Silverstone will be resurfaced for the second time in two years after issues arose last year.

 Complaints flooded in from Formula 1 drivers about the bumpiness of the new tarmac last year, with Lewis Hamilton even declaring the surface as worst than the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

The situation then got worse as the MotoGP event had to be cancelled due to drainage issues on a sodden day in Northamptonshire with Silverstone boss Stuart Pringle revealing just how worried the FIM were.

“Following the cancellation of last year’s race, the governing body suspended our track licence," he told The Guardian.

“The condition of the reissue of that licence was a complete resurfacing so we had to do it to be able to run the event.

“We completed the investigation so we understood what the issues were and so we don’t make the same mistake again and we are considering the options available to us as regards to last year’s resurfacing.

“We are confident it will be ready and working with Dromo they have designed an asphalt mix that is six times stronger than last year’s.

“It will have real rigidity and no risk of being moved even by F1, which is the ultimate punisher of a circuit.”

Work will begin on the resurfacing on June 10 and is expected to last 20 days, putting it on a pretty tight schedule as the British Grand Prix is scheduled for July 14.