Anyone else going to Goodwood Festive of Speed this year!!

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I am going to it on a Sunday and I am going with my big bro, his girlfriend and my dad this will be a great day. Just got to add up how many mags I need to buy to read in the car on the way to goodwood.
 
Me, my Dad and two of his friends are going on the Friday. Only because it'll be less busy then.

I like your avatar TVR&Ferrari_Fan. :D
 
I cannot go on Friday working on that day, should be great on Sunday for me looking forward to watching those F1 Cars and Group B Cars there.

Glad you like it plus I be taking a load of photos.
 
I'll be taking lots of photo's also, maybe some video also but I can't show you guys.

Can I post some of my Goodwood photos in your photo thread?
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
Just got to add up how many mags I need to buy to read in the car on the way to goodwood.


.....you'll only make yourself travel sick :yuck:
 
I can't take my eyes off the road for a few seconds without making myself sick...
 
I am not driving but you have to keep yourself busy, while on the way I be stuck in the car for 2 to 4 hours.

Better make sure I buy some more battaries for my MP3 player, I think I will beat my all time taking photos record so there will be loads to post up.
 
iv been the last coupla years, with a 3 day members pass :D get a bit boring on sunday tho. im not going this year cos ill be on holiday then tho hopefully ill go to the revival 👍
 
I wonder if Jazza from Top Gear ever goes to Goodwood FOS.
 
I'm very jealous. I wish I could go, but 6,000 miles back to Blighty is a bit of a long haul for the weekend. Actually, I've done it before and it wasn't fun. Loadsa piccies, please!!!
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
I wonder if Jazza from Top Gear ever goes to Goodwood FOS.

I get the impression that he's not a very 'retro' kind of person, which suprises me with his haircut and dress sense.
 
TheCracker
I get the impression that he's not a very 'retro' kind of person, which suprises me with his haircut and dress sense.

His fave car is the original GT40. He'll be there.
 
He's not really a motorsport fan though is he, i've never heard of him ever going to a race meeting before. Being a fan of cars doesn't always mean you are a fan of motorsport.
 
But its better to love both Cars and Motorsports also found some info on this years Goodwood FOS.

Ok following F1 Stars at this years Goodwood FOS:

David Corthard
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button

Another thing Goodwood FOS is on TV sometime.

Other People related to F1 at this years Goodwood FOS are:

Sir Jackie Stewart, Murray Walker, Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell, Sir Frank Williams, Ron Dennis, Patrick Head, Ross Brawn, David Richards, and Adrian Newey

F1 Cars at this years event:

BAR-Honda – here to celebrate ‘Honda’s 40 Years of Grand Prix Success’. It is expected that Takuma Sato will drive on Saturday and Jenson Button on Sunday.

Ferrari – the team has confirmed it will attend with a contemporary car

McLaren-Mercedes – it is hoped that a recent car will be in action

Red Bull-Cosworth - F1’s newest team is set to attend, with star driver David Coulthard at the wheel on both Saturday and Sunday.

Renault R24 – will be in action all weekend, with the World Championship’s latest star, Fernando Alonso, driving on the Sunday

Toyota – will once more demonstrate its latest car, with Monaco GP winner Olivier Panis in action all weekend.

Williams-BMW – it is hoped that last year’s car will be in action on Saturday and Sunday

And rest of info:

The best of modern motor sport
Although the schedule of the World Rally Championship means that the top teams will be competing overseas during the Festival weekend, Ford will nonetheless ensure that a Focus WRC will be on the hill and this will hopefully be joined by a Subaru Impreza WRC. There will also be current Le Mans cars, still covered in dirt after their efforts at the 24-hour race, including the Audi R8 driven by Frank Biela and the stunning new Aston Martin DBR9, which will take the famous British marque back to Le Mans this summer for another shot at the race it famously won in 1959.

Oh look more info I found:

Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates ‘Racing Colours – National Pride and Culture'

In 2005 the Festival of Speed celebrates the essence of what makes the cars and motorcycles of different countries so typical of their makers' cultures, passions and skills. It's about what makes a Ferrari so typically Italian, and a Mercedes unquestionably German; it's about what characterises an American car or even an American driver, in contrast to his or her Japanese counterparts; it's about what makes French designs so blatantly 'Franco', and British creations quintessentially 'Anglo'. It's all about the world of national racing colours and national racing spirit.

