Eddie Irvine came to the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend to drive a Ferrari. Nothing especially remarkable about this, you might say, but Irvine does not get out much.
Well, he goes out of course, but not so much to motor racing events since he walked away from Grand… Read more
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Irvine’s dream drive in Gilles’ Ferrari
July 10th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 13 Comments
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Video Podcast – Goodwood FoS 2009
July 7th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 12 Comments
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the most important car events of the year. It attracts Formula 1 teams and drivers, fanatical historic racers and some of the most interesting cars to have ever graced a track, and everything in-between. Motor Sport was there with its video camera… Read more
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Happy Easters at Goodwood
April 9th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 7 Comments
Easter. A time for renewed hope and energy. And motor racing on Easter Monday, one of the sport’s great traditions.
For me, nothing will ever be as good as Goodwood on Easter Monday. Yes, I know we haven’t been there since 1966, but it was such a wonderful event. We… Read more -
Goodwood gets in the festival mood
March 23rd, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 5 Comments
Glorious Goodwood certainly lived up to its name last week for the Festival of Speed and Revival press day; the sun was shining and there was no better place to mingle than on the Goodwood House lawns while admiring the wonderful cars on show. Journalists from the world of motor… Read more
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A world of motor sport events
February 19th, 2009 | Louisa Skipper | 4 Comments
It’s great to see that many of the popular and wonderful motoring events from previous years are going ahead again in 2009. Each of these gatherings is another opportunity to meet existing readers and hopefully some new ones, not to mention a chance to catch up with friends and see… Read more
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Can I have your autograph please?
July 16th, 2008 | Ed Foster | No Comments
After Rob has written something on the Festival of Speed, it seems a little bit of a cop-out to write another blog on it.
However, on a quest to get some words out of the Formula 1 drivers I set off for the top paddock and having inhaled two burgers… Read more -
Goodwood mania
July 14th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 7 Comments
Things ain’t quite what they used to be.
Historically the question has always been: ‘How fast from 0 to 60, Mister? And what will it do flat out?’
Increasingly, the question is: ‘How far will it go on a gallon of fuel, mate?’
Here at the Goodwood Festival of Speed… Read more -
Paul Tracy at Goodwood
July 11th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Against his will, Paul Tracy is sitting on the sidelines this year, a victim of the fall-out from the reunification of Champ Car and IRL. When reunification finally came late last winter, Champ Car co-owner Jerry Forsythe’s antipathy towards Tony George was such that he decided he would not run… Read more
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Come rain, Goodwood will shine
July 9th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | No Comments
Isn’t life strange?
This week, in the sporting headlines, we have Schumacher the cyclist and Rooney the runner. How long before Hamilton the hurdler?Stefan Schumacher pulverised the opposition in yesterday’s Tour de France time trial at Cholet, a full nine seconds quicker than the pre-race favourite. Sounds familiar for… Read more
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Goodwood Breakfast Club
June 4th, 2008 | Louisa Skipper | 7 Comments
It wasn’t until I was driving down the A3 on a very wet Sunday morning (at a relatively antisocial 7am) to Goodwood for the Supercar Breakfast Club meeting, and looked in my rear view mirror, that I realised how much effort supercar owners were going to in order to parade… Read more
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