Aggregate Industries sued for £8m after botched Silverstone resurfacing

In the same week we learnt that Aggregate Industries is to appeal Devon County Council's decision to refuse a quarry at Straitgate Farm, we also learnt that the company is to be sued for £8m. Some might call that karma. 

Aggregate Industries’ disastrous resurfacing of Silverstone in 2018, and the humiliating public relations nightmare that followed, was the subject of various posts on this blog. It now transpires that Silverstone is suing Aggregate Industries, the self-titled “racing circuit experts”, for £8m in damages: 

Silverstone is suing for the cost of the lost MotoGP, the cost of resurfacing the track again and additional lost profits worth £624,552, bringing the total to £7,933,124 before legal fees.

Silverstone F1 bosses sue contractors who relaid track for £8m after Lewis Hamilton branded it ‘the worst job ever’ https://t.co/Cp9072Gqs4

— The Sun - Motorsport (@SunMotorsport) June 7, 2022

We all no doubt wish Silverstone the best of luck.