The facelift will include the replacement of the Castrol Esses with a purpose built stadium section to be named the Mercedes Stadium at a cost of £4 million, including additional seating.

The work is scheduled to start at the end of the 2001 season and a spokesperson for the circuit said that at this stage they are not concerned with a new contract and will honour their existing contract, which expires at the end of the 2004 season.

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