Nico Rosberg to join star F1 lineup at FOS 2017!

On Sunday July 2^nd, reigning World Champion Rosberg will put his 2014 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport W05 Hybrid through its paces up Goodwood's demanding 1.16-mile hill, taking on Molecomb and breezing past the flint wall in spectacular style. On Saturday July 1^st, Russian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas will be at the wheel of the same car.

Alongside a glittering line-up of historic F1 cars including over twenty Ferrari single-seaters in celebration of the Scuderia’s 70^th Anniversary, will also be modern F1 cars from McLaren, Renault and Williams.

Renault Sport F1 Team will be celebrating 40 years in the sport and will be bringing their current driver Jolyon Palmer to the festivities, along with reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin.

Former Williams F1 Champions Alan Jones and Damon Hill will be accompanying the Williams team in celebrating their 40^th anniversary, bringing an unrivalled experience of the F1 World Championship to West Sussex.

In total, there will be more than 60 Formula 1 cars at the event, celebrating seven decades of the sport.

Tickets for the 2017 Festival of Speed are still available! For more information visit ticketing.goodwood.com.

Photography by Nick Dungan and Nigel Harniman