Goodwood Festival of Speed |  | | Main footbridge at Goodwood Festival of Speed | | Location | West Sussex, England | | Time zone | GMT | | Owner | Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara | | Major Events | Goodwood Festival of Speed | | | Hillclimb | | Circuit Length | 1.86 km (1.16 mi) | | Turns | 9 | | Lap Record | 0:41.6 (Nick Heidfeld, McLaren, 1999) | | | Forest Rally Stage | | Circuit Length | 2.5 km (1.5 mi) | The Goodwood Festival of Speed, commonly abbreviated as FoS and referred within the United Kingdom as the Festival of Speed, is an annual hill climb featuring historic motor racing vehicles that is held in the grounds of Goodwood House, West Sussex, England. It was started in 1993 by the present Earl of March in order to bring motor racing back to the Goodwood estate - a location steeped in British motor racing history. Shortly after taking over the estate in the early nineties, Lord March (as he is formally known) wanted to bring back motor racing to Goodwood Circuit, but did not have the necessary permit to host a race there. Therefore he instead hosted it on his own grounds. With a small selection of entrants made up of invited historic vehicles, the first event that took place on Sunday 13 June proved to be a success, taking in a crowd of 30,000 despite a date clash with the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year. For the following year, the event expanded to two days, and in 1996 added one extra day on Friday. After its date clash for the first event, Lord March would ensure that the event would never be allowed to clash with either Le Mans or Formula One races. West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ...
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Since the early days of several tens of thousands of visitors over the weekend it has grown to attracting daily crowds of around 100,000 visitors over the three days it is held. The record was in 2003, when a crowd of 158,000 attended before the advanced ticket policy came in to force, but in 2005 attendance has crept back to 150,000.
Typically held in late June or early July, the event is always scheduled to fit into the motor racing calendar and primarily to avoid a date clash with the Formula One season, enabling not just fans but many teams involved in current motor racing championships to attend. Visitors can expect to see cars and motorbikes from over 100 years of worldwide motor racing history climb the hill, including the several of the latest Formula One machines. Aside from the machines, the event attracts a host of names from the past and present of motor racing, offering a rare chance to see world famous names driving a wide range of machines. F1 redirects here. ...
Between 2000 and 2004, one of the unique features of the event was the Soapbox Challenge, a downhill race for gravity powered cars. However, as accidents became frequent, costs of cars became higher and safety rules became tighter, it did not return in 2005. The specially built forest stage for rally cars was introduced that year. The other unique feature from 1997 until 2005 and again in 2007, was a Gerry Judah sculpture in front of the house incorporating rare racecars. Children racing soapbox cars A soapbox car (also variously known as a soapbox cart, and especially in Australia, billy cart) is a motorless vehicle capable of holding a driver (usually a child) built for the purpose of racing or recreation. ...
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For a change of pace, also held is the Cartier Style et Luxe, an auto show which takes place close to the track, similar to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Entry is usually by invitation, and this provides some leeway as to which type of vehicle can enter, usually resulting in a more varied event than usual Concours d'Elegance. Unlike most concours shows, the Cartier Style et Luxe is judged by a panel of selected judges consisting of celebrities from all around the world to car designers. Since its beginning, the poster art has been illustrated by renowned motor racing artist Peter Hearsey. hello ...
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 1970 Porsche 917 going up the hill at the 2006 Festival of Speed This however is not the limit as to what makes The Festival of Speed unique as a motor sport event. Thanks to the event's classification as a hill climb, its stunning location and desire to reflect the style and history of motor sport, visitors are afforded unparalleled views of the action - separated only by a few metres and reinforced straw bales from the track. In addition, visitors are free to walk around several paddocks where the cars and drivers can be viewed at close quarters. The atmosphere of the Festival of Speed, when compared to the separation of fans from drivers and machines common to most top end motor sport events, encourages participation by the fans. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 401 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 802 pixel, file size: 219 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions None This file has been released into the by its author, Alexander Jones. ...
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Hillclimbing (sometimes known as speed hillclimbing) is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. ...
The record time for the hillclimb was set in 1999 when Nick Heidfeld drove a McLaren MP4/13 Formula One car up the hill in 41.6 seconds. For safety reasons Formula One cars are no longer allowed to do official timed runs, and will often focus on demonstrations that are spectacular rather than fast. In 2006 Heikki Kovalainen completed the course in a Renault R25 F1 car and was unofficially timed below 40 seconds. [1] Nick Heidfeld, frequently referred to as Quick Nick,[1] (born May 10, 1977) is a German Formula One auto racing driver for the BMW Sauber factory team. ...
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The Festival of Speed has a sister event, the Goodwood Revival Meeting. This event, normally held in early September, relives the glory days of the Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit and is viewed by many enthusiasts as the perfect complement to the Festival of Speed. The Goodwood Revival is a 3-day festival held each September for the types of cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuits original period - 1948-1966. ...
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Incidents
Despite having laxer safety protection compared to other circuits, using strawbales as crash barriers for example, there have been have been incidents where cars have been severely damaged, causing no serious injuries other than a bruised ego and the odd visit to the local hospital, the event have suffered two separate fatalities over the years. A field with round straw bales. ...
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The first was during its inaugural meeting in 1993, when vintage racing motorcyclist Chas Guy was killed following the completion of the course when his Vincent developed a steering wobble known as a tank slapper, throwing the rider into a tree. Since then, motorcycles are not timed for their run.
In 2000 at the Festival of Speed, tragedy occurred when driver John Dawson-Damer suffered a heart attack before the finish line, causing him to lose control of his Lotus 63 and slamming into the finish line gantry and two marshals, killing himself and marshal Andrew Carpenter. The other marshal, Steve Tarrant, survived but losing the lower part of his right leg. Since his recovery, despite his disability, he continue to marshal to this day. The gantry have since been made wider. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...
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