Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010

Some highlights from the first (sort of) day - the Moving Motorshow. The theme this year is Viva Veloce, celebrating 100 years of Alfa Romeo. Some of the pictures are on their side - I don't know why Photobucket chooses to do this.











^ The Transit XJ220 is back.



^ Alfa 164 Procar, the one with a 3.5 litre V10 F1 engine behind the back doors. Static display only, unfortunately.





^ On the Honda stand, a little quiz called A Question of Motorsport. Based on the TV show A Question of Sport, but with current Honda BTCC drivers, a few touring car retirees, and a couple of people picked out of the audience. From left to right: Paul O'Neill, Matt Neal, Steve Neal, Tim Harvey, Gordon Sheden. Antony Reid is just out of shot.



As for the Moving Motorshow as a standalone day, you get to see 80% of the Festival for 40% of the price. If the FoS is normally to pricey, the MM is for you.

I will be there someday. It's right near the top of my list. Great pictures, can't wait for more. I love the Alfa 164 Procar, the stance is amazing. And the Transit with the XJ wheels looks cool too.

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And the Transit with the XJ wheels looks cool too.

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It's got more than just the wheels - it's got the engine, drivechain, the lot.

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It's got more than just the wheels - it's got the engine, drivechain, the lot.

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I thought it did. It looked and sounded familiar, but I didn't want to assume right away and I was to lazy to Google it. That makes it even cooler.

I was there yesterday, didn't take many pictures but those I did take are here: Public Facebook link

Saw the GT academy cars there as well going up and down the track along with the Citroen GT of course.

That's all the photos you have????



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That Transit is absolutely brilliant. This is the comment in the entries guide:

Jaguar XJ220 supercar specialist Don Law Racing apparently 'lost' an XJ220 chassis and running gear while repairing this humble looking 'builders' spec' Ford Transit. How very careless of them...

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Some of the pictures I took (with a very dusty phone camera)















Edit> one more (1963 Volvo PV544)

@ CTznOfTime's Ragnotti photo: but all are 👍

Going through my photos I noticed one of Bruno Senna on the way back down the hill:



It's a crap photo, but you can see he's holding his phone up. A quick look at his Twitter page revealed this.

That photo of Bruno taking a pic on his phone is cool 👍

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More photos here

Since there's not a FoS for 2011 thread yet, I'll ask here. I'm SERIOUSLY thinking of going this year. Are there anything special that I should know? Bopping on their website is ok but it seems like it's kind of the place where you find out what you should have done after go once. I'm not sure I'll get to go again so what should I know?

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It's a big show, so go for as many days as you can. I did some back-of-an-envelope maths once and based on there being approximately 400 cars and bikes, and you went for 8 hours a day for 3 days, you could spend no more than 3 minutes 36 seconds at each vehicle if you want to see them all - and that doesn't include the manufacturer stands, moving around, eating, getting autographs or anything else. I tend to go for all 4 days, getting there as early as possible and leaving as late as possible, mostly because the best photos are to be had when no-one's there to get in the way. Then again, I suffer from a horrible affliction of wanting to see absolutely everything, so if you're more relaxed than I am about missing things then you don't have to be there for so long.

Wear comfy shoes. The hillclimb is over a mile long uphill (obviously), so if you want to see the rally stage at the top of the hill (and you should) then you'll do plenty of walking. The rally stage itself is a chalk surface, and in the dry gets very dusty.

Everything is expensive, so I take my own food and drink and not buy much. There's a good range of stalls to wander round in the marketplace and if you buy something large and/or heavy I've never come across one that won't hold on to an item you've bought so you can pick it up at the end of the day. This might sound obvious but it always amazes me how many people don't think to ask and end up struggling to carry their purchases with them.

Take plenty of batteries for your camera, and a few spare SD cards. If you're anything like me then you'll be taking lots of pictures.

Unless you stay in a hotel on Goodwood Estate somewhere you'll be battling the rush hour traffic on Friday morning and evening, so be aware.

The Moving Motorshow on the Thursday is like a Festival lite; the paddocks with the race cars are open, although only the road based cars run. It's usually not as busy so good for getting your bearings at your first FoS.

The best places to watch the hillclimb itself are opposite Goodwood House for donuts and burnouts, Molecomb (an off-camber left hand corner halfway up the hill - there's usually at least 2 cars in the bales there by the end of the weekend) and the top paddock (more donuts). As all that seperates you from cars doing 140mph+ is some straw bales and a length of rope, you'll get a good view of the cars from any of the spectator areas. I've never bought a grandstand ticket so I can't comment on the views from them.

Take ear plugs/defenders if loud noises bother you. When you've stood 3 feet from the exhaust of the Pagani Zonda R blipping it's throttle in a marquee you know about it for some time afterwards.

When walking through the paddocks, watch out for cars coming in and out. It might be exiting seeing Senna's McLaren or a multi-million pound Alfa Romeo driving past you but you won't want to be the one who breaks it by falling on it, not to mention the damage you'll do to yourself.

I know there's a lot of text there but it's all things I've found from years of experience at the event. It really is mind blowing just what turns up every year and more to the point, just how close you can get to the cars and drivers. I've managed to find the likes of Jenson Button, Colin McRae and Richard Petty just wandering through the event and most of the drivers are happy to sign and autograph and have a quick chat.

I went there in 2005-2007 just for one day on the sunday. It is very worth it. We got there about 9 and left as late as we could. I don't have the pictures still however it was amazing. We saw so many amazing cars and we didn't even see all of it. We got 3 f1 driver autographs (button, hamilton and Luizzi.)

If you go I garuntee you would enjoy it.

Thanks ALOT for the insight. This event has been in my bucket list for about 5 years. The last time I went to the UK was in '05 and it was in March. We always wanted to go again but during a warmer time. I'm looking into a travel package (airfare and lodging) that will locate us nearby, however now that you say that lodging exists on the property, I'll be looking closer at that. The website has links to some places, but not knowing much about the area (only been to London) I resisted until I talked to someone who's been before. Still doing the research but pending finances not taking a dive, I'm pretty sure my wife and I will be there this year. Thanks again. If you think of anything further please don't hesitate PMing me or posting here.

Much appreciated.