F1-RED CAR RULE STRIKES AGAIN

27 May 2013

Once again the FIA has given the impression that it will do just about anything to assist Ferrari and hamper McLaren (or anyone else) in the F1 World Championship.

  The demotion of Lewis Hamilton to third place in the Belgian Grand Prix is the latest in a long line of decisions that many fans (and a large proportion of the sport’s media) see as a blatant bias towards the Italian team. The reports from McLaren today that they had queried Hamilton’s move during the last few laps and had been given the OK from race officials just make the impression even greater. McLaren F1 CEO, Martin Whitmarsh, claims that “From the pit wall, we then asked Race Control to confirm that they were comfortable that Lewis had allowed Kimi to repass, and they confirmed twice that they believed that the position had been given back in a manner that was 'okay'. If Race Control had instead expressed any concern regarding Lewis's actions at that time, we would have instructed Lewis to allow Kimi to repass for a second time." Two hours later the stewards penalised Hamilton 25 seconds which dropped him back to third place and gave the win to, you guessed it, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.

 

  Just two weeks ago Ferrari, and Felipe Massa, received no on track penalty for an extremely dangerous manoeuvre when they released Felipe into the path of Adrian Sutil during a pit-stop. Sure, they were hit with a ten grand fine but for a team with a $250,000,000 budget this is not even a slap on the wrist and caused no harm to Ferrari’s title hopes.

  The list of decisions beneficial to Ferrari goes back into the mid nineties. Michael Schumacher was only “stripped” of his 2nd place in the world championship after his disgusting intentional

collision with Jacques Villeneuve during the title deciding race at Jerez. He lost no points, no wins, no suspension, no nothing of any importance. Two years later the Malaysian stewards caught Ferrari with illegal barge-boards and disqualified them from the results, handing the world championship to Mika Hakkinen. Ferrari appealed, and although they admitted the cars were illegal, they were reinstated as winners of the event forcing the championship down to the last race at Suzuka. Fortunately Hakkinen ran away with the race and rightfully won the title. Several years later, in mid-season, Michelin tyres were found to have an illegal profile and Michelin had to produce entirely new tyres within a couple of weeks. That Michelin had been using the same profile tyres for the past two seasons and they had been passed as legal by the FIA seemed to be irrelevant. McLaren were on Michelin, Ferrari were on Bridgestone.

 In 2005 it was the banning of Renault’s Mass-Damper suspension system that almost handed Ferrari another title. Again Renault had been using the system which had been passed by the FIA for well over a year. In 2006 Ferrari and Schumacher again escaped any real punishment for his intentional “accident” during the final moments of qualifying at Monaco which prevented any drivers on a “hot” lap from beating his time. Last year we had the ridiculous spectacle of McLaren being hit with a $100,000,000 fine for “spying” on Ferrari. Again, the fact that a Ferrari team member approached McLaren with the information was deemed unimportant. McLaren was found guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute due to the actions of one of it’s team members. Ferrari, whose team member caused the affair was given no punishment at all. And these are just the major ones. This list does not include the minor ones such as Alonso being demoted 10 grid spots for “blocking” Massa at Monza during qualifying in 2006. The fact that Massa didn’t get to within a second of Alonso was neither here nor there. Just a bad joke.

  And all this has been brought up again when the FIA are trying to find a way to promote overtaking. What we had was an exciting dice for the lead between two young brave chargers who were both determined to win. To quote Mario Andretti after that sensational scrap between Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux at Dijon-Prenois in 1979, “It was just two young lions clawing at each other.” That 1979 French GP has gone down in history as one of the truly great races with one of the highest “hit” rates on you-tube. This didn’t last quite as long but it was the best end to a race we have witnessed in many years, and the race, along with the sports credibility was badly damaged by this decision.  

 

Sam Snape 

 

10-9-08  

F1-PHIL HILL DIES

27 May 2013

It is with regret that we report that 1961 World Drivers Champion Phil Hill has passed away at the age of 81. Phil had been suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for the last few years

 

{mosimage}

"It's a sad day," Carroll Shelby, a close friend of Hill's, told the LA Times. "Phil was an excellent race car driver with a unique feel for the car, and his real expertise was in long-distance racing."

Hill was born in Miami, Florida, on April 20th 1927. His family soon moved to Santa Monica, California, and the state would become his American home for most of his life. He studied business administration in university, but never finished his degree, getting drawn into the world of motor racing initially driving an offy midget in the late 40’s before purchasing a XK120 Jaguar with which he began a long and stellar sports car career.

He soon switched to Ferrari and had won such races as the Sebring 12 Hour and Carrera Panamericana before being given his chance with the works squad in Europe.

