Tarmac's Bayston Hill quarry on poll position with order for Abu Dhabi Formula 1 track

When Lewis Hamilton revs up for the first ever Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix in November next year he will be taking on a new world class circuit built using stone from Tarmac's Bayston Hill quarry, Shrewsbury.

The quarry is one of the only quarries in the UK with reserves of gritstone, a high performance stone used in asphalt to build and repair UK roads.

Tarmac has supplied 4,000 tonnes of the specialist aggregate for the creation of Abu Dhabi's 5.6km track, which will feature high speed areas and tight overtaking turns when it opens to welcome the racing world's elite in November 2009.

"This was a massive and very prestigious order which took six weeks to produce," says Huw Evans, quarry manager at Bayston Hill. "I am sure our gritstone will create a world class road surface which Lewis Hamilton can hopefully continue his winning ways on."

Tarmac's Bayston Hill quarry employs 38 people and with its reserves of gritstone is of prime importance to UK road infrastructure projects, supplying up to 800,000 tonnes each year.

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19 January 2009