Bernie Ecclestone's suggestion to rotate the British Grand Prix has not gone down well with Damon Hill.

Donington was last year awarded British GP hosting rights from 2010, but with less than a year to go before their first race, the owners of the track are struggling to come up with £80 million to revamp the circuit.

Formula One chief Ecclestone has on several occasions threatened to axe the 2010 British GP if Donington can't get its act together.

However, he has appeared to soften his stance in recent months and there have been whispers that Silverstone will again play host to the race in 2010.

Ecclestone suggested to The Independent on Sunday that Donington and Silverstone could share the race if the owners of the Northamptonshire track go ahead with plans to improve the circuit.

"If they don't do it, Donington will get together with Silverstone," he said.

"If Silverstone do all the things they promised me they are going to do, we are going to be at Silverstone."

Unfortunately for Ecclestone the owners of Silverstone, the BRDC, has made it clear that they want host the race on a full-time basis and Hill sees the suggestion as an "insult".

"I am not in favour of rotating it. I think it's an insult," Hill said. "It's another absurd step to try and squeeze as much profit and as much benefit for the commercial rights-holder. It's not a long-term strategy.

"I'm in favour of the contract for the British Grand Prix being negotiated with Silverstone because I don't believe that the Donington project is viable."