Goodwood Festival of Speed plans emerge
Among the attractions at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed will be celebrations to mark 50 years of the Jaguar E-Type and 100 years of the Indy 500.
11:51AM GMT 18 Mar 2011
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Following yesterday's announcement that Telegraph Media Group is the new media
partner for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival and Glorious Goodwood,
details of this year's Festival are emerging.
The theme for 2011 is "Racing Revolutions - Quantum leaps that shaped
motorsport", with a focus on machines that revolutionised racing, from
four-wheel drive in rallying to mid-engined single-seaters and turbocharged
engines.
The featured marque will be Jaguar, with special displays to celebrate 50
years of the E-type's first public appearance, as well as the 60th
anniversary of Jaguar's first win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, when its
C-Type racer was driven to victory by Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead.
Another theme will be the centenary of the Indy 500. Previous winners
including Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford and Arie Luyendyk will all be in
attendance, as Goodwood hosts the biggest celebration of the famous race
outside of its home country.
When it comes to the world of Formula One, Goodwood's aim for 2011 is to beat
its record of eight teams in attendance. So far Red Bull, McLaren and
Williams have signed up and will be running up the famous hillclimb.
The world of rallying will be represented both by the sport's latest cars,
including the MINI Countryman WRC and Ken Block in his Ford Fiesta rally
car, and famous models from the Group B era. Also at the 2011 Festival,
Touring car drivers including Paul Radisich and Anthony Reid will be on hand
to mark the 20th anniversary of the Super Touring class.
For motorcycling there will be a focus on 100 years of the Mountain Course on
the Isle of Man TT, plus a number of teams and leading riders from the World
Superbike championship will be heading up the hill, including James Toseland
and Leon Haslam.
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