Anyone going to Festival of Speed?
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big_xavier said:
I am going sunday taking the M5 coming down from the mids, was looking for some where nice to stay on saturday night , that is in the neck of the woods, any ideas ? What can i expect to see do on sunday ? as i am a goodwood virgin.
The Festival is the only event in the world that attracts the rarest and most significant machinery from the beginnings of motor sport to the present day. Goodwood’s unique relationship with the world’s motor industry ensures that the finest museum-piece racing cars come to the Festival in force. Expect to see:
Alfa Romeo’s rich history remembered. As ever a wonderful collection of Alfas will come to Goodwood, many from Alfa Romeo’s museum collection in Italy. Highlights include:
1924 Alfa Romeo P2 – the first great Alfa Romeo racing car will make its long-awaited UK debut after an epic restoration
1932 Alfa Romeo 8C Monza – representing the 1932 Monaco GP winner
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Le Mans – The long-chassis sports car that dominated Le Mans 1931-34
1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B (P3) – The archetypal pre-war Alfa racer, which won the Monaco GP in 1934
1936/37 Alfa Romeo 12C-36 and 12C-37 – two of Alfa’s thundering GP challengers together for the first time
1951 Alfa Romeo 159 ‘Alfetta’ – the dominant GP car in the early post-war years
1954 Alfa Romeo 3000CM – the beautiful sports-racing car like that in which Juan Manuel Fangio placed second on the Mille Miglia
1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 – Delicate 2-litre V8 that paved the way for a series of class-leading sports prototypes
1975 Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 – wonderful championship sports car, this one driven by Ickx and Merzario
Aston Martin contrasts its ultimate performance cars – old and new. Aston Martin recognises its heritage with the wonderful World Championship-winning DBR1 sports-racing car in action on the hill, driven by as ever by the spectacular Peter Hardman. Whereas in the Supercar Run, the new DB9 makes one of its first public appearances.
BMW champions its sports and touring car heritage. This year, BMW focuses on its sports and touring cars, with a host of important cars brought over from its museum, including:
1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia coupe – a Festival favourite that recalls BMW’s great success in winning the Mille Miglia
1969 BMW 2002ti – this fuel-injected car was German Rally Champion in 1969-70, driven by Rauno Aaltonen
1983 BMW 635 GpA – the range-topping 6-series BMW, with its 286bhp engine developed for the M1 supercar, proved a force in German touring car racing with the Schnitzer team
1986 March-BMW 86G – BMW’s IMSA challenger took on the Porsche 962s, and beat them to score BMW’s first IMSA victory at Watkins Glen, with Davy Jones
1997 McLaren-BMW F1 GTR – the BMW-powered centre-seat sports car won the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hour race and kick-started BMW’s subsequent sports car success
2003 BMW 320i ETCC – one of the three-car team fielded by BMW in last season’s European Touring car Championship
2003 BMW M3 GTR ALMR – the US-built 464bhp V8 that dominated the GT class of the American Le Mans Series and contested the Nurburgring 24 Hours
See below for information on BMW motorcycles at the Festival
Cosworth remembers its Monaco GP excellence. As ever, an array of Cosworth-powered competition cars, many using the mighty DFV engine, will take to the hill, including:
1968 Lotus-Cosworth 49B – the car that established the DFV as the must-have power unit in Formula 1. Graham Hill won the Monaco GP twice using these cars (1968-69), and Jochen Rindt took a third win in 1970
1972 Lotus-Cosworth 72 – One of the most successful F1 designs of all time, competitive for six seasons and a winner of the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships twice each, as well as a Monaco GP win for Ronnie Peterson in 1974.
1973 Tyrrell-Cosworth 006 – The car in which Jackie Stewart won the Monaco GP on the way to his third and final World title
1976 McLaren-Cosworth M23 – representing the 30th anniversary of Emerson Fittipaldi’s World Championship win in 1974
1976 Kojima-Cosworth KE007 – Japanese F1 challenger that made a one-off appearance at the GP at Mount Fugi, stunning the establishment by almost taking pole position. Original driver Masahiro Hasemi will be at the wheel
1978 Tyrrell-Cosworth 008 – the actual winner of the 1978 Monaco GP, driven by Patrick Depailler
1980 Ligier-Cosworth JS12 – French superstar Jacques Lafitte is expected to drive his old F1 car
1980 Williams-Cosworth FW07B – Championship winner for the Williams team and Alan Jones, and a Monaco GP winner for Carlos Reutemann. Jones will drive at the Festival
1983 Williams-Cosworth FW08C – Keke Rosberg opted to start the 1983 Monaco GP on slick tyres on a wet but drying track. Using all his slippery-surface skills from experience of Finnish winters, he kept the car out of the barriers and his rivals behind. When the others stopped for dry tyres he was left with a commanding lead. Former Williams star Riccardo Patrese will drive at the Festival
1990 Tyrrell-Cosworth 019 – Jean Alesi made an immediate impact in F1 by finishing second at Monaco in this relatively uncompetitive car
Fiat will also be well represented at the Festival, and it is hoped that the remarkable 1924 Mephistopheles will make a return from Turin, 80 years since it broke the land speed record. The incredible Fiat 131 Abarth rally car, which was at the forefront of the sport in the 1970s, will also make its Festival debut, as will the magnificent ‘La Turbina’ in the Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’
Ford focuses on 40 Years of the Mustang. Following its centenary celebrations in 2003, Ford will honour the anniversary of its most iconic production model by bringing several of the most famous Mustang competition cars to the Festival:
1965 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R – one of only 37 GT350Rs built in order to beat the Chevrolet Corvettes. This car won its class at the Sebring 12 Hour and Daytona 24 Hour races, as well as taking the 1966 SCCA South-West and 1967 SCCA National titles
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 – One of two muscular Boss 302 Mustangs funded by Ford for Trans-Am. Parnelli Jones took five wins from nine races in 1970 and the Ford team romped to the 1970 Manufacturers' Championship
1997 Ford Mustang TransAm – This 625bhp monster is the 1997 SCCA Trans-Am winning car, which, in the hands of Tommy Kendall, won the first 11 of the season’s 13 races. Former Jaguar F1 star Justin Wilson will drive
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 – Fred Lorenzen’s 1965 Daytona 500 winner, which is one of only two original cars of the 1960s to survive
1965 Ford GT40 – two little-seen cars will take to the hill, one owned and driven by the McLaren F1 team’s technical director, Adrian Newey, and the second a multiple concours-winning car that was imported from the USA last year
1974 Ford Capri ‘Cologne’ – staggering 455bhp works Capri from 1974, which was the fastest car in European Touring Car Racing in the mid-1970s in the hands of Niki Lauda and Jochen Mass, defeating the once invincible BMW CSL ‘Batmobiles’
2004 Ford Focus WRC – the latest development of Ford's rally challenger will put on a staggering display of speed and car control
General Motors looks to the future. To complement the GM-powered sports-racing and CanAm cars at the Festival, long-standing supporter General Motors will bring a fantastic array of forward-thinking vehicles to Goodwood, including:
2003 GM Saturn Redline LSR – This car recently set a land speed record of 212.684mph using a turbocharged 2.0 litre version of GM's DOHC Ecotec four-cylinder engine
2004 Cadillac CTSV – a new racing machine that will make its debut in the 2005 SCCA World Challenge Series
GM Drop Tank concept car – This is a bold modern interpretation of the original SoCal Speed Shop Salt Flat racer, that was fashioned from the fuel ‘drop tank’ of a WW2 aircraft
2004 Chevrolet Corvette C6 – the latest Corvette sports car from a long and illustrious line, shown to the European public in action for the first time
Honda celebrates 40 Years in Formula 1. As well as some great motorcycles (see below), Honda will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its launch into Formula 1 in 1964. All the way from Japan comes the lovely 1.5-litre 1965 Honda RA272, which followed the original RA271 F1 car and gave the company its first GP win (Mexico, 1965). Joining it, fresh from restoration, is the legendary 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4 in which McLaren drivers Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna utterly dominated F1, taking an incredible 15 wins from 16 races and giving Senna his first World title. BAR test driver Anthony Davidsonwill drive. The MP4/4 will be joined by both of Senna’s other Championship-winning cars, the 1990 McLaren-Honda MP4/5B and 1991 McLaren-Honda MP4/6. The latest BAR-Honda will also be on the hill with British hero Jenson Button and team mate Takumo Sato at the wheel.
