Grand Prix Masters stars Riccardo Patrese and Emerson Fittipaldi will be appearing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer in the UK West Sussex. The event will take place on the 22 nd , 23 rd and 24 th June and in the past has seen F1 greats like Mario Andretti, Gerhard Berger, Niki Lauda and Sir Stirling Moss, including GP Masters stars such as Patrick Tambay and Rene Arnoux.
Both drivers will by driving classic cars. Fittipaldi will be reunited with the Lotus 49B in which he made his GP debut whilst Patrese will be driving a Ferrari 246 Dino, Lancia Beta Montecarlo and Lancia LC1 up the 1.86 kilometre hill.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is the premier event and a must for any motorsports fan and is well known as one of the few places where you can really get up close to the drives.
It was started in 1993 by the present Earl of March in order to bring motor racing back to the Goodwood estate - a location steeped in British motor racing history. Shortly after taking over the estate in the early nineties, Lord March (as he is formally known) wanted to bring back motor racing to Goodwood Circuit, but did not have the necessary permit to host a race there. Therefore he instead hosted it on his own grounds. With a small selection of entrants made up of invited historic vehicles. Since the early days of several tens of thousands of visitors it has grown to attracting daily crowds of around 100,000 visitors of the three days it is held. The record was in 2003, when a crowd of 158,000.
The current track record of 41.6 seconds was setby F1 star Nick Heidfeld in 1999. However, this year will young F1 star Lewis Hamilton take to the track for the first time im a Mclaren so the current record may not stand for much longer.
To order advance tickets, please contact the Ticket Hotline:
Email: bookings@goodwood.co.uk
Telephone: +44 1243 755055
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