This year’s Goodwood FoS will celebrate racing’s record breakers, featuring everything from land-speed cars to lap record holders
The organisers of the Goodwood Festival of Speed have announced the theme for this year’s event. Dubbed 'Speed Kings – Motorsport’s Record Breakers,' it will celebrate every area of record breaking in motorsport, featuring everything from land-speed record breakers to lap record holders from some of the world’s most famous circuits.
Due to start on the fourth of July 2019, the 2019 Festival of Speed marks the 20 years since Nick Heidfeld claimed the outright hill-climb record at the helm of the McLaren MP4/13. He covered the 1.16-mile course in 41.6 seconds; a record which has stood unbeaten since it was set, despite the Volkswagen’s valiant effort of 43.8 seconds with its all-electric I.D. Pikes Peak racer in 2018.
Other exhibitions will include a showcase of the most consecutively-winning race cars, a tribute to the most successful manufacturers and, in keeping with the festival’s theme, the potential for a fresh Goodwood hill-climb record holder.
Returning attractions include the Michelin Supercar Paddock, the Concours d’Elegance, the Goodwood F1 paddock, a Forest Rally Stage and the recently-added Festival of Speed “Future Lab,” hosting the most innovative technologies from the worlds of aerospace, robotics and autonomous transport.
Goodwood Festival of Speed: previous themes
Each year, the Goodwood Festival of Speed adopts a new theme. This year focuses on record breakers, but previous years have seen a broad range of things celebrated. Here's how the past few years have shaped up...
2008 – Hawthorn to Hamilton – Britain's Love Affair with World Motor Sport 2009 – True Grit – Epic Feats of Endurance 2010 – Viva Veloce! - The Passion for Speed 2011 – Racing Revolutions – Quantum Leaps that shaped Motor Sport 2012 – Young Guns – Born to Win 2013 – Best of the First 20 Years of the Festival of Speed 2014 – Addicted to Winning – The Unbeatable Champions of Motor Sport 2015 – Flat-out and Fearless – Racing on the Edge 2016 – Full Throttle – The Endless Pursuit of Power 2017 – Peaks of Performance – Motorsport’s Game-Changers
2018 – Festival of Speed - The Silver Jubilee
2019 - Speed Kings – Motorsport’s Record Breakers
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