Mouth-watering collection of Jaguar’s famous sports cars. Jaguar sports cars will again feature heavily at the Festival, representing a concise history of the famous marque, including:
1953 Jaguar C-type – Jaguar F1 ace Mark Webber will drive this historic Le Mans-winning sports car
Jaguar D-type – the three-time Le Mans-winning aerodyne
1963 Jaguar E-type lightweight – the slippery Malcolm Sayer-designed low-drag car will run
1963 Jaguar XJR1 – the special E-type V12 in which Bob Tullius took the Trans-Am title in 1977-78
1982 Jaguar XJS TWR – Jaguar’s return to European Touring Car Racing in 1982 brought them a hat-trick of Brno circuit wins 1982-84 and ultimately the overall title in 1984
1989 Jaguar XJR12 – which took a second win at Le Mans in three years, this time with Martin Brundle/John Nielsen/Price Cobb in 1990
Mercedes-Benz remembers its dominant returns to the Grand Prix arena. This year brings a series of important anniversaries for Mercedes-Benz, representing the company’s three major areas of involvement in Grand Prix racing. A fabulous collection of Mercedes cars is expected at the Festival, including:
1931 Mercedes-Benz 710 SSKL – representing the great road-racing victories of Rudolf Carracciola
1934 Mercedes-Benz W25 – The car that began the legend of the Silver Arrows (and Mercedes-Benz’s first period of dominance in GP racing) when it was launched 70 years ago in 1934. Also twice a Monaco GP winner, in 1935 and 1936
1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 – This car continued the success of the Silver Arrows until Mercedes-Benz pulled out of racing in 1939. John Surtees will drive
1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 streamliner – It’s 50 years since Mercedes-Benz returned to GP racing, after a 15-year absence, with the revolutionary and dominant W196, initially in full-bodied streamliner form at the French GP at Reims and also in open-wheel form (below). Sir Stirling Moss will be back behind the wheel
1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 – the open-wheel version of the car carried Juan Manuel Fangio to back-to-back World Championships, and also won the 1955 Monaco GP. Jochen Mass will drive
Nissan hopes to bring its Paris-Dakar team. Nissan will ensure a new dimension at the Festival by bringing all three of its distinctive Paris-Dakar raiders. The Nissan Patrol GR pick-up driven earlier this year by Colin McRae will hopefully be joined by the gigantic Nissan T5 that competed in the category for trucks. The current 350Z will take part in the Supercar Run.
Peugeot and the birth of motoring. Peugeot remembers its innovative 1894 Paris-Rouen racer built for the world’s first mass-entry race, which the six-car team duly won. The legendary 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 Group B rally car will make a rare appearance in action on the hill, and it is hoped that the extraordinary 1987 Peugeot 405 T16 Paris-Dakar winner can be persuaded out of the Peugeot Museum for the event.
Porsche honours its Paris-Dakar and American Road-Racing successes. The Festival habitually features a breathtaking array of important Porsche competition cars and 2004 will be no exception. The company’s own museum will provide a collection of cars to run alongside privately-entered machinery, including:
1970 Porsche 917K – the car that launched Porsche’s unprecedented run of success at Le Mans and a great Festival favourite
1973 Porsche 917/30 – the world’s most powerful sports car is a long-standing Festival favourite, especially in the hands of Derek Bell
1984 Porsche 911 4x4 – all-terrain 911 that took victory on the Paris-Dakar rally raid in 1984 and led to the development of the remarkable 959
1986 Porsche 959 – After fielding 959 prototypes in 1985, the full-specification car was ready for 1986 and proved unstoppable. Two of these cars will be at the Festival, to be driven by Jacky Ickx and his daughter Vanina
Also, the Supercar Run will feature current Porsche road cars including the Carrera GT which made its European debut at the Festival last year.
Renault celebrates the 25th anniversary of its era-defining turbocharged GP win. Renault will bring some of its most spectacular Collection cars to the Festival, including:
1902 Renault Type K Paris-Vienna – exacting recreation of the car that founded Renault’s racing heritage, to be driven by Renault F1 test driver Franck Montagny
1977 Renault RS01 – the car that introduced the turbocharger to Formula 1 and laid the foundations to a revolution. It will be driven by former F1 hero Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who became the first man to win a GP using turbo power in 1979
1978 Alpine-Renault A442B Le Mans – wonderful Le Mans winner, driven once more by original pilot Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
1982 Renault RE30 – the fastest car of the 1982 season took 10 poles from 16 races, and two wins apiece for Alain Prost and Rene Arnoux (who drives at the Festival). But reliability problems robbed the team of the consistency needed to take the title
1985 Renault 5 Maxi Turbo – Renault’s spectacular Group B rally car, which proved more than a match for 4wd opposition on tarmac in
2003 Renault R23 – Renault’s latest F1 car is now a genuine contender for race wins and even the title. Test driver Franck Montagny will drive at the Festival on Saturday and Sunday
2004 Renault Clio V6 – the fabulous mid-engined performance road car will be driven in the Supercar Run by F1 test driver Franck Montagny
Toyota sends rare jewels from Japan. Toyota will return to the Festival with several show-stopping cars. Expect to see:
1968 Toyota 2000GT SC – fabulous sleek sports car made into a competition car by Carroll Shelby and raced in the SCCA championship by Bob Tkacik, who will drive at the Festival
1993 Toyota Celica ST185 – the car in which Juha Kankunnen (who will drive at the Festival) swept to the last of his three World Championships
1992 Toyota TS010 – 3.5-littre V10 Le Mans car from the early 1990s, which earned Toyota’s joint best result at Le Mans, taking second place. Hopefully to be driven by IRL champion and Toyota F1 driver Cristiano da Matta
2003 Toyota TF103 – last season’s Toyota Formula 1 car is expected to be driven by Olivier Panis
Who’s Driving What At The Festival Of Speed 2004 (updated 16.6.04)
All the confirmed star drivers listed in alphabetical order with a summary of the cars they will compete in at the Festival.
