This coming weekend, Silverstone hosts the MotoGP. Since last year’s debacle – when Aggregate Industries resurfaced the track in a multi-million pound deal, when it subsequently suffered a PR nightmare after riders aquaplaned off its new asphalt at 150mph and sustained serious injuries, when races had to be cancelled, when the company attempted to gag a motorsport journalist – the track has been resurfaced, this time by Tarmac. We've already posted far too many times about this subject.
Plainly, the Silverstone job proved too much for Aggregate Industries' "racing circuit experts". Since then, they have been relegated to laying 20 tonnes of asphalt for track repairs at Goodwood – as this recent bit of back-slapping PR tells:
We recently supplied our innovative Supreme #asphalt for the repairs of the Arena circuit at @fosgoodwood - just in time for the iconic #FestivalofSpeed event! Read more here: https://t.co/HOk9Ewmv2L pic.twitter.com/gZanPAySzU— Aggregate Industries (@AggregateUK) August 16, 2019
The expert teams worked around the clock to supply and lay 20 tonnes of the 10mm asphalt, which was used to resurface a patch on the track ready for the event.
Aggregate Industries obviously has some catching up to do in the motorsport department, and will no doubt cling to anything to claw its way back. With regard to those 20 tonnes (one truck-load or two?), someone at Goodwood said:
We will definitely bear Supreme in mind when resurfacing is required in future.
Which was charitable, although is bearing in mind a bit like don’t call us, we’ll call you?