Made in Great Britain: On the hill will be a collection of standard-setting British Racing Green cars, from Blower Bentley to BRM V16, from Jaguar D-type to Aston Martin DBR9. Benchmark F1 constructors such as Williams, McLaren, Lotus and Tyrrell will be represented, along with some quirky British landmark designs and specials including the bold Ferguson P99 and unique Piper GTR. Great British racing heroes will also be in action, from legendary Sir Stirling Moss to five-times Le Mans winner Derek Bell and current F1 star Jenson Button.

Made in France: Arguably the greatest driver in the history of French motor sport – four-time World Champion Alain Prost – is expected to make his Festival debut in his title-winning 1989 McLaren-Honda MP4/5. Joining him will be former team-mate René Arnoux, Le Mans winner Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, GP winners Jacques Lafitte and Olivier Panis, as well as France’s most versatile star, Jean Ragnotti. French racing blue will also feature strongly, with pre-war Bugattis joined by a rarely-seen cluster of six Matra sports and single-seater cars.

Made in the USA: As ever, Goodwood will import around 30 important competition cars from the USA (see below). All the great American categories will be represented, including Indycar, NASCAR, TransAm and CanAm. So far as the drivers are concerned, Indycar stars Johnny Rutherford, Arie Luyendyk Al Unser Jnr and Danny Sullivan are among those already confirmed to attend, along with NASCAR legend Junior Johnson.

Made in Italy: Goodwood will be swamped in a sea of evocative Italian racing red to represent perhaps the most passionate nation in motor racing. From the dominant Alfa Romeo P2 of the 1920s and archetypal 1950s GP cars such as the Lancia D50 and Maserati 250F, right up to one of Michael Schumacher’s title-winning F1 cars provided by the Ferrari factory team, all the great cars will be in action. Italian sports cars proved equally effective whether run by the works teams (expect to see Arturo Merzario in an Alfa Romeo Tipo 33) or by private teams (a Ferrari 250 GTO in the green of Britain and a Maserati Tipo 61 ‘Birdcage’ in the white/blue of the USA are both expected). Also, rally hero Sandro Munari will be back behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos.

Made in Germany: the extraordinary racing heritage of this mighty engineering nation is traced from the pre-war Mercedes-Benz SSKL in national racing white to the more familiar silver Mercedes and Porsche cars of the Fifties and Sixties (the white paint had to be stripped off the Mercedes W25 in 1934 to meet the new 750kg weight limit, and bare aluminium set a new colouring trend). Porsche’s sports car omnipotence is demonstrated through its 917, 956 and 962 cars, each wearing famous commercial liveries such as Gulf, Rothmans and Dunlop. And BMW celebrates 30 years of the all-conquering 3-series touring car. Great German drivers including Walter Röhrl, Jochen Mass, Hans Stuck and
Jo Winkelhock are all expected.

Made in the Antipodes: one of Australia’s best-loved sportsmen, legendary Bathurst racer Peter Brock, will make his long-awaited Festival debut in his James Hardie 1000-winning Holden Commodore V8. A rare Matich Group 7 car is also being shipped over specifically for the Festival, and three-time World Champion Sir Jack Brabham is also expected to attend. Representing New Zealand’s motoring heritage is a mighty orange CanAm sports car built and driven by racer Bruce McLaren, along with another great New Zealander, Denny Hulme.

Made in Japan: archetypal Japanese manufacturer Honda will celebrate 40 Years of Grand Prix Success with a stunning collection of cars and motorcycles (see below), while Nissan and Toyota also showcase their finest competition vehicles past and present.

