How Kingston plans to hold a Grand Prix

KINGSTON residents are lobbying to host a Formula1 Grand Prix after a motoring expert designed a street circuit.

The circuit that would make Kingston the UK's answer to Monte Carlo was dreamed up by the editor of Autosport magazine, Andrew van de Burgt, who lives in the area.

Highlights include the John Lewis Tunnel and a right-hand turn at the Mecca Bingo Bend.

Kingston town centre manager, Graham McNally, has his sights on making the dream reality.

"It would be mad, but hell, it would be memorable. It would really put Kingston on the map," he said.

"Formula 1 may be slightly fanciful, but some sort of race is a genuine possibility."

There are stumbling blocks to the plan - Donnington Park, Leicestershire, is to host the British Grand Prix for 10 years from 2010 and the Government would have to change the law, as the Road Traffic Act prohibits speeding on any road.