Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) is a summer motorsport event that has been held on the grounds of Goodwood House in West Hampnett near Chichester in southern England since 1993 and attracts around 180,000 international visitors annually. The organizer is the motorsport enthusiast Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond . It is the largest event of its kind in the world.
prehistory
The first "motorsport event" at Goodwood was a private hill climb organized by racing driver Frederick Gordon-Lennox , 9th Duke of Richmond and grandfather of the Duke of Richmond, in 1936 on its property.
In the late 1930s, the British Aviation Department requisitioned land from the Duke of Richmond near Westhampnett in order to build an alternate airfield for the RAF Tangmere airfield. After the first Hawker Hurricane dressings had relocated to West Hampnett in the early 1940s, a concrete ring road was built due to the wet soil , which was later replaced by asphalt . Two squadron leaders were already using the Ringstrasse for private races in their MGs . Had as the airfield after the war had its day and been widely thought about the reconstruction of airports to racetracks ( Silverstone , Boreham, Turnberry, Davidstow), the Duke followed the proposal of the squadron leader and built the round course as race track, the Goodwood Circuit , from . The first race took place on September 18, 1948. Over the years the racetrack has hosted numerous races. Due to the ever higher speeds, the line no longer met safety standards from 1966 onwards. Racing was therefore stopped after the last race on July 2, 1966.
run
The Festival of Speed is more of an homage to motorsport than a serious race, which forms the background of the whole event. Unlike the Goodwood Revival , it does not take place on the race track, but on a mountain track in front of Goodwood House and a rally track in the forest. The Sunday Times calls it "a cross between the Monaco Grand Prix and Royal Ascot ".
You can see racing and sports cars, racing motorcycles and rally cars from all epochs of motorsport history - from pre-war models to modern Formula 1 cars , as well as many former and current racing aces (2007: Stirling Moss , Stig Blomqvist , Phil Hill , Jochen Mass , Lewis Hamilton and many, many more). What is special about the Festival of Speed is that visitors can enter all paddocks during the entire event to view the vehicles and talk to the drivers.
The race is held in the form of a hill climb. The track climbs 1.16 miles (1.86 km) up a hill and has nine turns. Juan Pablo Montoya is quoted by the Sunday Times : "The narrowest, bumpiest, least grippy course I've ever driven, and I absolutely love it". (The tightest, bumpiest, and least traction racetrack I've ever ridden, and I really love it).
The course record of 39.9 seconds (2019) at the Hillclimb Shootout holds Romain Dumas with the electric Volkswagen ID.R .
| number | year | driver | vehicle | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 |
 Willie Green
|
Surtees Cosworth TS20 | 0: 56.30 |
| 2 | 1994 |
Martin Brundle
|
McLaren MP4 / 9 | 0: 47.80 |
| 3 | 1995 |
Jonathan Palmer
|
Williams FW08B | 0: 46.06 |
| 4th | 1996 |
Jonathan Palmer
|
Williams FW07B | 0: 45.00 |
| 5 | 1997 |
 Nick Heidfeld
|
McLaren MP4 / 11B | 0: 47.30 |
| 6th | 1998 |
Nick Heidfeld
|
McLaren MP4 / 12 | 0: 48.30 |
| 7th | 1999 |
Nick Heidfeld
|
McLaren MP4 / 13 | 0: 41.60 |
| 8th | 2000 |
Martin Stretton
|
Tyrrell P34 | 0: 45.05 |
| 9 | 2001 |
David Franklin
|
Ferrari 712 Can Am | 0: 48.26 |
| 10 | 2002 |
 Rod Millen
|
Toyota Celica Pikes Peak | 0: 47.40 |
| 11 | 2003 |
Graeme Wight, Jr.
|
Gould GR51 | 0: 42.90 |
| 12 | 2004 |
Justin Law
|
Jaguar XJR-12 | 0: 49.26 |
| 13 | 2005 |
Justin Law
|
Jaguar XJR-12 | 0: 47.96 |
| 14th | 2006 |
Richard Lyons
|
Nissan 350Z GT500 | 0: 49.51 |
| 15th | 2007 |
Anthony Reid
|
Nissan 350Z GT500 | 0: 53.78 |
| 16 | 2008 |
Justin Law
|
Jaguar XJR8 / 9 | 0: 44.19 |
| 17th | 2009 |
Justin Law
|
Jaguar XJR8 / 9 | 0: 44.40 |
| 18th | 2010 |
Roger Wills
|
Williams Cosworth FW05 | 0: 47.15 |
| 19th | 2011 |
Dan Collins
|
Lotus Cosworth 88 | 0: 48.52 |
| 20th | 2012 |
Anthony Reid
|
Chevron GR8 GT3 | 0: 46.46 |
| 21st | 2013 |
Justin Law
|
Jaguar XJR8 / 9 | 0: 45.95 |
| 22nd | 2014 |
 Sébastien Loeb
|
Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak | 0: 44.60 |
| 23 | 2015 |
Olly Clark
|
Subaru Impreza "Gobstopper II" | 0: 44.91 |
| 24 | 2016 |
Olly Clark
|
Subaru Impreza "Gobstopper II" | 0: 46.23 |
| 25th | 2017 |
Justin Law
|
Jaguar XJR-12D | 0: 46.13 |
| 26th | 2018 |
Romain Dumas
|
Volkswagen ID R | 0: 43.86 |
| 27 | 2019 |
Romain Dumas
|
Volkswagen ID R | 0: 39.90 |
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Since 2007 there has been a separate competition for rally cars on a rally course. The “Forest Rally Stage”, located in the immediate vicinity of the mountain race finish, leads in a U-shape over a length of 2.5 km over a poorly graveled forest path, which the participants master in around two and a half minutes. Legendary rally cars such as Lancia Stratos , Ford RS200 , Audi Sport quattro , Opel Manta 400 or the Colin McRae R4 will be there .
gallery
The Blue Flame & Other High Speed Vehicles, FoS 2007
Scuderia Ferrari with two F1 models 248 F1 from 2006, FoS 2007
Lancia Rally 037 before the start of the Forest Rally Stage, FoS 2007
Mercer Raceabout from 1912, FoS 2007
Martin Koenig (GB), Porsche 956 B, Brunn Racing / Chassis 956-114, 2007
Audi Sport quattro . Winner of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 1985 under Michèle Mouton , FoS 2006
Lancia D50 , 1954, FoS 2007
Paul Tracys 1997 Penske PC-26 Champ Car, FoS 2006
The rebuilt Chitty Bang Bang IV, Higham Special or "Babs" FoS 2005
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Speed at Goodwood
- ↑ UNISYS: Goodwood Revival Meeting - History ( Memento of May 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Sunday Times , June 10, 2007
- ^ The top five fastest cars from Goodwood . Topgear.com. July 1, 2014. Accessed September 23, 2015.
- ^ Goodwood FoS previous winners - Page 1 - Goodwood Events - PistonHeads .
- ↑ Volkswagen ID R - now the 3rd fastest car on Goodwood FOS . 15th July 2018.
- ^ The Hillclimb . 2019.
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ W.