"If East Midlands have any business sense they will arrange a temporary road from the airport direct to the track"
Great thought but I bet security risk assessment (breaching the airport boundary etc...) would kill that idea before it was born.
Also - the 4x4 cross country taxi service would not be able to be charged at £90pp if it only took one minute (like it is from Turweston to Silverstone if you fly in tomorrow!)
Part of me is extremely happy that a certain angry Silverstone farmer whose land is crossed by the 4x4 route from Turweston will not be making a killing charging people to cross his land from 2010 onwards....hehehe! He may have to go back to .. er... farming for a living.
IMHO the close proximity of the motorway and East Midlands Airport are significant reasons for Donnington being chosen. Other main reason may just be wee mopheaded Warhol specs Bernie E trousering an enormous sum out of the deal.
SB