Despite his ties to Ferrari Phil made his Grand Prix debut in Jo Bonnier’s privately entered Maserati 250F at the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims finishing seventh. By the end of 1958 he had entered four GPs for Ferrari finishing 3rd at both Monza and Morocco and had also won the first of his three Le Mans 24 Hours victories.

In 1959 and 1960 Phil continued to impress in the front engined Ferrari GP car despite the fact that the “Rear Engined Revolution” was well under way and finally won his first GP at Monza in 1960.

When Ferrari’s first rear engined car, the sublime 156 “Sharknose” arrived for the 1961 season Phil, and team-mate Wolfgang von Trips, would dominate the season. In just seven races Hill claimed pole position on four occasions and scored victories at Spa and Monza where he was crowned World Drivers Champion. It was in this last event that his greatest moment of triumph was clouded with sadness as Von Trips had been killed in an accident with Jim Clark early in the race.

Phil continued in Formula One for just another three years with Ferrari, A.T.S. and Cooper without scoring any further victories. His success in sports cars however continued unabated with two more wins at Le Mans in 1961 and 1962 with Ferrari before he joined up with Jim Hall in the Chaparral. He scored more top line wins in the pretty white car including the Nurburgring 1000 in 1966 and in his very last international race, the 1967 B.O.A.C. 500 at Brands Hatch.

After retiring from racing, Hill continued his involvement in the motor racing world through long-running work for Road & Track magazine, and as tour host with Grand Prix Tours. He continued going to Formula One races several times a year and was a regular and much loved face in the paddock.

{mosimage}

In recent years he has made a number of appearances at both the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Revival meeting where he was always a crowd favorite with his wonderful story telling and charm. Unlike many of the modern “heroes” he was not afraid to get his hands dirty and was often seen working on his own cars in the Goodwood paddock. “You’d never see Schumacher doing that.” was an often repeated comment.

Always a gentleman, Phil was much admired and respected in the motor racing world. He is survived by his wife Alma, son Derek, daughters Vanessa and Jennifer, and four grandchildren.

He will be missed. 

F1-FELIPE MASSA – WORLD CHAMPION (For 28 seconds)

27 May 2013

  There are so many clichés, It ain’t over till its over, till the fat lady sings, till the final curtain, etc. The most hackneyed Hollywood script writer couldn’t have come up with a more corny ending if he were paid by Sylvester Stallone for that most crap of films, Driven. The Formula 1 World Drivers Championship decided on the last corner of the last lap of the last race. Bullshit!!!  Except it happened. 

   

 After 68 of the 71 lap Brazilian Grand Prix the title was still a no contest. As he had all race, Lewis Hamilton had done just enough to claim the title with a fifth place finish. Sure the final shower of rain had come and just about everyone had changed onto wet tyres. Rival Felipe Massa was winning the race easily but Hamilton was in the place he needed to score the vital four points needed to clinch the title. 

   Then on lap 69 it all changed. Held up behind some back-markers Hamilton was passed by the hard pressing Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso and all of a sudden it looked like Hamilton would loose the championship by one point or less for the second year in a row. Vettel was visually faster than Hamilton and going into the final lap the only guy in play that hadn’t changed to wets was 13.1 seconds up the road and it wasn’t raining all that hard. Or was it? McLaren strategist Martin Whitmarsh had already told Hamilton to forget about Vettel because he believed that Hamilton could pass Glock’s fourth placed Toyota on the last lap. 


   The rain kept increasing but at the end of sector 1 (out of 3) Hamilton had only gained 3.2 seconds to be 9.9 behind. Not enough. The rain got harder. The track got colder. The dry tyres lost more grip. Massa crossed the winning line and Hamilton, with 38.9 seconds of racing left was still 5.1 seconds behind Glock. Coming into the start of the final series of curves leading onto the finish straight Glock still led Vettel and Hamilton by 0.3 seconds. Again, not enough. In that final blast up the hill and over the line Hamilton beat Glock by 5.4 seconds to retake that vital fifth place and rob Massa of the title. 

   For just over half a minute Massa, his family, his home crowd and the Ferrari team celebrated a championship victory. Then the pain of reality set in. The horror of realization on Massa’s fathers face will be an image hard to forget. The boy from Brazil took it well and gained plenty of respect and new fans for his sportsmanship but it must have been a bitter pill to swallow. 

   It wasn’t a championship Massa deserved to lose. But for an engine failure at the Hungaroring and a monumental pit-lane fuck-up at Singapore Hamilton wouldn’t have even been in the picture in Brazil. But after the appalling FIA decisions against McLaren, and others, over the last couple of years in favour of Ferrari, most felt that they, and not Massa, got what they deserved. McLaren might not have won the constructors championship that they deserved in 2007, but they got the drivers title that Massa deserved in 2008. Good for Hamilton. Justice for McLaren. In-justice for Massa. But bloody hell, what a way to end a championship. 

