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I think the point is being missed.
Silverstone made the MINIMUM investment here. The track is built on the Stowe area, which is never used at any race weekend, it is only used for experience days. So no impact on any other events. Only some minor clean up fir the tar areas used for paddock and start and bits of the track, that is minor cleanup that does not affect testing, experience days or anything else.
So, they simply built into grass. No tar was laid, they simply dug down and laid aggregate they can sell easily if needed, then grass it all over again. No tar to rip up, nothing to dig, just remove the gravel, sell it and re lay the grass. Easy.
The event this is built for is a festival, a sort of Glastonbury with a few cars, the track and WRX are a bit part of that, it will blend in with shops, street food (WTF) stalls, music areas etc etc. It will work fine in that arena.
As a standalone circuit it is always going to be awful as it is basically in a field within a race track.
But you have to understand this is a track built to the lowest possible cost. Because Silverstone are not flush and this way is the easiest to get out of it.
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