Silverstone has secured the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, the Red Bull Matadors and legendary trials rider Dougie Lampkin as part of the support package for the AirAsia British Grand Prix (June 10-12).
The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will be a new support race at this year’s event – Britain’s only round of the FIM MotoGP World Championship.
Silverstone will host rounds five and six of the popular grass roots racing series, from which several riders have graduated into MotoGP, including Andrea Dovizioso or Hiroshi Aoyama.
Away from the track, the Red Bull Matadors aerobatic team will be performing and on the ground 12-times FIM Trial World Champion, Dougie Lampkin will be returning to Silverstone again this year, providing further off-track entertainment.
In addition, the Red Bull riders – British 125cc and Moto2 riders Danny Kent and Scott Redding, and MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa – will be signing autographs and answering questions from the fans in public interview sessions; while a mobile Red Bull DJ will be out and about, playing music in spectator areas.
Richard Phillips, managing director of Silverstone Circuits Limited, said: “We promised MotoGP fans a better experience at Silverstone, and in 2010 we delivered just that. The feedback from the fans, and everyone who came to Silverstone last year was fantastic. But we want to deliver even more this year."
Advance tickets for the 2011 AirAsia British Grand Prix start from £16.
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