 Sam Snape 

4-11-2008  

TOP DRIVER LINE-UP FOR THE REVIVAL

27 May 2013

  Once again there is an outstanding line-up of driving talent turning out for the Goodwood Revival in September.

 

All the confirmed star drivers listed in alphabetical order with a summary of the cars and motorcycles with which they will compete at the Revival.

 

 

Rauno Aaltonen, 1960s rallying and road-racing legend, will drive a Standard 10 (St Mary's Trophy). 

Rowan Atkinson, actor and comedian, will drive a Jaguar Mk VII (St Mary's Trophy).

 

Richard Attwood, a Le Mans winner with Porsche in 1970, will drive an Aston Martin DB3S (Freddie March Memorial Trophy), a Ferrari 246 Dino (Richmond and Gordon Trophies) and an Aston Martin DB4GT (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

Warwick Banks, former European Touring Car Champion, is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy.

 

Derek Bell, five-time Le Mans winner, will drive a Jaguar E-type lightweight ‘lowdrag’ Coupe (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Jaguar Mk1 (St Mary's Trophy).

 

Ray Bellm, former Endurance racing champion, will drive a Ford GT40 (Whitsun Trophy).

 

 Jack Brabham – three-time F1 World Champion and the only man to do so in a car of his own construction – will be part of the Goodwood Legends Tribute. 

 

Tony Brooks, the versatile Grand Prix star of the 1950s and early 1960s – will be in action in a variety of significant cars from his career as part of a series of track parades in recognition of his career achievements.

 

 Martin Brundle, Grand Prix stalwartand popular commentator on the current ITV F1 coverage, is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.   

Robin Brundle – former touring car ace and brother of F1 driver Martin – is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy and Freddie March Memorial Trophy.

 

Ron Chandler, former motorcycle GP star, will ride a Velocette KTT (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Eddie Cheever – winner of the Indy 500 both as a driver and team owner – is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.

 

 John Cleland, former BTCC Champion, is expected to drive in the St Mary’s Trophy. 

 

Tony Dron – former British Touring Car ace and Daily Telegraph motoring contributor – will drive an Aston Martin DBR1 (Sussex Trophy).

 

 Iain Duffus, Two-time TT winner and former British Supersport Champion, is expected to ride a BSA Goldstar (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

 

John Fitzpatrick, former GT and touring car ace, is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy.

 

David Franklin, multiple British Hillclimb Champion, will drive a Jaguar
E-type ‘lowdrag’ (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

Wayne Gardner, former 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion, will ride a BSA Gold Star (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Jean-Marc Gounon – sports car star and former F1 driver for Minardi and Simtek – will drive a Ford GT40 (Whitsun Trophy) and a Ferrari 250 GTO/64 (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

Stuart Graham – the only man to win a post-war TT on two wheels and four – will drive an Austin Healey 100S (Freddie March Memorial Trophy) and an Aston Martin DB4GT (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

 Mick Grant – former motorcycle Grand Prix rider and seven-time TT winner – will ride a Matchless G80 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

 

Peter Hardman, the spectacular historic racing specialist, will drive a Ferrari 330 LMB (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

John Haugland, former works Skoda rally driver, will drive a Tatra T603 (St Mary's Trophy).

 

 David Hobbs – former F1 driver and journeyman of world motor sport –will driveAustin A40 (St Mary's Trophy). 

 

Christian Horner, team principal of the Red Bull Racing F1 team, is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.

 

 Jacky Ickx – former GP driver and six times Le Mans winner – will be at the Revival all weekendas Honorary Clerk of the Course. 

Tony Jardine, television F1 pundit, is expected to drive and Austin A35 (St. Mary's Trophy).

 

Niall MacKenzie, former British Superbike Champion, is expected to ride a BSA Shooting Star (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Alan Mann – renowned driver and team principal in the 1960s, predominantly in Touring Cars – is expected to be part of the Goodwood Legends Tribute.

 

Nick Mason – drummer with rock group Pink Floyd and enthusiastic gentleman driver – will drive his Maserati Tipo 61 ‘Birdcage’ (Sussex Trophy).

 

 Jochen Mass – former Grand Prix star and Le Mans winner – will drive a Lancia D50A (Richmond and Gordon Trophies) and is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration. 

 

John McGuinness, 14-time TT winner and outright lap record holder around the Isle of Man, is expected to ride a Matchless G45 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy)

 

 

Jeremy McWilliams, ex-Moto GP rider and BMW WSB test rider, will ride a BMW R5SS (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy)

 

Arturo Merzario – Sports car legend and twice winner of the Targa Florio – is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy.