Steve Abbott, the former British Motorcycle Sidecar Champion, will be in action all weekend on his winning machine.
Giacomo Agostini, the most successful rider in the history of motorcycle racing, will take to the hill throughout the weekend on an MV Agusta.
Markku Alén, the former World Rally Champion, is expected to drive a Lancia Stratos and Fiat 131 Abarth throughout the weekend.
Bobby Allison, one of the most successful NASCAR stars of all time, will drive a Buick Regal NASCAR all weekend.
Rene Arnoux will drive all weekend in Renault’s turbo-charged RE30 Grand Prix car, which was the car to beat in Formula One in 1982.
Pentti Airikkala will drive through the weekend in historic rally cars.
Richard Attwood, the Le Mans winner who also took second place for BRM at the 1968 Moncao GP, will drive all weekend in a BRM P261 of a type that took a Monaco hat-trick in the Sixties.
Luca Badoer will drive the 2002 Championship-winning Ferrari Formula One car on Saturday and Sunday.
Derek Bell will once more be at the Festival all three days, driving the Porsche 917/30 CanAm car and the Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans car.
Justin Bell, racing son of five-times Le Mans winner Derek, will drive a McLaren-BMW F1 GTR Le Mans on Saturday and Sunday.
Gary Bettenhausen, son of the great Indycar Champion Tony, will be at the Festival all weekend driving the 1951 Indy 500-winning Belanger-Offenhauser in which his father took the drivers’ championship that year.
Sir Jack Brabham, three-times F1 World Champion and a long-standing Festival favourite, will be at the Festival all weekend driving Cooper-Climax T51 like that in which he won the World title in 1959.
Ralph Bryans will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery all weekend.
Jenson Button, Britain’s leading F1 driver and already a podium-finisher this season, will drive the latest BAR-Honda on Sunday.
Anthony Davidson test driver with the BAR-Honda F1 team, will drive Ayrton Senna’s first World Championship-winning car, the 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4.
Cristiano da Matta, former CART champion and current Toyota F1 star, is expected to drive the 2002 Lola-Toyota B2/2000 Indycar on Saturday and Sunday.
Gil de Ferran will be at the Festival all weekend driving the 1994 Indy 500-winning Penske-Mercedes PC23 and the 1993 McLaren-Ford MP4/8 in which Ayrton Senna won the 1993 European GP at Donington.
Pedro de la Rosa will be at the Festival with the McLaren Formula One team on Saturday.
Jan de Rooy, twice winner of the Paris-Dakar truck category, will drive his famous DAF racer throughout the weekend.
Darren Dixon, the former British Motorcycle Sidecar Champion, will be in action all weekend on his winning machine.
David Donohue, son of the legendary CanAm and Indy car driver Mark, plans to fly in from the USA to drive his father’s Lola Type 153 ‘Sunoco Special’ Indycar.
Vic Elford will be at the Festival all weekend driving the Porsche Sports cars with which he is synoymous.
Gwyndaf Evans, former British Rally Champion, will drive the latest MG SV-R in the Supercar Run.
Juan Manuel Fangio II, nephew of the eponymous five-times World Champion, will return to Goodwood for the weekend to drive a Maserati 250F like that in which his uncle won the Monaco Grand Prix.
Christian Fittipaldi is expected to be at the Festival all weekend driving historic Indycars.
Emerson Fittipaldi, the youngest man ever to win the F1 World Championship, will drive a Lotus-Cosworth 72E and a Penske-Ilmor PC19 all weekend.
Carl Fogarty, four-times World Superbike Champion, will be at the Festival throughout the weekend with his Foggie Petronas FP1 Superbike Team.
David Franklin, multiple British hillclimb champion, will once more attempt the overall hill record in the unique Ferrari 712 CanAm car.
Bruno Giacomelli will be in action on the hill all weekend in a Porsche 962 Le Mans car.
Dieter Glemser will drive the latest Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK DTM in the Supercar Run.
Stuart Graham will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery throughout the weekend, plus a Ferrari 225S like that which won the 1952 Monaco GP for sports cars.
David Hailwood, son of the legendary Mike Hailwood, is expected to ride one of his father’s old TT machines throughout the weekend.
Peter Hardman will be as spectacular as ever driving the Nurburgring 1000km-winning Aston Martin DBR1 and a newly-restored Ferrari 330 P3 all weekend.
Masahiro Hasemi will drive the newly-restored Kojima-Cosworth KE007 in which he set fastest lap at the 1976 Japanese GP – in the car’s one and only F1 appearance.
Leon Haslam, British Superbike rider and son of Ron, who was Britain’s leading GP rider of the 1980s, will ride a Ducati 999R on Saturday.
Eddy Hau, former Works BMW endurance motorcyclist, will be reunited with his 1986 BMW R80GS Paris-Dakar motorcycle all weekend.
Berthold Hauser will ride the 1990 BMW 1000 on which he won the ‘Battle of the Twins’.
Damon Hill, former F1 World Champion, will take to the hill on Sunday, driving a BRM P57 identical to that in which his father Graham also became a world beater.
Jacky Ickx, a Paris-Dakar Rally winner for Mercedes-Benz, will be on the hill all weekend driving the legendary Porsche 959 that proved the class of the field in 1985 and took overall victory in 1986, as well as the Ferrari 375 Plus that won the Le Mans 24 Hour race fifty years ago in 1954.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille will drive all weekend in the ground-breaking Renault RS01 Grand Prix car, which introduced turbocharging to F1.
Tony Jardine, ITV F1 pundit, will drive a Nissan Paris-Dakar pick-up on Saturday.
Jean-Pierre Jassaud will once again drive his 1978 Le Mans-winning Alpine-Renault A442B all weekend.
Stefan Johansson is expected to drive the 1984 Toleman-Hart TG184 in which his team-mate Ayrton Senna almost won his maiden Monaco GP, as well as an ex-Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312 T3.
Junior Johnson will be at the Festival all weekend with General Motors, driving a Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.
Alan Jones will drive all weekend in a Williams-Cosworth FW07 like that in which he won the 1980 World title and team mate Carlos Reutemann took Williams’ first Monaco GP victory.
Yukio Kagayama will ride the current Suzuki GSX-R1000 British Superbike.
Juha Kankkunen, three-times World Rally Champion, will drive the 1993 Toyota Celica ST185 in which he swept to the last of his titles all weekend.
