Who will come in action at Goodwood this weekend?
This weekend, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is scheduled. The theme of this year’s Festival of Speed is ‘Spark of Genius – Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries’, celebrating the glory of the individual racers and engineering visionaries that took risks and made sacrifices in their quest for victory. Drivers from all over the world from all kinds of racing series will come in action this weekend during the 'sparkling' event.
Just a glimpse of the Formula One stars attending the Festival of Speed this year:
* Michael Ammermüller, Red Bull racing’s test driver, will take to the hill in the 2007 Red Bull-Renault RB3.
* Chris Atkinson, WRC driver for Subaru, will take to the hill and the Forest Rally Stage in a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Saturday of the Festival.
* Richard Attwood, popular Le Mans winner, will be driving a 1987 Porsche 961 at the Festival.
* Derek Bell, five times Le Mans winner, will once more be at the Festival all three days, driving a Porsche 956, 917/30 and a Mirage-Ford GR7.
* Stig Blomqvist, former World Rally Champion, will drive an Audi Quattro S1 on the Forest Rally Stage and the mighty Quattro ‘Pikes Peak’ car on the hillclimb.
* David Brabham, son of World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, will take to the hill in the Aston Martin DBR9 at the Festival this year.
* Andy Burton, hero of British rallying, will be in action on the Forest Rally Stage over the weekend in his unique Peugeot-Cosworth.
* Jenson Button, star driver for Honda Racing F1 team, will drive the Honda RA107 on Sunday and take part in the Goodwood Organic Milk Cycle Race on Saturday.
* Anthony Davidson, current F1 star with the Super Aguri team, will be taking to the hill in a historic Williams-Honda FW11 F1 car.
* Helmut Daehne, works BMW motorcycling legend and worthy winner of the Isle of Man TT, will ride his title-winning BMW R90S throughout the weekend.
* Marcus Dodd, twice British Rally Champion, will drive the 2003 Hyundai Accent WRC car all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
* Gene Felton, hero of NASCAR and TransAm racing, will be driving a Dodge Charger over the weekend.
* Gil de Ferran, Sporting Director of the Honda F1 team, will drive a Williams-Honda FW11B on Sunday.
* Emerson Fittipaldi – Double F1 world champion, Indy 500 winner and 1989 Indycar champion, will be reunited with the Lotus 49B in which he made his GP debut.
* Marc Gene, test driver for Scuderia Ferrari, is expected to drive the 2006 Ferrari F1 car.
* Peter Gethin – Formula 1 driver for McLaren and BRM, will be in action in the BRM P160 in which he achieved the fastest–Grand Prix in history, a record which stood for more than 30 years.
* Lewis Hamilton, young British Formula One sensation will take to the hill in an F1 McLaren.
* Damon Hill, Britain’s last Formula 1 World Champion, will drive a Lotus 49B, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and will take part in the Goodwood Organic Milk Cycle Race on Sunday
* Christian Klien, test driver with Honda F1 team, is expected to drive the Honda RA107 F1 car on Saturday.
* Franck Montagny, test driver for the Toyota F1 team, will be taking to the hill in the latest Toyota F1 car on Friday and Sunday.
* Sir Stirling Moss, probably Britain’s greatest-ever never to win a World Formula 1 title, will drive the Mercedes-Benz 300SLR in which he won the 1955 Mille Miglia, as well as the unique four-wheel drive Ferguson-Climax Project 99 F1 car.
* Kazuki Nakajima – Son of Satoru Nakajima, the first ever full time F1 driver from Japan – will drive the Williams-Toyota FW29 on Saturday and Sunday.
* Jackie Oliver – Le Mans winner, F1 driver and former Arrows F1 team owner – will drive a Porsche 917K and a McLaren M19G F1 car.
* Riccardo Patrese, F1's longest servant, with 256 GP starts, will drive a Ferrari 246 Dino, Lancia Beta Montecarlo and Lancia LC1 up the hill.
* Ralf Schumacher, F1 driver for the Toyota F1 team, will be here on Saturday driving the Toyota TF106 car.
* Sir Jackie Stewart, Britain's most accomplished Champion, having lifted the F1 crown three times, will drive a 1966 Lola-Ford T90 up the hill.
* Marc Surer former F1 driver will drive a BMW Z4M Coupe at the Festival.
* Mark Webber, F1 driver for Red Bull Racing, will be at the Festival and will take part in the Goodwood Organic Milk Cycle Race.
