Goodwood Festival of Speed 2008
Discussion
Hi Guys,
Some pics from Goodwood, more to follow soon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/m3evo2/sets/721576061...
Some pics from Goodwood, more to follow soon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/m3evo2/sets/721576061...
Brilliant set of pics mate (well except for the Hogs & Chops !)
Proud to say I was there too & was impressed by:-
Airbus fly over,
Red Arrows (of course),
-EVERY bike racer for being visible, available, approachable and amiable,(wife got autographs of Doohan, Leon Haslam, Alex Barros, James Whitham, John McGuinness, Troy "No Worries" Corser etc)
-"classic" race bikes (Honda 250-6 reps. + Bob Heath's original 350-4, the MV 500-4, Cagiva GP500 & other strokers & more besides)
- the LOUDNESS of Ducati 990 GP bike but especially the DKW bike ( a real ear-splitter)
(edit) talking of loudness -the stupendously thunderous noise of a Lola T 310 (?)-incredible.
-Getting a good video of Troy Corser doing doughnut on Nori Haga's old West Yamaha R7 (?) before F1 cars came back to paddock-good on yer Troy.
-Dougie Lampkin- mixing with the crowd while running round (& over, under& through ever obstacle or object) in the grounds. (including the BMW 5 series course car which looked worse for wear after he'd run over it...
-Jensen Button for at least appearing to walk somewhere without minders (once?)
...plus loads more
Less impressed by
-almost every F1 driver for being the exact opposite of the Bike guy's attributes. This sadly included Lewis Hamilton who I was lucky enough to be opposite as his car came back to paddock only 12 ft from the crowd. His "security" dragged him off- He was the only driver I saw with smart ar$e arrogant looking security wazzocks.
Proud to say I was there too & was impressed by:-
Airbus fly over,
Red Arrows (of course),
-EVERY bike racer for being visible, available, approachable and amiable,(wife got autographs of Doohan, Leon Haslam, Alex Barros, James Whitham, John McGuinness, Troy "No Worries" Corser etc)
-"classic" race bikes (Honda 250-6 reps. + Bob Heath's original 350-4, the MV 500-4, Cagiva GP500 & other strokers & more besides)
- the LOUDNESS of Ducati 990 GP bike but especially the DKW bike ( a real ear-splitter)
(edit) talking of loudness -the stupendously thunderous noise of a Lola T 310 (?)-incredible.
-Getting a good video of Troy Corser doing doughnut on Nori Haga's old West Yamaha R7 (?) before F1 cars came back to paddock-good on yer Troy.
-Dougie Lampkin- mixing with the crowd while running round (& over, under& through ever obstacle or object) in the grounds. (including the BMW 5 series course car which looked worse for wear after he'd run over it...
-Jensen Button for at least appearing to walk somewhere without minders (once?)
...plus loads more
Less impressed by
-almost every F1 driver for being the exact opposite of the Bike guy's attributes. This sadly included Lewis Hamilton who I was lucky enough to be opposite as his car came back to paddock only 12 ft from the crowd. His "security" dragged him off- He was the only driver I saw with smart ar$e arrogant looking security wazzocks.
Edited by sprinter885 on Monday 14th July 15:57
sprinter885 said:
-Jensen Button for at least appearing to walk somewhere without minders (once?)
...plus loads more
Less impressed by
-almost every F1 driver for being the exact opposite of the Bike guy's attributes. This sadly included Lewis Hamilton who I was lucky enough to be opposite as his car came back to paddock only 12 ft from the crowd. His "security" dragged him off- He was the only driver I saw with smart ar$e arrogant looking security wazzocks.
Nothings changed then.......plus loads more
Less impressed by
-almost every F1 driver for being the exact opposite of the Bike guy's attributes. This sadly included Lewis Hamilton who I was lucky enough to be opposite as his car came back to paddock only 12 ft from the crowd. His "security" dragged him off- He was the only driver I saw with smart ar$e arrogant looking security wazzocks.
I marshalled at FofS from the 2nd one up 2001, and with the exception of the aforementioned Button only Johnny Herbert and Emerson Fittipaldi didn't have attitude's, ALL the rest of the F1 drivers thru the years were complete arses......
Fantastic weekend.
I was part of Phase One team that performed endurance style pit stop on main track in front of house. We had thousands watching and tv cameras on us so no pressure then... Anyone got any photos of us?
Bikes were put into assembly area at same time as F1 cars. After first time when we all mixed together, they got a rope to keep the bikes away from the stars in the F1 cars. When Hamilton walked through, they wouldn't even let us take any photos saying it was reserved for the official photographers only.
Jenson Button was overlooked but seemed very relaxed now that Hamilton is getting all the attention. Button signed autographs, chatted to the public and then walked over and chatted to the bike competitors in a very down to earth manner. Hamilton was frog marched straight to his car, put his helmet on and climbed in.
I was part of Phase One team that performed endurance style pit stop on main track in front of house. We had thousands watching and tv cameras on us so no pressure then... Anyone got any photos of us?
Bikes were put into assembly area at same time as F1 cars. After first time when we all mixed together, they got a rope to keep the bikes away from the stars in the F1 cars. When Hamilton walked through, they wouldn't even let us take any photos saying it was reserved for the official photographers only.
Jenson Button was overlooked but seemed very relaxed now that Hamilton is getting all the attention. Button signed autographs, chatted to the public and then walked over and chatted to the bike competitors in a very down to earth manner. Hamilton was frog marched straight to his car, put his helmet on and climbed in.
Sid Horman said:
I was part of Phase One team that performed endurance style pit stop on main track in front of house. We had thousands watching and tv cameras on us so no pressure then... Anyone got any photos of us?
I'll check my camera when I get home, I was there on the Saturday, completely knackered after the 4 am start from Leeds but totally worth it!!Rich
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