Jacques Laffite will drive a Ligier-Cosworth JS12 Formula One car on Sunday.
The Earl of March will drive an Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 throughout the weekend.
Nick Mason, the Pink Floyd drummer, will drive a magnificent Bugatti Type 35 from his personal collection all weekend.
Jochen Mass will drive all weekend in the legendary Mercedes-Benz W196, which dominated Formula One in 1954 and 1955.
Perry McCarthy will drive an historic British stock car on the hill all weekend.
John McGuinness, TT rider for Ducati and Triumph, will ride the new Moto Guzzi MGS01 Prototype race bike.
Allan McNish will drive the new Porsche Carrera GT Supercar throughout the weekend, and is also expected to take a turn in Audi UK’s latest Le Mans car.
Alister McRae will drive on Friday and Saturday in the Nissan Pick-up in which brother Colin McRae competed in this year’s Paris-Dakar rally.
Colin McRae, former World Rally Champion, will join brother Alister at the Festival, and will drive his Paris-Dakar Nissan and hopefully also his WRC title-winning Subaru Impreza.
Jim Moodie, TT hero and Eurosport motorcycle commentator, will ride a Benelli TNT 1130 and an Aprilia RSV 1000 despite being sidelined this season due to a broken leg.
Franck Montagny, test driver for the Renault F1 team, will drive Renault’s latest F1 car on Saturday and Sunday, as well as the 1902 Renault Type K Paris-Vienna road racer.
Sir Stirling Moss will drive all weekend in the Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner in which he was runner-up to team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1955 World Championship.
Adrian Newey, Technical Director for the McLarenF1 team, will be in action all weekend in a Ford GT40 from his personal collection.
Olivier Panis will drive the Toyota TF103 Formula One car on Saturday and Sunday.
Antonio Pizzonia, the BMW Williams F1 test driver will put last year’s car through its paces on Saturday and Sunday.
Riccardo Patrese will drive on Saturday and Sunday in the Williams-Cosworth FW08C in which Keke Rosberg took a magnificent victory on a wet but drying track at the 1983 Monaco GP.
Dieter Quester will drive a BMW 635 CSI and a McLaren-BMW F1 GTR Le Mans throughout the weekend.
Patsy Quick, the first British woman to attempt the Paris-Dakar, will ride at the Festival all weekend on her Team Desert Rose KTM 660 - the only purpose built rally bike.
Jean Ragnotti will again drive throughout the weekend in a selection of competition cars brought to Goodwood from Renault’s factory Museum in France.
Brian Redman will drive a Porsche 935 ‘Baby’ throughout the weekend.
Jim Redman will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery all weekend.
John Reynolds will ride the current Suzuki GSX-R1000 British Superbike.
Tommy Robb will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery throughout the weekend.
Martin Rowe, the former British Rally Champion, will drive a Scalextric-sponsored Subaru Impreza entered by The Sun newspaper.
Michael Rutter, Honda’s British Superbike star and son of TT winner Tony, will ride the latest Fireblade all weekend.
Tony Rutter, a six-time winner of the Isle of Man TT and father of Superbike star Michael, will ride a 1976 Honda RCB 1000 over the weekend.
Takuma Sato will drive the latest BAR-Honda on Saturday.
Jack Sears, twice British Saloon Car Champion, will be at the Festival all weekend in the Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’.
Colin Seeley will ride throughout the weekend on the home-designed Seeley G50 sidecar combination with which he proved devastatingly effective in the World Championship in the late 1960s.
Masanori Sekiya will drive the 1992 Toyota TS010 Le Mans in which he placed second in the 24 Hour race that year.
Paul Smart will ride throughout the weekend on a special commemorative Ducati 998 Testastretta, painted in the livery of his famous 1972 Imola 200 winner.
Scott Smart, son of Paul, will ride a Kawasaki ZX-10R racing bike all weekend.
Marc Surer will drive a March-BMW 86G sports car throughout the weekend.
John Surtees, the only to be World Champion on two wheels and four, will drive all weekend in the newly-restored Ferrari 158 in which he won the F1 World Championship, and will also make appearances in the magnificent Honda RA272 Formula One car and Mercedes-Benz W154 ‘Silver Arrow’.
Bob Tkacik, the great American Road Racer, will drive on Friday and Saturday in the Toyota 2000 GT in which he won the SCCA Championship in 1968.
Ari Vatanen will drive on Saturday and Sunday in the fabulous Nissan Patrol Paris-Dakar challenger.
Jacques Villeneuve will drive the Ferrari 312 T3 F1 car in which his father, Gilles, won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix - his first-ever Grand Prix win. The car belongs to Nick Mason and Jacques will be doing two runs on Saturday only.
Chris Walker, World Superbike star, will ride during Saturday and Sunday on the Foggy-Petronas FP1 provided by team principal and four-times World Superbike Champion, Carl Fogarty.
Robbie Walker, son of the legendary F1 privateer Rob Walker, will drive throughout the weekend in the Delahaye 135S in which his father competed at Le Mans in 1939.
Justin Wilson, the former Jaguar F1 driver, will take to the hill in a 1997 Ford Mustang Trans Am throughout the weekend.
Matthew Wilson, son of British Rallying hero and Ford M-Sport principal Malcolm, is expected to drive the Ford Focus WRC car all weekend.
Alexander Wurz will be at the Festival with the McLaren Formula One team on Sunday.
Ricardo Zonta will drive the 2003 Toyota TF103 F1 car on Friday.
The Supercar Run for the latest production and planned production road cars will offer an early opportunity to see the new Aston Martin DB9 and Maserati MC12 for the first time. Joining them will be the new Jaguar RD6 concept car, the fabulous Ford GT, two exciting prototypes – the Nazca C2 and VW W12 – from Fabrizio Giugiaro’s Italdesign, plus a breathtaking new interpretation by GM of the historic So Cal Lakester, which was built around an aircraft ‘Drop Tank’ on the 1940s and raced on the Salt Flats of Utah. The Supercar Run will also include the latest offerings from Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Chevrolet, Renault, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Peugeot, Bentley, Lamborghini, TVR, Bristol, Invicta, Koenigsegg, Pagani, Noble, Morgan, Marcos, MG, Mosler, Spyker and Ferrari. The supercar run is unique in the world for its gathering together of all the major new supercar products from around the world and seeing them in action. Something no motor show in the world can do.
big_xavier said:
I am going sunday taking the M5 coming down from the mids, was looking for some where nice to stay on saturday night , that is in the neck of the woods, any ideas ? What can i expect to see do on sunday ? as i am a goodwood virgin.
