Silverstone Managing Director Stuart Pringle has promised a full investigation after todays British MotoGP round was cancelled due to unsafe track conditions.

Heavy rain and issues with drainage caused standing water to build up in certain areas of the 3.19-mile circuit. After numerous delays and the best efforts of all involved the decision to cancel the race was made shortly after 4pm, five and a half hours after the rescheduled start time.

“Firstly and most importantly I would like to apologise to all of the race fans for the most trying and foulest of days at Silverstone,” said Pringle.

“I am truly sorry this has happened. If I had known fans would have to wait for six hours in these conditions with this outcome, I would have taken the decision to cancel the event at midday.

“We were willing to cancel the meeting much earlier but I was assured by Dorna that the teams were willing to race if conditions improved.”

Drainage issues with the new Silverstone surface that was laid back in March caused the standing water and Pringle insisted that a full investigation will take place to avoid this happening again.

“All the work we have done here to make Silverstone a better place for motorcycle racing has been done with the best of intentions, he said.

“We will be making further investigations into this matter immediately after the Bank Holiday to understand whether our newly resurfaced track played a part in today’s inability to stage races.

“We will be reviewing all the data we have on the track and gathering more, and together with the contractor, Aggregate Industries, a full investigation will be carried out.

“I do not want any doubt and we will also rely on an independent third party. We have to understand what happened in the future.”

Pringle also had a message for fans concerned about spending vast sums of money and getting no action in return.

“I’m very conscious of the amount of money people have spent on this event. We will be contacting all customers next week to explain what we are doing about the cancellation of this event,” he said.