On leaving Rookwood, Colbourne started training with the DSW Academy Para-cycling squad under the guidance of its coach Neil Smith, and in May 2010 debuted in a trackrace, the Wales Grand Prix.
As part of the aircraft factory and racetrack revival project, the hangar will be restored on a new site next to the racetrack and show displays of how aircraft were designed and built at Brooklands for 80 years.
But F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone still branded the British round a "country fair masquerading as a world event" after he had problems driving to the track on race day in July.