The Festival is the only event in the world that attracts the rarest and most significant machinery from the beginnings of motor sport to the present day. Goodwood’s unique relationship with the world’s motor industry ensures that the finest museum-piece racing cars come to the Festival in force. Expect to see:
Alfa Romeo’s rich history remembered. As ever a wonderful collection of Alfas will come to Goodwood, many from Alfa Romeo’s museum collection in Italy. Highlights include:
1924 Alfa Romeo P2 – the first great Alfa Romeo racing car will make its long-awaited UK debut after an epic restoration
1932 Alfa Romeo 8C Monza – representing the 1932 Monaco GP winner
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Le Mans – The long-chassis sports car that dominated Le Mans 1931-34
1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B (P3) – The archetypal pre-war Alfa racer, which won the Monaco GP in 1934
1936/37 Alfa Romeo 12C-36 and 12C-37 – two of Alfa’s thundering GP challengers together for the first time
1951 Alfa Romeo 159 ‘Alfetta’ – the dominant GP car in the early post-war years
1954 Alfa Romeo 3000CM – the beautiful sports-racing car like that in which Juan Manuel Fangio placed second on the Mille Miglia
1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 – Delicate 2-litre V8 that paved the way for a series of class-leading sports prototypes
1975 Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 – wonderful championship sports car, this one driven by Ickx and Merzario
Aston Martin contrasts its ultimate performance cars – old and new. Aston Martin recognises its heritage with the wonderful World Championship-winning DBR1 sports-racing car in action on the hill, driven by as ever by the spectacular Peter Hardman. Whereas in the Supercar Run, the new DB9 makes one of its first public appearances.
BMW champions its sports and touring car heritage. This year, BMW focuses on its sports and touring cars, with a host of important cars brought over from its museum, including:
1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia coupe – a Festival favourite that recalls BMW’s great success in winning the Mille Miglia
1969 BMW 2002ti – this fuel-injected car was German Rally Champion in 1969-70, driven by Rauno Aaltonen
1983 BMW 635 GpA – the range-topping 6-series BMW, with its 286bhp engine developed for the M1 supercar, proved a force in German touring car racing with the Schnitzer team
1986 March-BMW 86G – BMW’s IMSA challenger took on the Porsche 962s, and beat them to score BMW’s first IMSA victory at Watkins Glen, with Davy Jones
1997 McLaren-BMW F1 GTR – the BMW-powered centre-seat sports car won the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hour race and kick-started BMW’s subsequent sports car success
2003 BMW 320i ETCC – one of the three-car team fielded by BMW in last season’s European Touring car Championship
2003 BMW M3 GTR ALMR – the US-built 464bhp V8 that dominated the GT class of the American Le Mans Series and contested the Nurburgring 24 Hours
See below for information on BMW motorcycles at the Festival
Cosworth remembers its Monaco GP excellence. As ever, an array of Cosworth-powered competition cars, many using the mighty DFV engine, will take to the hill, including:
1968 Lotus-Cosworth 49B – the car that established the DFV as the must-have power unit in Formula 1. Graham Hill won the Monaco GP twice using these cars (1968-69), and Jochen Rindt took a third win in 1970
1972 Lotus-Cosworth 72 – One of the most successful F1 designs of all time, competitive for six seasons and a winner of the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships twice each, as well as a Monaco GP win for Ronnie Peterson in 1974.
1973 Tyrrell-Cosworth 006 – The car in which Jackie Stewart won the Monaco GP on the way to his third and final World title
1976 McLaren-Cosworth M23 – representing the 30th anniversary of Emerson Fittipaldi’s World Championship win in 1974
1976 Kojima-Cosworth KE007 – Japanese F1 challenger that made a one-off appearance at the GP at Mount Fugi, stunning the establishment by almost taking pole position. Original driver Masahiro Hasemi will be at the wheel
1978 Tyrrell-Cosworth 008 – the actual winner of the 1978 Monaco GP, driven by Patrick Depailler
1980 Ligier-Cosworth JS12 – French superstar Jacques Lafitte is expected to drive his old F1 car
1980 Williams-Cosworth FW07B – Championship winner for the Williams team and Alan Jones, and a Monaco GP winner for Carlos Reutemann. Jones will drive at the Festival
1983 Williams-Cosworth FW08C – Keke Rosberg opted to start the 1983 Monaco GP on slick tyres on a wet but drying track. Using all his slippery-surface skills from experience of Finnish winters, he kept the car out of the barriers and his rivals behind. When the others stopped for dry tyres he was left with a commanding lead. Former Williams star Riccardo Patrese will drive at the Festival
1990 Tyrrell-Cosworth 019 – Jean Alesi made an immediate impact in F1 by finishing second at Monaco in this relatively uncompetitive car
Fiat will also be well represented at the Festival, and it is hoped that the remarkable 1924 Mephistopheles will make a return from Turin, 80 years since it broke the land speed record. The incredible Fiat 131 Abarth rally car, which was at the forefront of the sport in the 1970s, will also make its Festival debut, as will the magnificent ‘La Turbina’ in the Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’
Ford focuses on 40 Years of the Mustang. Following its centenary celebrations in 2003, Ford will honour the anniversary of its most iconic production model by bringing several of the most famous Mustang competition cars to the Festival:
1965 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R – one of only 37 GT350Rs built in order to beat the Chevrolet Corvettes. This car won its class at the Sebring 12 Hour and Daytona 24 Hour races, as well as taking the 1966 SCCA South-West and 1967 SCCA National titles
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 – One of two muscular Boss 302 Mustangs funded by Ford for Trans-Am. Parnelli Jones took five wins from nine races in 1970 and the Ford team romped to the 1970 Manufacturers' Championship
1997 Ford Mustang TransAm – This 625bhp monster is the 1997 SCCA Trans-Am winning car, which, in the hands of Tommy Kendall, won the first 11 of the season’s 13 races. Former Jaguar F1 star Justin Wilson will drive
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 – Fred Lorenzen’s 1965 Daytona 500 winner, which is one of only two original cars of the 1960s to survive
1965 Ford GT40 – two little-seen cars will take to the hill, one owned and driven by the McLaren F1 team’s technical director, Adrian Newey, and the second a multiple concours-winning car that was imported from the USA last year
1974 Ford Capri ‘Cologne’ – staggering 455bhp works Capri from 1974, which was the fastest car in European Touring Car Racing in the mid-1970s in the hands of Niki Lauda and Jochen Mass, defeating the once invincible BMW CSL ‘Batmobiles’
2004 Ford Focus WRC – the latest development of Ford's rally challenger will put on a staggering display of speed and car control
General Motors looks to the future. To complement the GM-powered sports-racing and CanAm cars at the Festival, long-standing supporter General Motors will bring a fantastic array of forward-thinking vehicles to Goodwood, including:
2003 GM Saturn Redline LSR – This car recently set a land speed record of 212.684mph using a turbocharged 2.0 litre version of GM's DOHC Ecotec four-cylinder engine
2004 Cadillac CTSV – a new racing machine that will make its debut in the 2005 SCCA World Challenge Series
GM Drop Tank concept car – This is a bold modern interpretation of the original SoCal Speed Shop Salt Flat racer, that was fashioned from the fuel ‘drop tank’ of a WW2 aircraft
2004 Chevrolet Corvette C6 – the latest Corvette sports car from a long and illustrious line, shown to the European public in action for the first time
Honda celebrates 40 Years in Formula 1. As well as some great motorcycles (see below), Honda will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its launch into Formula 1 in 1964. All the way from Japan comes the lovely 1.5-litre 1965 Honda RA272, which followed the original RA271 F1 car and gave the company its first GP win (Mexico, 1965). Joining it, fresh from restoration, is the legendary 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4 in which McLaren drivers Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna utterly dominated F1, taking an incredible 15 wins from 16 races and giving Senna his first World title. BAR test driver Anthony Davidsonwill drive. The MP4/4 will be joined by both of Senna’s other Championship-winning cars, the 1990 McLaren-Honda MP4/5B and 1991 McLaren-Honda MP4/6. The latest BAR-Honda will also be on the hill with British hero Jenson Button and team mate Takumo Sato at the wheel.
