over the sale of its Lotus dealership. The cancellation of its MotoGP round due to heavy...
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