03 July 2009 - 10:00
Festival of Speed preview
The world's coolest garden party kicks off
today, as hundreds of awesome cars gather on a posh man's driveway.
Yep, it's Goodwood Festival time, and here's a little round-up of what's going
on.
Audi has built an enormous bit of artwork on Lord March's lawn, but he'll
probably let the Germans off considering it's the firm's 100th birthday. To
celebrate, the R8 V10 will blast up the Hill, followed by the world's fastest
man, Andy Green - shouldn't that be Usain Bolt? - in an Insignia VXR.
Make sure you get a good perch to see that lot in the supercar run, and keep an
eye out for a couple of quick Jaguars, too. You won't miss the first one - the
lurid green XKR we showed you yesterday. The other is the XFR Bonneville car we
featured a while back.
Of course, the Festival isn't just about new stuff. The paddocks will be
crammed with all sorts of cars you've never heard of, like the Matra MS630 and
Alfa Tipo 33 TT 12. But they're not just for bearded men - these old things
will blow you away.
The F1 teams will make their annual visit, too. Jenson Button and Lewis
Hamilton will be among them, and Lewis even gets to drive Ayrton Senna's 1988
championship-winning MP4/4. That'll make up for his dodgy start this season...
Aston Martin will be there with the V12 Vantage and, just in case you're not
excited enough, it will roll out this year's LMP1 Le Mans car, too.
But our favourite bit of action will involve a Mini. And some girls. To
celebrate the car's 50th anniversary, Lord March and Damon Hill will attempt to
fit as many Mini-skirted girls as possible in the back of a Cooper. And, in the
name of journalistic integrity, we'll be crammed somewhere in the back, just to
verify the numbers...
We're running out of space to tell you about everything here. But we'll report back
on Monday with a gallery from the weekend. In the meantime, check out
this official video.
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Make sure to record the GTbyCITROEN's noise, as that'll be the production one (worth £1.1m each). As for the rest, I must remember to watch it on, er, is it ITV4 again?
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im not sure which channel its on man, you should go! its a bit pricey, but its worth it, it has everything with cars and some bikes in it too! it is the best!
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im not sure which channel its on man, you should go! its a bit pricey, but its worth it, it has everything with cars and some bikes in it too! it is the best!
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I would but it's tomorrow and I have no ticket, plus I'm busy Sunday ¦:-<
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I`m going Sunday and it is 78 pounds a ticket but I have to leave at 5 o`clock in the morning that sucks
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i went on saturday and put my arms around JODIE KIDD!
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i went on saturday and put my arms around JODIE KIDD!
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Man i would've done anything to go to the Goodwoods festival but i didn't know about it. From the pictures of the weekend it just made me even more jealous of the people who went there. Lucky buggers
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I was there on Saturday to visit my girlfriends dad who works in the Ford Heritage center. I specifically went to see the Mk1 Escort Rally car, which is the centers pride and joy. UNFORTUNATELY, this is what happened when it was lent to journalists: http://www.flickr.com/photos/devilracing/3690916652/ I hope you're happy whoever you are. Driving well past your ability in somebody elses £250,000 car.
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RICKP commented on this article
03 July 2009
Are you goning to show picks of the citroen gt from the goodwood festival???
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