Mouth-watering collection of Jaguar’s famous sports cars. Jaguar sports cars will again feature heavily at the Festival, representing a concise history of the famous marque, including:
1953 Jaguar C-type – Jaguar F1 ace Mark Webber will drive this historic Le Mans-winning sports car
Jaguar D-type – the three-time Le Mans-winning aerodyne
1963 Jaguar E-type lightweight – the slippery Malcolm Sayer-designed low-drag car will run
1963 Jaguar XJR1 – the special E-type V12 in which Bob Tullius took the Trans-Am title in 1977-78
1982 Jaguar XJS TWR – Jaguar’s return to European Touring Car Racing in 1982 brought them a hat-trick of Brno circuit wins 1982-84 and ultimately the overall title in 1984
1989 Jaguar XJR12 – which took a second win at Le Mans in three years, this time with Martin Brundle/John Nielsen/Price Cobb in 1990
Mercedes-Benz remembers its dominant returns to the Grand Prix arena. This year brings a series of important anniversaries for Mercedes-Benz, representing the company’s three major areas of involvement in Grand Prix racing. A fabulous collection of Mercedes cars is expected at the Festival, including:
1931 Mercedes-Benz 710 SSKL – representing the great road-racing victories of Rudolf Carracciola
1934 Mercedes-Benz W25 – The car that began the legend of the Silver Arrows (and Mercedes-Benz’s first period of dominance in GP racing) when it was launched 70 years ago in 1934. Also twice a Monaco GP winner, in 1935 and 1936
1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 – This car continued the success of the Silver Arrows until Mercedes-Benz pulled out of racing in 1939. John Surtees will drive
1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 streamliner – It’s 50 years since Mercedes-Benz returned to GP racing, after a 15-year absence, with the revolutionary and dominant W196, initially in full-bodied streamliner form at the French GP at Reims and also in open-wheel form (below). Sir Stirling Moss will be back behind the wheel
1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 – the open-wheel version of the car carried Juan Manuel Fangio to back-to-back World Championships, and also won the 1955 Monaco GP. Jochen Mass will drive
Nissan hopes to bring its Paris-Dakar team. Nissan will ensure a new dimension at the Festival by bringing all three of its distinctive Paris-Dakar raiders. The Nissan Patrol GR pick-up driven earlier this year by Colin McRae will hopefully be joined by the gigantic Nissan T5 that competed in the category for trucks. The current 350Z will take part in the Supercar Run.
Peugeot and the birth of motoring. Peugeot remembers its innovative 1894 Paris-Rouen racer built for the world’s first mass-entry race, which the six-car team duly won. The legendary 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 Group B rally car will make a rare appearance in action on the hill, and it is hoped that the extraordinary 1987 Peugeot 405 T16 Paris-Dakar winner can be persuaded out of the Peugeot Museum for the event.
Porsche honours its Paris-Dakar and American Road-Racing successes. The Festival habitually features a breathtaking array of important Porsche competition cars and 2004 will be no exception. The company’s own museum will provide a collection of cars to run alongside privately-entered machinery, including:
1970 Porsche 917K – the car that launched Porsche’s unprecedented run of success at Le Mans and a great Festival favourite
1973 Porsche 917/30 – the world’s most powerful sports car is a long-standing Festival favourite, especially in the hands of Derek Bell
1984 Porsche 911 4x4 – all-terrain 911 that took victory on the Paris-Dakar rally raid in 1984 and led to the development of the remarkable 959
1986 Porsche 959 – After fielding 959 prototypes in 1985, the full-specification car was ready for 1986 and proved unstoppable. Two of these cars will be at the Festival, to be driven by Jacky Ickx and his daughter Vanina
Also, the Supercar Run will feature current Porsche road cars including the Carrera GT which made its European debut at the Festival last year.
Renault celebrates the 25th anniversary of its era-defining turbocharged GP win. Renault will bring some of its most spectacular Collection cars to the Festival, including:
1902 Renault Type K Paris-Vienna – exacting recreation of the car that founded Renault’s racing heritage, to be driven by Renault F1 test driver Franck Montagny
1977 Renault RS01 – the car that introduced the turbocharger to Formula 1 and laid the foundations to a revolution. It will be driven by former F1 hero Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who became the first man to win a GP using turbo power in 1979
1978 Alpine-Renault A442B Le Mans – wonderful Le Mans winner, driven once more by original pilot Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
1982 Renault RE30 – the fastest car of the 1982 season took 10 poles from 16 races, and two wins apiece for Alain Prost and Rene Arnoux (who drives at the Festival). But reliability problems robbed the team of the consistency needed to take the title
1985 Renault 5 Maxi Turbo – Renault’s spectacular Group B rally car, which proved more than a match for 4wd opposition on tarmac in
2003 Renault R23 – Renault’s latest F1 car is now a genuine contender for race wins and even the title. Test driver Franck Montagny will drive at the Festival on Saturday and Sunday
2004 Renault Clio V6 – the fabulous mid-engined performance road car will be driven in the Supercar Run by F1 test driver Franck Montagny
Toyota sends rare jewels from Japan. Toyota will return to the Festival with several show-stopping cars. Expect to see:
1968 Toyota 2000GT SC – fabulous sleek sports car made into a competition car by Carroll Shelby and raced in the SCCA championship by Bob Tkacik, who will drive at the Festival
1993 Toyota Celica ST185 – the car in which Juha Kankunnen (who will drive at the Festival) swept to the last of his three World Championships
1992 Toyota TS010 – 3.5-littre V10 Le Mans car from the early 1990s, which earned Toyota’s joint best result at Le Mans, taking second place. Hopefully to be driven by IRL champion and Toyota F1 driver Cristiano da Matta
2003 Toyota TF103 – last season’s Toyota Formula 1 car is expected to be driven by Olivier Panis
Who’s Driving What At The Festival Of Speed 2004 (updated 16.6.04)
All the confirmed star drivers listed in alphabetical order with a summary of the cars they will compete in at the Festival.
