Goodwood Festival of Speed 2007

[Scoobywrc]

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2007!:love0030:

A fantastic family day out, we all went last year, met Jenson Button, Mika Hakkinen, etc plus watched McCrae and others on the rally stage, saw the Bugatti Veyron and loads of fantastic motors old and new blasting up the hill, great atmosphere too! :party0006: :party0006:

You also get chance to get up close to some great cars - last year there was a big display of older rally cars in the top paddock, T16's , 6R4's, RS200's.....................!!:sign0191: :sign0191: Plus of course the current selection of WRC cars!

Plus - plenty of opportunity to meet the drivers/riders (bikes as well!! Randy Mamola, Ron Haslam, etc, etc!!), live bands, beer, food...................!!

Hoping to return this year, just not sure which day yet, but thought it would be great to get a bunch of us going, if anyone is interested?

Dates for this year are confirmed as 22 - 24 June.

Tickets can be obtained from -

www.goodwood.co.uk (http://www.goodwood.co.uk)

Entry by advanced ticket only, prices are:

Friday 22 June - £25 (entry) + £20 (grandstand)
Saturday 23 June - £43 + £31
Sunday 24 June - £47 + £35

Grandstand tickets aren't essential there are plenty of great viewing areas around the track and rally stages.

Prices may seem a little extortionate, but they are worth every penny!!:cool:

Anyone interested??

Liz

[Kris]

i will be up for this liz

[spec d]

Already going, my company has bought the tickets and let us have the Friday off work. Yay! Good ole team build events :party0006::party0006:

[Scoobywrc]

i will be up for this liz

Don't think I'm going now having just spent all our pennies on the new set of wheels!!!:frown::sad-smiley-046:

[Scoobywrc]

Already going, my company has bought the tickets and let us have the Friday off work. Yay! Good ole team build events :party0006::party0006:

Hope you enjoy it mate - sure you will!:wink:

[Scoobywrc]

Don't forget if anyone's planning to go to this that you need to order your tickets off the net to get in and times running out!

You cannot pay to get in on the day!!!:eek:

Hope you have a great time!:cool:

[Kris]

thanks for the reminder liz

[Scoobywrc]

No worries!:wink:
No Louis Hamilton this year he's going to be in Indianapolis!:rolleyes1::frown:

Still he needs another win this weekend!:party0040::love0030::sign0191:

[Kris]

gutted!!!

[Scoobywrc]

Indeed - but there will be lots of other good drivers there and great cars too!:cool:

[Scoobywrc]

Actually - I'm wrong about Lewis!! Forgot Goodwood is the following week and he has confirmed his attendance along with the 3 other british drivers!:smile:

Apologies for the duff info!:rolleyes1:

All FOUR current British F1 Drivers at Goodwood (javascript: clickPR(2049))

[Scoobywrc]

And the rally guys..........including Colin McCrae's new rally car the R4 which will be exclusively previewed at the show!

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=560 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=bodycopy vAlign=top align=left>Stage Stars Rally around Goodwood for the Festival of Speed
8/6/2007
A wealth of rally stage stars past and present – including Carlos Sainz, Petter Solberg, Colin McRae, Stig Blomqvist and Paddy Hopkirk – will be in action on the demanding Forest Rally Stage on the hillside above Goodwood House at this year’s Festival of Speed, being staged from 22-24 June.

The Goodwood forest will throng to the sound of both modern and historic rally cars as the Festival of Speed showcases the greatest loose-surface driving on its exciting Forest Rally Stage. The Stage has been further enhanced for 2007 by Goodwood, working in close consultation with rally legend and former World Champion Hannu Mikkola, who helped to design the course, and will be in action on it throughout the weekend. The 3km stage will include, for the first time, a ‘yump’ which will see the faster rally cars getting airborne, adding a thrilling new element for both the spectators and photographers. Additionally, a new 500m rally section will include an exciting sweeping S-bend, as well as a fast but narrow straight featuring several challenging kinks right alongside the main spectator thoroughfare. Access up to the Forest Rally Stage will also be improved this year, with tractor shuttles from the top of the Spectator Bank, which is located near Molecomb Corner on hand to transport visitors up to the woodland.

With no date conflict with the World Rally Championship this year, Goodwood plans to bring many protagonists of the modern sport back to the Festival once again. The current Subaru WRC team will be joined by both Ford’s Factory and Stobart WRC teams, plus teams from Mitsubishi and Skoda. All current WRC cars and drivers can also be seen in action on the Goodwood hillclimb course twice a day.

Former World Champion Colin McRae plans to drive his exciting new R4 rally car in public for the very first time. The spectacular 2.5-litre four-wheel drive car has been designed and built to Colin’s specification as an affordable National rally car that offers a driving experience similar to a full WRC model. The car is being manufactured to order and production is already underway on the first customers’ cars.

In action alongside McRae will be other rally World Champions – Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Petter Solberg and Björn Waldegård – as well as Monte-Carlo-winning Mini legend Paddy Hopkirk, making his first appearance at the Festival. The world’s most successful lady rally driver, Michele Mouton will be in action over the weekend, alongside WRC works drivers Chris Atkinson, and Matthew Wilson, as will Peugeot-Cosworth campaigner Andy Burton and leading Ford driver Guy Wilks. Former British Champions Gwyndaf Evans, Russell Brookes and Marcus Dodd will also drive, as will 1970s rally star Tony Fall.

Around 30 cars from the history of rallying will tackle the stage throughout all three days of the event. Cars range from early Sixties machines like the Mini Cooper S and Saab 96 through to more contemporary machinery such as Lancia Delta Integrale and Toyota Celica GT4. The ubiquitous Ford Escort Mk1 and Mk2 take part alongside such legendary Group 4 machines as the Lancia Stratos and Porsche 911. And awesome fire-breathing Group B rally cars – so brutal they were banned in the 1980s – are out in force once again. You can see Audi Quattro Sport, Lancia Rallye 037, Renault 5 Maxi Turbo, MG Metro 6R4, Ford RS200, Opel Manta 400, Toyota Twin Cam Turbo and Nissan 240RS.

As well as providing great entertainment, the Forest Rally Stage also raises funds in memory of two of rallying’s most popular figures. In November 2005, England’s only World Champion Richard Burns lost a long battle against cancer. Burns’ former co-driver, Robert Reid, will be at the Festival all weekend to manage the activities of The Richard Burns Foundation, which was set up last year in the memory of Richard. Goodwood and the Richard Burns Foundation will work together to support an appropriate charitable cause – which is the Teenage Cancer Trust this year.

Festival of Speed founder, the Earl of March says: “I am delighted at the enthusiasm shown for the Forest Rally Stage since it was introduced in 2005. It had long been an ambition of mine to see exciting rally cars performing in their natural environment, and the course designed by the great Hannu Mikkola has created a wonderful stage on which to marvel at some of the very best and most spectacular driving that motor sport has to offer.”

Admission is by advance ticket only. To order advance tickets, please contact the Ticket Hotline:
Telephone: +44 1243 755055
Fax: +44 1243 755058
Email: bookings@goodwood.co.uk
Book online via the On-line Booking system of this website.

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[Kris]

mmmmmm links dont work

[Scoobywrc]

Hmmm not sure why but use the link below and click on event news on left hand side!:smile:

Festival of Speed (http://www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/)

[Kris]

thats better!!