The land which the circuit now occupies had been the subject of a Ministry of Defence compulsory purchase order from the Bodorgan Estate back in 1941, with it becoming the home of the No.4 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp and some top secret developments to help the war effort.īy 1992 the camp was still actively used, if simply as an RAF Air Defence Radar site, but three years later it was decommissioned.
The facilities are much improved from when I first reported from AngleseyLong before the sound of race engines and the squeal of tyres became commonplace the predominant noise at this location very much used to be that of missiles being launched at what was the Ty Croes army training camp. As you will see from the photo below, much has changed since then, but let me share with you a little about the circuit’s history as it reveals a fascinating story. In fact, an old double decker bus situated alongside the start/finish straight and grid acted as home for the timekeepers, commentator and media, all of us huddled together on the upper deck. The views of nearby Snowdon from our rural cottage were simply wonderful and we were blessed with great weather, but of course, when racing is in your blood as Ayrton Senna famously once said, it is never far from your mind and it seemed highly appropriate to include a return visit to the Anglesey circuit, which was one of various UK ones where I cut my reporting teeth when I first started out in 1998.īack then the track had just one simple configuration and the facilities were rather basic.
The Anglesey circuit has a truly eye-catching locationI’m sharing this with you as, with the controversial Italian Grand Prix now put to bed and the forthcoming next Formula 1 round in Russia’s Sochi not beginning until late next week, it seemed like a great idea to recharge batteries for a few days in North Wales.
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