Mondello Upgrades

The drainage system at Mondello Park is being improved after last year’s dramatic cancellation of the BSB races due to persistent heavy rainfall.

There was a general acceptance that no race track could have handled the deluge and still provided a circuit safe for motorcycle racing, especially virtually every other sporting event in Ireland was either cancelled, abandoned or where possible postponed.

But since the cancellation of the BSB races Mondello has reviewed every aspects of the circuit drainage and the upgrade includes tunneling under the track at strategic points to alleviate the possibility of water running across the circuit.

Along with improving conditions for competitors, the hospitality area is also to have a new drainage system installed. 

Mondello Park Managing Director John Morris said: “When the event was cancelled last year, we made a commitment to look at every aspect of the venue, to see if we could do anything differently in the future.

“We undertook a full review of the circuit’s drainage system and identified areas where we felt we could extend, re-route or install additional drainage, which should help dissipate water from the track surface more efficiently than before.”

Mondello Park is also planning some more resurfacing for late March. Spectators will also see an improvement in facilities around the main straight grandstand, where grass has been replaced by tarmac and there will be some improvement work carried out in the main bike and car parks.