Goodwood FOS

[jh001ace]

So Porsche are the supplying the central feature of this year’s event celebrating the 70th anniversary of Porsche’s first car. Should be an epic weekend, I was lucky enough to be invited to the last big Porsche day there in 2013, the Porsche hospitality stand was amazing.

Who’s hoping for invite this year? Would be good to meet up with some fellow PHers.

[GameofCars]

Was going to go this year as never been before. Tried several hotels & all booked up! Seems many get booked up a year in advance.

[boxsey]

GameofCars said:

Was going to go this year as never been before. Tried several hotels & all booked up! Seems many get booked up a year in advance.

And in my experience of going once, the traffic to get in and out is horrendous.

[GameofCars]

boxsey said:

GameofCars said:

Was going to go this year as never been before. Tried several hotels & all booked up! Seems many get booked up a year in advance.

And in my experience of going once, the traffic to get in and out is horrendous.

Yep, heard that as well. Probably best to avoid the weekend & go thursday or friday.

[browngt3]

jh001ace said:

So Porsche are the supplying the central feature of this year’s event celebrating the 70th anniversary of Porsche’s first car. Should be an epic weekend, I was lucky enough to be invited to the last big Porsche day there in 2013, the Porsche hospitality stand was amazing.

Who’s hoping for invite this year? Would be good to meet up with some fellow PHers.

So how do you get an invite? Is buying a brand new Porsche enough?

[jh001ace]

Not sure of the exact science of this, last time I was just lucky enough to be invited by my local OPC. Best to avoid the weekend if possible as the traffic is mare!

Edited by jh001ace on Wednesday 14th February 16:07

[hunter 66]

Some nice "Pop Up" Hotels .....which are in fields nearby ..... was fun but gets more and more crowded ......... maybe we get a run up the hill although Le Mans Classic is also around that time and will be doing that .

[BubblesNW]

My tip would be to stay fairly close and get the Goodwood bus from the railway station in Cirencester which uses an exclusive route and entrance. No hassle and a frequent service.

[SV_WDC]

What was the hospitality like in 2013? Porsche have always had good stands but having been before it is difficult to justify the £70/ticket versus other events like Silverstone Classic. Especially if it rains at FOS just becomes a mud bath.

[kev.RS]

It is Chichester station btw.
I would say typically 80-90% of traffic comes from west to east which gives you the 5-10 mile queue but a very steady flow from the east so staying east of chichester might be a better bet as you will drive straight in coming from that way.

[jh001ace]

SV_WDC said:

What was the hospitality like in 2013? Porsche have always had good stands but having been before it is difficult to justify the £70/ticket versus other events like Silverstone Classic. Especially if it rains at FOS just becomes a mud bath.

The hospitality was top-notch with free food (restaurant standard) and drink all day, really couldn’t have been better as we had a beautiful sunny day during our visit too. The ‘experience’ would Have been way more that £70, more like a few hundred.

[neilf]

If I remember rightly a full days hospitality at the ‘Le Mans Cafe’ last year was £380pp on the Friday. It included entry to FoS & grandstand access.

Location was great, food was great, company was great (had a chat with Andreas Preuninger sat at the next table), but the service was absolutely lousy all day - one very good hospitality manager trying to coral 10 totally disinterested teenage waiting staff. Spoilt the whole experience.

I would return to FoS in a heartbeat but would never pay for hospitality again. However, if Porsche were paying...

[adz86]

kev.RS said:

It is Chichester station btw.
I would say typically 80-90% of traffic comes from west to east which gives you the 5-10 mile queue but a very steady flow from the east so staying east of chichester might be a better bet as you will drive straight in coming from that way.

I went last year and the queues from the East were really bad. Took 2 hours to get 2 miles (from about 7am to 9am)

[kev.RS]

My bad, I only see it as I loop round the traffic coming from the west and take the entrance coming in from the east and always seems to be a lot less cars as they make the entrance 1 way so two lanes filtering into the car parks rather than single file queue past the racetrack.

[Bobtherallyfan]

We’ve been going every year and have never got stuck in any traffic. We get there very early and leave late. Wouldn’t even think of going at the weekend though!

[Tony1963]

I must be getting something wrong, as the years I've been, getting there before the gates open has meant very little traffic, even on the Saturday and Sunday. I live in Suffolk, so only need to stay somewhere cheap past Gatwick to break the journey's back.

Anyone checking the prices of the Travelodge in Chichester will realise that thirty miles away makes a huge difference to prices.

I leave more than early enough to get to Goodwood well before the gates open, and get breakfast there.