Goodwood Festival Of Speed

[Bulla]

Id\' be interested to know this too!
...and a little off topic Bulla but whereabouts are you in Bucks? tis just I\'m Bucks too and wondered if you were local-ish?!

tffn Phil.

I\'m in Aylesbury mate just down the road from you. FD is at Carls at the moment though, expecting it back soon :3gears-lh

Bulla

[fil_auto]

Ahhhh, indeed!!

Cool cool, gd to know another local fd driver! #;o)

You at the Japshow at the w/e??

I\'m in Aylesbury mate just down the road from you. FD is at Carls at the moment though, expecting it back soon :3gears-lh

Bulla

[Bulla]

Ahhhh, indeed!!

Cool cool, gd to know another local fd driver! #;o)

You at the Japshow at the w/e??

No, dont know why but I hate going to events unless I\'ve got the FD to go in so I decided not to bother this year, although looking at the forecast it might have been a wise move !

Will deffo be at RS though.

Bulla

[fil_auto]

yep, can understand that! Anyways, the weather will be great this w/e or at least sunday... ( keeps praying, sun-dancing etc etc...... ) :Hammer:):cool

Cool, well, am sure will get to meet at RS5..

ttfn Phil.

No, dont know why but I hate going to events unless I\'ve got the FD to go in so I decided not to bother this year, although looking at the forecast it might have been a wise move !

Will deffo be at RS though.

Bulla

[countzero1971]

Back on topic - Grandstand Ticket

Helps keep you dry if it\'s raining, but if your first time and only going for one day, there is so much to see you may not spend much time in your seat! It is also worth considering that in effect the festival is now somewhat split as many of the rally cars can only be seen on the rally course and do not go up the hill. There are platforms, without seats, that are tierred that you can stand on for free - think old style football terrace. at the end of the day it\'s personal choice. If you have paid for a seat you may not be so tempted to wander about, which is a shame as there is a lot to see (more than a days worth TBH).

[ashc]

i think i\'m going to be able to get there for one of the days, which is the best one to get a ticket for?

[screamer]

[ATTACH]39494[/ATTACH] SUNDAY IS THE BEST DAY FOR ALL THE ACTION, BUT GET THERE EARLY AS THE ROADS AROUND THE GOODWOOD ESTATE CAN BE VERY BUSY, I WILL BE GIVING THE FC A DAY OUT, SEE YOU THERE ??

[Nik da Greek]

I think Sunday and Saturday are pretty much the same for action and celebrity drivers and that, as was said before. The traffic is like no other traffic jam you\'ve ever been in by nine in the morning. The local Dibble try to control it by making some roads one way and faffing about, but they only seem to make it worse, somehow. I\'ve only gone by car once, I always take the bike now, cos I just can\'t be doing with the traffic getting in and out. Take sunblock and an umbrella, I always seem to get sunburnt and soaked to the skin. I\'ve never bought a Stand seat, I think they\'re too expensive for what you get. A large part of the attraction is that you can wander around the paddocks at touching distance from the machines and drivers, you\'d miss out on all that if you were sat in a seat all day. It\'s a bit of a hike off to the woods for the rally stage if that\'s of interest to you, too, so you probably wouldn\'t get much use out of your very expensive seat. Can be very crowded on the Sunday to the point were the bridge over the track takes, like 5 minutes to cross because of all the people on it! Saturdays are generally a bit quieter, but still mad busy

[Warthog]

We may well try and make this event this year:yes

[Skifledanabit]

I\'m going on the Saturday, taking the RX7, bloody hell, traffic that bad? but its my birthday on the sunday so its my treat whoe lse is going on the saturday and is anyone planning a bit of a convoy or something?

[logicalChimp]

I haven\'t got my ticket yet (fingers crossed theres still some left on Monday) but if I do manage to get one, I\'ll be trying to get there for 7 ish

Gives me time to:
*) get a parking spot in one of the closer car parks
*) scope out the course, and try to find a better spot for the camera than last year
*) have a short snooze before the action starts

I would also seriously recommend comfy shoes and a folding chair - there is a lot of walking to do (if you want to see everything inc rally), and the good spots don\'t have any seating

[Skifledanabit]

well ok, whoever\'s going, i\'ll be wearing a white Veilside t-shirt, if you see me pull up by any chance then say hi

[Nik da Greek]

well ok, whoever\'s going, i\'ll be wearing a white Veilside t-shirt, if you see me pull up by any chance then say hi

Blimey! There\'s forward planning! I\'ll most likely be wearing whichever T-shirt comes out of the drawer first, and I\'ll be lucky if it\'s not got any holes in it!

I do tend to wear my ludicrous sun-hat in the hope of more sun than rain, but it has got a F*rd Racing logo on it (oh, the shame!) so feel free to come and abuse me for that, anyone! Make sure it\'s me first, though and not some innocent F*rd fan lol!

[goldk28611]

I\'m off to this on the Saturday with about 10 of my forum members (//www.ukde.co.uk) - Like already said above this is one of the best shows in the season... plus they\'ve got the Fuari there (Confirmed too) and i aint missing that for ****.... looking forward to seeing it in the paddock too, where I guess i\'ll see most you - I\'m gonna go on the blag to get a seat in it!!! don\'t know if you don\'t ask!!

A chair is a must here as there is plenty to walk around and a sit down is needed after a while or can be a very long and tyring day, plus if your trying to get pics and you and mates have chairs you can spread yourselves about at the front and have more room and less backs of peoples heads in the shot...

Some F1 drivers will be there to (mostly Sunday) and also the JPS Turbo F1 car :D:D

** Lewis Hamilton, British F1 star and serious title contender, will attend on the Sunday of the event and drive his McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 F1 race car.
** Damon Hill, former F1 Champion, will drive a replica of his father Graham’s Indy 500-winning Lola T90 ‘Red Ball Special’ on Friday.
** Sir Stirling Moss, arguably Britain’s greatest-ever driver, will be in action in a 1958 Vanwall.
** Jenson Button, star driver for Honda Racing F1, will drive the Honda RA107 on Saturday and Sunday.

(full list here : http://www.goodwood.co.uk/site/content/festivalofspeed/News.aspx)