Steve Abbott, the former British Motorcycle Sidecar Champion, will be in action all weekend on his winning machine.
Giacomo Agostini, the most successful rider in the history of motorcycle racing, will take to the hill throughout the weekend on an MV Agusta.
Markku Alén, the former World Rally Champion, is expected to drive a Lancia Stratos and Fiat 131 Abarth throughout the weekend.
Bobby Allison, one of the most successful NASCAR stars of all time, will drive a Buick Regal NASCAR all weekend.
Rene Arnoux will drive all weekend in Renault’s turbo-charged RE30 Grand Prix car, which was the car to beat in Formula One in 1982.
Pentti Airikkala will drive through the weekend in historic rally cars.
Richard Attwood, the Le Mans winner who also took second place for BRM at the 1968 Moncao GP, will drive all weekend in a BRM P261 of a type that took a Monaco hat-trick in the Sixties.
Luca Badoer will drive the 2002 Championship-winning Ferrari Formula One car on Saturday and Sunday.
Derek Bell will once more be at the Festival all three days, driving the Porsche 917/30 CanAm car and the Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans car.
Justin Bell, racing son of five-times Le Mans winner Derek, will drive a McLaren-BMW F1 GTR Le Mans on Saturday and Sunday.
Gary Bettenhausen, son of the great Indycar Champion Tony, will be at the Festival all weekend driving the 1951 Indy 500-winning Belanger-Offenhauser in which his father took the drivers’ championship that year.
Sir Jack Brabham, three-times F1 World Champion and a long-standing Festival favourite, will be at the Festival all weekend driving Cooper-Climax T51 like that in which he won the World title in 1959.
Ralph Bryans will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery all weekend.
Jenson Button, Britain’s leading F1 driver and already a podium-finisher this season, will drive the latest BAR-Honda on Sunday.
Anthony Davidson test driver with the BAR-Honda F1 team, will drive Ayrton Senna’s first World Championship-winning car, the 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4.
Cristiano da Matta, former CART champion and current Toyota F1 star, is expected to drive the 2002 Lola-Toyota B2/2000 Indycar on Saturday and Sunday.
Gil de Ferran will be at the Festival all weekend driving the 1994 Indy 500-winning Penske-Mercedes PC23 and the 1993 McLaren-Ford MP4/8 in which Ayrton Senna won the 1993 European GP at Donington.
Pedro de la Rosa will be at the Festival with the McLaren Formula One team on Saturday.
Jan de Rooy, twice winner of the Paris-Dakar truck category, will drive his famous DAF racer throughout the weekend.
Darren Dixon, the former British Motorcycle Sidecar Champion, will be in action all weekend on his winning machine.
David Donohue, son of the legendary CanAm and Indy car driver Mark, plans to fly in from the USA to drive his father’s Lola Type 153 ‘Sunoco Special’ Indycar.
Vic Elford will be at the Festival all weekend driving the Porsche Sports cars with which he is synoymous.
Gwyndaf Evans, former British Rally Champion, will drive the latest MG SV-R in the Supercar Run.
Juan Manuel Fangio II, nephew of the eponymous five-times World Champion, will return to Goodwood for the weekend to drive a Maserati 250F like that in which his uncle won the Monaco Grand Prix.
Christian Fittipaldi is expected to be at the Festival all weekend driving historic Indycars.
Emerson Fittipaldi, the youngest man ever to win the F1 World Championship, will drive a Lotus-Cosworth 72E and a Penske-Ilmor PC19 all weekend.
Carl Fogarty, four-times World Superbike Champion, will be at the Festival throughout the weekend with his Foggie Petronas FP1 Superbike Team.
David Franklin, multiple British hillclimb champion, will once more attempt the overall hill record in the unique Ferrari 712 CanAm car.
Bruno Giacomelli will be in action on the hill all weekend in a Porsche 962 Le Mans car.
Dieter Glemser will drive the latest Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK DTM in the Supercar Run.
Stuart Graham will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery throughout the weekend, plus a Ferrari 225S like that which won the 1952 Monaco GP for sports cars.
David Hailwood, son of the legendary Mike Hailwood, is expected to ride one of his father’s old TT machines throughout the weekend.
Peter Hardman will be as spectacular as ever driving the Nurburgring 1000km-winning Aston Martin DBR1 and a newly-restored Ferrari 330 P3 all weekend.
Masahiro Hasemi will drive the newly-restored Kojima-Cosworth KE007 in which he set fastest lap at the 1976 Japanese GP – in the car’s one and only F1 appearance.
Leon Haslam, British Superbike rider and son of Ron, who was Britain’s leading GP rider of the 1980s, will ride a Ducati 999R on Saturday.
Eddy Hau, former Works BMW endurance motorcyclist, will be reunited with his 1986 BMW R80GS Paris-Dakar motorcycle all weekend.
Berthold Hauser will ride the 1990 BMW 1000 on which he won the ‘Battle of the Twins’.
Damon Hill, former F1 World Champion, will take to the hill on Sunday, driving a BRM P57 identical to that in which his father Graham also became a world beater.
Jacky Ickx, a Paris-Dakar Rally winner for Mercedes-Benz, will be on the hill all weekend driving the legendary Porsche 959 that proved the class of the field in 1985 and took overall victory in 1986, as well as the Ferrari 375 Plus that won the Le Mans 24 Hour race fifty years ago in 1954.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille will drive all weekend in the ground-breaking Renault RS01 Grand Prix car, which introduced turbocharging to F1.
Tony Jardine, ITV F1 pundit, will drive a Nissan Paris-Dakar pick-up on Saturday.
Jean-Pierre Jassaud will once again drive his 1978 Le Mans-winning Alpine-Renault A442B all weekend.
Stefan Johansson is expected to drive the 1984 Toleman-Hart TG184 in which his team-mate Ayrton Senna almost won his maiden Monaco GP, as well as an ex-Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312 T3.
Junior Johnson will be at the Festival all weekend with General Motors, driving a Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.
Alan Jones will drive all weekend in a Williams-Cosworth FW07 like that in which he won the 1980 World title and team mate Carlos Reutemann took Williams’ first Monaco GP victory.
Yukio Kagayama will ride the current Suzuki GSX-R1000 British Superbike.
Juha Kankkunen, three-times World Rally Champion, will drive the 1993 Toyota Celica ST185 in which he swept to the last of his titles all weekend.
Jacques Laffite will drive a Ligier-Cosworth JS12 Formula One car on Sunday.
The Earl of March will drive an Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 throughout the weekend.
Nick Mason, the Pink Floyd drummer, will drive a magnificent Bugatti Type 35 from his personal collection all weekend.
Jochen Mass will drive all weekend in the legendary Mercedes-Benz W196, which dominated Formula One in 1954 and 1955.
Perry McCarthy will drive an historic British stock car on the hill all weekend.