In addition, the Festival will include fabulous competition machinery that represents the careers of champions from around the world, as follows:

Argentina: Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes-Benz W196) and José Froilan Gonzalez (BRM V16)

Austria: Jochen Rindt (Lotus-Cosworth 72) and Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312T)

Belgium: Paul Frere (Ferrari TR58) and Jacky Ickx (Porsche 936/77)

Brazil: Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus-Cosworth 72), Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda FW11B) and Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda MP4/4)

Canada: Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari 312 T4) and Jacques Villeneuve (BAR-Honda)

Finland: Rauno Aaltonen (Mini Cooper S), Timo Makinen (Ford Escort RS1600 Mk1), Juha Kankkunen (Lancia Delta Integrale), Ari Vatanen (Ford
Escort RS1800 Mk2), Timo Salonen (Peugeot 205 T16), Tommi Makinen
(Mitsubishi Lancer Evo), Keke Rosberg (Williams-Honda), Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen (contemporary McLaren-Mercedes); and Hannu
Mikkola will be back in an Audi Quattro, both on the hill and Forest Rally Stage. For more than 40 years, Flying Finns have been at the forefront of motor sport – remarkable from a country whose population numbers only five million.

Norway: Petter Solberg (Subaru Impreza WRC)

Scotland: Jim Clark (Lotus-Cosworth 49), Sir Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell-Cosworth 006), Colin McRae (Subaru Impreza WRC)

South Africa: Jody Scheckter (Ferrari 312 T4)

Spain: Carlos Sainz (Ford Focus WRC)

Sweden: Erik Carlsson (Saab 96), Björn Waldegaard (Ford Escort RS1800 Mk2) and Stig Blomqvist (Audi Quattro Sport)

Wales: former British Champion Gwyndaf Evans will be in action on the Forest Rally Stage in a Subaru Impreza Group N car

And a time table for Goodwood FOS on sunday:

Sunday sees action against the clock as competitors battle for class and outright awards, with all cars and motorcycles running once in the morning and once in the afternoon. You will also see the new Forest Rally Stage in action all day; the Sunday Times ‘Driving’ Supercar Run; final judging of the Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ automobile design competition; as well as live music and air displays throughout the day. Prize giving takes place at approximately 18:30hrs.
 
I'm going for all three days. It'll be my third FoS. I'm also going to the Revival Meeting for the first time, again for all three days. I'm driving down and back each day - it's only an hour away from my house.
 
Wow how much does that cost you in total for both events you must be loaded with dosh.
 
£132 for all 6 days (same as a 3 day ticket to the Reading Festival). My family isn't exactly rich - there's been a few occaisions when we've come close to losing our house - but I've saved a lot, and I have a full-time job, so I can afford to do Goodwood. I'm also going to the British Grand Prix for the first time (£95 for the 3 days) but that's all I'm spending on major motorsport events this year. Won't be so rich soon though - car insurance is up for renewal :(
 
Unlucky Vip don't worry I be taking lots and lots and guess what lots of photos.

At least your get to see what happened at Goodwood, from looking at the photos but it will not be as good as being there in person.

Plus there is a DVD from last years FOS.
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
Unlucky Vip don't worry I be taking lots and lots and guess what lots of photos.

At least your get to see what happened at Goodwood, from looking at the photos but it will not be as good as being there in person.

Plus there is a DVD from last years FOS.

I got the speed channel too! :sly: Not the same as hearing those great cars from the past howl. :indiff: Speed better not be playing that Nascrap either! :irked:
 
My friend and I met Quentin Wilson a couple of years ago at the Festival of Speed. Not as much curly hair as Jezza but deceptively tall.

I'll be going down for the friday only due to cash traumas. That'll mean leaving the house at 4 in the morning then. Bugger!
 
I have to leave about 6am for FOS and it should take an hour or 2 to get to FOS.
 
Glad my big bro got the tickets through the post yestersday, at least I can start planning for stuff to have in the car while traveling to Goodwood FOS.

Also 3 weeks and 1 days till I am going to FOS on 26th June w00t.
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
Glad my big bro got the tickets through the post yestersday, at least I can start planning for stuff to have in the car while traveling to Goodwood FOS.

Also 3 weeks and 1 days till I am going to FOS on 26th June w00t.
2 weeks, 6 days for me. :)
 
I've got somewhere to stay on Thursday night so no super early morning for me anymore. I am also getting a lift which means drinking to. Result! We should put up a "post Goodwood pics here" thread a bit closer to the time. I took 100+ last year.
 
I may post mine up in my motorsports topic then once there all up I will put a link in this topic saying there up.
 
Milliethemutt
We should put up a "post Goodwood pics here" thread a bit closer to the time. I took 100+ last year.
I agree. I'll have lots of pictures to post too.
 
I wonder if we all bring down any of the image hosting servers lol :lol:.
 
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