Spectate from the chicane at the Revival to see plenty of classic cars going sideways as they exit this infamous point of our Motor Circuit.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The Gordon Tartan has been worn by the Dukes and Duchesses over the last 300 years.
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
Hound lodge is one of our wonderful lcoations designed by Cindy, whose incredible eye for detail can be seen in every inch.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Found on the lawn at FOS is the finest concours d'elegance in the world, where the most beautiful cars are presented
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The origins of the collection lay in the possessions of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, and Duchess of Aubigny in France, to whom some of the paintings originally belonged.
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Next year is the sixtieth anniversary of Graham Hill’s F1 debut. Charming, debonair and the only driver in history to secure the coveted Triple Crown, the man they called “Mr Monaco” was a quintessentially British hero
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A rather melodramatic scene in John Frankenheimer’s 1966 film Grand Prix sees the two-dimensional lead character Scott Stoddard assume heroic stature as he hands his walking stick to his mechanic and folds himself painfully into a racing car for the first time since a supposedly career-ending accident in the Monaco GP.
It seemed implausible at the time. Not so four years later, in March 1970, when real-life racer Graham Hill, already 41 years of age, was physically lifted out of his Lotus-Ford 49B after finishing sixth in the South African Grand Prix, just five months after smashing both legs in what witnesses considered an unsurvivable crash in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.
Hill’s heroism was already widely recognised. Despite coming late to racing – he had not even passed his driving test when, in 1953, aged 24, he splashed out 20 shillings for four laps in a Cooper F3 car at Brands Hatch – his courage and determination took him all the way to the top. Having entered the fray as a mechanic, he made his F1 debut with Lotus in the 1958 Monaco GP and went on to secure two World Drivers’ Championships, in 1962 and 1968. En route, he earned the sobriquet “Mr Monaco”, winning that exceptionally difficult race no fewer than five times – a feat later surpassed only by Ayrton Senna and equalled by none other than Michael Schumacher. To this day, Hill remains the only driver ever to win the “Triple Crown” of motor racing with his victories at Monaco (1963, ’64, ’65, ’68 and ’69), the Indianapolis 500 (1966) and the Le Mans 24 Hours (1972).
Although his race-winning abilities were too rarely matched by the BRM cars he drove from 1960-66, it’s often said of Hill that he lacked the natural talent of his 1967-68 Lotus stablemate Jim Clark, who had won more grands prix than any driver in history before his untimely death in April 1968. Yet Hill proved his mettle in adversity, rallying the team to take that year’s World Championship (an achievement very nearly matched by his son, Damon, following team-mate Ayrton Senna’s fatal accident in 1994). He raced on until 1975, when, at the grand old age of 46, his failure to qualify at Monaco convinced him finally to hang up his famous helmet, painted in the distinctive dark blue and white livery of the London Rowing Club, and concentrate on running his own Embassy Hill team – a prospect wiped out a few months later when his Piper Aztec aeroplane crashed in thick November fog while he was attempting to land at Elstree airfield. This was indeed a tragic twist of fate, given that he had survived some of the deadliest years motor racing has ever seen.
Hill’s will to win was never in doubt – his mood could be fierce – but it was his quick wit and easy, oldfashioned charm that really endeared him to countless fans within and without the racing world (he was even given a minor speaking part in Frankenheimer’s film). As Rosie Bernard, proprietor of the legendary Rosie’s Bar in Monaco, observed: “It’s difficult to say why he was so special, but he had such a charisma, you know, with his cap, his moustache and his sense of humour. He would sit in the sun, enjoying a beer, and when the fans came he would listen to them all and have a joke with everybody. Even the French were charmed by him…”.
In 2018, 60 years after his F1 debut and 50 since his second World Championship, we may recall a universally popular, quintessentially British hero, fondly remembered by millions, and celebrate a life well lived. As he said in his biography, Graham, co-written by Neil Ewart with a foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales, and published months after his death: “While I had been a racing driver I had often said to audiences during speeches and talks, ‘You know the risks, you accept them. If man can’t look at danger and still go on, man has stopped living. If the worst ever happens – then it means simply that I’ve been asked to pay the bill for the happiness of my life – without a moment’s regret.’”
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Winter 2017 issue
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