John McGuinness, TT rider for Ducati and Triumph, will ride the new Moto Guzzi MGS01 Prototype race bike.
Allan McNish will drive the new Porsche Carrera GT Supercar throughout the weekend, and is also expected to take a turn in Audi UK’s latest Le Mans car.
Alister McRae will drive on Friday and Saturday in the Nissan Pick-up in which brother Colin McRae competed in this year’s Paris-Dakar rally.
Colin McRae, former World Rally Champion, will join brother Alister at the Festival, and will drive his Paris-Dakar Nissan and hopefully also his WRC title-winning Subaru Impreza.
Jim Moodie, TT hero and Eurosport motorcycle commentator, will ride a Benelli TNT 1130 and an Aprilia RSV 1000 despite being sidelined this season due to a broken leg.
Franck Montagny, test driver for the Renault F1 team, will drive Renault’s latest F1 car on Saturday and Sunday, as well as the 1902 Renault Type K Paris-Vienna road racer.
Sir Stirling Moss will drive all weekend in the Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner in which he was runner-up to team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1955 World Championship.
Adrian Newey, Technical Director for the McLarenF1 team, will be in action all weekend in a Ford GT40 from his personal collection.
Olivier Panis will drive the Toyota TF103 Formula One car on Saturday and Sunday.
Antonio Pizzonia, the BMW Williams F1 test driver will put last year’s car through its paces on Saturday and Sunday.
Riccardo Patrese will drive on Saturday and Sunday in the Williams-Cosworth FW08C in which Keke Rosberg took a magnificent victory on a wet but drying track at the 1983 Monaco GP.
Dieter Quester will drive a BMW 635 CSI and a McLaren-BMW F1 GTR Le Mans throughout the weekend.
Patsy Quick, the first British woman to attempt the Paris-Dakar, will ride at the Festival all weekend on her Team Desert Rose KTM 660 - the only purpose built rally bike.
Jean Ragnotti will again drive throughout the weekend in a selection of competition cars brought to Goodwood from Renault’s factory Museum in France.
Brian Redman will drive a Porsche 935 ‘Baby’ throughout the weekend.
Jim Redman will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery all weekend.
John Reynolds will ride the current Suzuki GSX-R1000 British Superbike.
Tommy Robb will ride some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Gallery throughout the weekend.
Martin Rowe, the former British Rally Champion, will drive a Scalextric-sponsored Subaru Impreza entered by The Sun newspaper.
Michael Rutter, Honda’s British Superbike star and son of TT winner Tony, will ride the latest Fireblade all weekend.
Tony Rutter, a six-time winner of the Isle of Man TT and father of Superbike star Michael, will ride a 1976 Honda RCB 1000 over the weekend.
Takuma Sato will drive the latest BAR-Honda on Saturday.
Jack Sears, twice British Saloon Car Champion, will be at the Festival all weekend in the Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’.
Colin Seeley will ride throughout the weekend on the home-designed Seeley G50 sidecar combination with which he proved devastatingly effective in the World Championship in the late 1960s.
Masanori Sekiya will drive the 1992 Toyota TS010 Le Mans in which he placed second in the 24 Hour race that year.
Paul Smart will ride throughout the weekend on a special commemorative Ducati 998 Testastretta, painted in the livery of his famous 1972 Imola 200 winner.
Scott Smart, son of Paul, will ride a Kawasaki ZX-10R racing bike all weekend.
Marc Surer will drive a March-BMW 86G sports car throughout the weekend.
John Surtees, the only to be World Champion on two wheels and four, will drive all weekend in the newly-restored Ferrari 158 in which he won the F1 World Championship, and will also make appearances in the magnificent Honda RA272 Formula One car and Mercedes-Benz W154 ‘Silver Arrow’.
Bob Tkacik, the great American Road Racer, will drive on Friday and Saturday in the Toyota 2000 GT in which he won the SCCA Championship in 1968.
Ari Vatanen will drive on Saturday and Sunday in the fabulous Nissan Patrol Paris-Dakar challenger.
Jacques Villeneuve will drive the Ferrari 312 T3 F1 car in which his father, Gilles, won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix - his first-ever Grand Prix win. The car belongs to Nick Mason and Jacques will be doing two runs on Saturday only.
Chris Walker, World Superbike star, will ride during Saturday and Sunday on the Foggy-Petronas FP1 provided by team principal and four-times World Superbike Champion, Carl Fogarty.
Robbie Walker, son of the legendary F1 privateer Rob Walker, will drive throughout the weekend in the Delahaye 135S in which his father competed at Le Mans in 1939.
Justin Wilson, the former Jaguar F1 driver, will take to the hill in a 1997 Ford Mustang Trans Am throughout the weekend.
Matthew Wilson, son of British Rallying hero and Ford M-Sport principal Malcolm, is expected to drive the Ford Focus WRC car all weekend.
Alexander Wurz will be at the Festival with the McLaren Formula One team on Sunday.
Ricardo Zonta will drive the 2003 Toyota TF103 F1 car on Friday.
The Supercar Run for the latest production and planned production road cars will offer an early opportunity to see the new Aston Martin DB9 and Maserati MC12 for the first time. Joining them will be the new Jaguar RD6 concept car, the fabulous Ford GT, two exciting prototypes – the Nazca C2 and VW W12 – from Fabrizio Giugiaro’s Italdesign, plus a breathtaking new interpretation by GM of the historic So Cal Lakester, which was built around an aircraft ‘Drop Tank’ on the 1940s and raced on the Salt Flats of Utah. The Supercar Run will also include the latest offerings from Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Chevrolet, Renault, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Peugeot, Bentley, Lamborghini, TVR, Bristol, Invicta, Koenigsegg, Pagani, Noble, Morgan, Marcos, MG, Mosler, Spyker and Ferrari. The supercar run is unique in the world for its gathering together of all the major new supercar products from around the world and seeing them in action. Something no motor show in the world can do.
big_xavier said:
I am going sunday taking the M5 coming down from the mids, was looking for some where nice to stay on saturday night , that is in the neck of the woods, any ideas ? What can i expect to see do on sunday ? as i am a goodwood virgin.
Everywhere nice and near will be booked. I stayed the wrong side of Portsmouth last year. You're going to get stuck in traffic...be prepared.
I'll be there all 3 days this year.
Regards
Phil
pbrett said:
I am going sunday taking the M5 coming down from the mids, was looking for some where nice to stay on saturday night , that is in the neck of the woods, any ideas ? What can i expect to see do on sunday ? as i am a goodwood virgin.
Everywhere nice and near will be booked. I stayed the wrong side of Portsmouth last year. You're going to get stuck in traffic...be prepared.
I'll be there all 3 days this year.
Regards
Phil
Echo comments above I'm going for the 3 days and things were getting booked up in February they also crank the price up 2/300% - best bet is try some of the Universitys in the area they may have something left not fantastic but ...(or get down to Millets for a tent)
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