• Festival Overview
The Goodwood Festival is the world’s largest motorsports event attracting famous cars and drivers from the history of motorsports all together in one stage. The event is held at the Hillclimb course (Goodwood Motor Circuit) located next to the estate (Goodwood House) of Charles March, the Earl of March, in Chichester, West Sussex, England. The three-day weekend festival is held annually in either June or July. The festival boasts such a unique atmosphere that it has been memorialized in one of America’s top publications as “The Garden Party of the Gods.”

The festival began in 1993. Each year, nearly 200 historically significant cars and motorcycles from the world of motorsports gather here, along with famous drivers who have made their contributions to racing history. All manner of cars have been brought to the festival, including a chain drive racing car from the time of King Edward, the airplane engine-equipped Brooklands Circuit car, WRC rally cars, F1 team cars and many, many more.

	Each car starts at this flat, shaded section of the course.
	The awards ceremony, held on the last evening of the festival.

• The Hillclimb Drive
The Goodwood Hillclimb course is a total of 1.16 miles (approximately 1.86km), consisting mainly of gentle inclines. Each car and driver has the option of entering a formal time trial or performing a demonstration drive to show off their cars to the crowd.

Friday begins with a free drive session, and then one practice session is held on Saturday morning, with another on Saturday afternoon. One time trial is held on Sunday morning, and a second on Sunday afternoon. The quickest of the two laps counts as the driver’s final time.

• This Year’s Time Trial
As with most years, the event was filled with many famous drivers, who chose to either focus on the time trial or thrill the fans with special driving performances. This is what attracts car enthusiasts to Goodwood.

All five of the Toyota cars participated in the demonstration drives rather than the time trial. Each car brought back memories of their glory years, thrilling the crowd by stopping on the course and then sprinting off in front of a cloud of tire smoke, or galloping around the track with dazzling headlights lit, bringing to mind the night driving portion of an endurance race. Without a time limit, the demonstration drivers made sure to give the fans as much for their money as possible.

At the 2005 Goodwood, Justin Law (Jaguar XJR12) recorded the best lap time of 47.96 seconds. The course record is held by Nick Heidfeld, who drove a McLaren Mercedes MP4/13 around the circuit in 41.6 seconds at the 1999 festival. (Official timing provided by the Goodwood Festival of Speed)