2010 Goodwood dates confirmed

[jgoodwood]

Hi All,

We've just received confirmation that the 2010 dates for FoS and Revival are now confirmed.

Festival of Speed - 2-4 July
Goodwood Revival - 17-19 September

Cheers,
J

[chevronb37]

Glad you confirmed FoS being then - we've already booked our trip to Classic Le Mans on the Tuesday after...Really excited about both events, as always. At last year's FoS, Neville Hay mooted the return of a pre-war AU/MB to racing at some point soon. There was supposed to be a C-Type and an W25 at last year' Monaco Historique, but neither materialised. Any chance of either turning in an appearance at the Revival?

[rnd]

Dont see the dates confirmed on their web site yet. Need to book flight tickets but would be nice to see it on their site. jgoodwood please bear with me but how sure are you. Thanks

[GTSDave]

rnd said:

Dont see the dates confirmed on their web site yet. Need to book flight tickets but would be nice to see it on their site. jgoodwood please bear with me but how sure are you. Thanks

James works at Goodwood so I would be pretty certain about any dates he confirms.

[rnd]

Thanks fo that, dont want to jump in to quick as I bought the flight tickets early the year that the dates were changed. cost me quite a bit to change them

[Vvroom]

A question.

I'm not bothering with le mans this year and plan to go to the FOS instead. Do I really need grandstand tickets for all 3 days? I've not been to Goodwood before so advice would be appreciated.

[GTSDave]

Vvroom said:

A question.

I'm not bothering with le mans this year and plan to go to the FOS instead. Do I really need grandstand tickets for all 3 days? I've not been to Goodwood before so advice would be appreciated.

The quick answer is that you do not need Grandstand seats at all at the Festival of Speed.

[racing green]

I've never bothered with grandstands in 8 years, there is far to much to do and see without just sitting in one place. There are some free grandstands if you need a place to sit- though these are not in the 'best' places. This year we sat for an hour or two in one of the free stands and had a great view. Basically my weekend is organised thus- Friday in the Style et lux, cathedral and F1 paddocks, saturday morning watch everything going up the hill then to the rally stage for the afternoon, sunday in the F1 paddock, a little autograph hunting and then finish up looking at anything else I've missed. It can be hard on the feet and if its wet becomes a bit of a mudbath but hey its the festival and once you've been you will be hooked!



A few images from the free stand this year - UOP Shadow, Henry Fonda on the Captain America chopper and Sir Jackie Stewart in a Matra. Mark

[Vvroom]

Thanks chaps. I won't bother with the grandstand seats then. Can't wait.

[Vvroom]

Thanks chaps. I won't bother with the grandstand seats then. Can't wait.

[the Fantom]

I'm a FOS virgin too but intend to be going this year, being Alfa Romeo's centenary. The event is 3 days long. Is there a best day to aim for?

[racing green]

On experience I would suggest Saturday but to be honest you won't see it all in one day. I think there may be something special lined up for Sunday for Lewis and Jensen so make a weekend of it to be sure. Mark

[stumpy67]

It's the 30th anniversary of the Audi Quattro to so maybe something Vorsprung Durch Technik ??

[Caractacus]

jgoodwood said:

Hi All,

We've just received confirmation that the 2010 dates for FoS and Revival are now confirmed.

Festival of Speed - 2-4 July
Goodwood Revival - 17-19 September

Cheers,
J

Thanks, James.

Please ensure the Revival is at least as good as '09, as we missed it!

Happy New Year & have fun with all the prep!

Cheers,

C.

[300KPH]

I didnt know about the quattro anniversary, Audi already had thier 100 year celebration last year but hope they will bring back some of their machines again. Last year was my first visit and as it got close I was sorta thinking, "why did I book 3 days, thats gonna be way too long".

How wrong was I. I barely covered every single corner in two days and spent the third day watching everything going up the hill, and looking at photos on the web and forums after there was still stuff I missed!

Cant wait for this years festival!

[the Fantom]

I know I won't see anywhere near the whole show in just one day, but I don't expect to get a passout for more than one day and don't want to take more holiday than necessary.
So considered opinion seems to be that the Saturday is best day, if one can only go for one day?

Edited by the Fantom on Monday 4th January 16:59

[300KPH]

Then Saturday should be the best day yes, some stuff or drivers mightnt be there on the Friday and the Sunday has a tendancy to finish that bit earlier so your choice is correct. Just make sure to be there early and stay till 7pm to get maximum out of it

[racing green]

For all you Festival virgins I have just updated my Festival of speed pictures on my website www.racinggreenphotography.com which should give you an idea of whats on offer for the day/weekend. Seriously recommend getting the weekend ticket!Mark