 

Chas Mortimer, eight-time Isle of Man TT winner, will ride a Norton Dominator (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Sir Stirling Moss – arguably Britain’s greatest ever racing driver never to win the F1 World Championship – is expected to drive Jaguar’s in the St Mary’s Trophy and the Freddie March Memorial Trophy.

 

Bernard Murray, two-time Manx GP winner, is expected to ride a Triumph T100 Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Trevor Nation – former works Norton rider and the last man to win the Isle of Man TT on a Norton – will ride a Norton Dominator (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Tiff Needell – racing driver turned TV presenter – is expected to drive a Jaguar Mk VII (St. Mary's Trophy) and an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

 Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer of Red Bull racing, will be driving his Jaguar E-Type lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration). 

 

Jackie Oliver – Le Mans winner, F1 driver and former Arrows F1 team owner – will drive an AC Cobra Le Mans Coupe (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and is expected to drive an Austin A35 (St. Mary's Trophy).

 

 Steve Parrish, former motorcycle Grand Prix rider and popular commentator on the BBC’s Moto GP coverage, will ride a BSA Gold Star (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

 

Roger Penske, owner of the famous Penske Racing team, is expected to be in attendance over the weekend. 

 

Win Percy, three-time BTCC Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner, will be in attendance as the newly appointed Driving Standards Advisor. 

 

Henri Pescarolo, four-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hour race, is expected to drive a Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration). 

 

David Piper – the well respected sports car privateer – will drive a Ferrari 330 P2 (Whitsun Trophy) as well as entering several others Ferrari prototypes with guest drivers, in the same race.

 

 Emanuele Pirro, former F1 driver and Le Mans winner, will drive an Austin Healey 100S (Freddie March Memorial Trophy) and is expected to drive a Ferrari in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration. 

Bobby Rahal – championship winning CART team owner and former director of the Jaguar F1 program – is expected to drive a Jaguar Mk1 (St Mary’s Trophy) and a Jaguar E-Type lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration). 

Brian Redman, former F1 and Sports Car driver, is expected to drive a Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

Anthony Reid, former BTCC star, will drive a Jaguar Mk1 (St Mary’s Trophy) and a Lister Jaguar Coupe (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

 John Rhodes – known as ‘Smokin John Rhodes’ because of his exuberant driving style in Minis – is expected to drive a Mini Cooper S in the Goodwood Legend Tribute. 

Andy Rouse – four-time British Touring Car Champion – is expected to drive an Austin A40 (St Mary’s Trophy).

 

Michael Rutter, British Superbike rider and fast man of road racing, is expected to ride a Matchless G45 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

 

Michael Salmon, sports car stalwart, will drive a Jaguar E-Type (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

Jim Scaysbrook – team mate to Mike Hailwood in his famous 1978 TT comeback year – is expected to ride Manx Norton (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

Vern Schuppan – former F1 driver and successful in Sports Cars with a Le Mans victory in 1983 – is expected to drive a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration). 

Ian Simpson, three-time TT winner, is expected to ride a Triumph T110 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

Freddie Spencer, two-time 500cc World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion, is expected to ride an MV Agusta (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

Sir Jackie Stewart, three times F1 World Champion, is expected to be in action in the Goodwood Legends Tribute.

 

Marc Surer, former F1 star, is expected to drive a BMW 502 V8 (St Mary’s Trophy) and a Lotus-BMW 23 (Madgwick Cup).

 

Frank Sytner, former British Touring Car Champion, will drive a Lotus-Climax 24 (Glover Trophy), Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder (Whitsun Trophy) and an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).

 

Patrick Tambay, former F1 driver and CanAm Series Champion, is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration 

Sir John Whitmore, former British and European Touring Car Champion, is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy.  

 

Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams, spectacular star of 1970s saloon car racing, will drive a Tojeiro-Jaguar (Sussex Trophy), the unique Ferguson-Climax P99 (Richmond Trophy), and is expected to drive in the St Mary’s Trophy and Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.

 

Charlie Williams – former Motorcycle Grand Prix rider and nine-time TT winner – is expected to ride a Vincent Black Shadow (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy). 

Desiré Wilson, the only lady ever to win an F1 race, is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy and Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.

 

Stan Woods, 10-time TT winner, will ride a Manx Norton International (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

F1-PATRESE TESTS HONDA

27 May 2013

Riccardo Patrese returned to Formula One today for the first time in 15 years as he joined the Honda Racing F1 Team in Jerez to drive the team's RA107 race car.

 Riccardo, who won six races during his 17 year Formula One career from 1977 to 1993, had joined the team at the Spanish circuit on Monday afternoon for a seat fit and engineering briefing. He also conducted reconnaissance laps of the 4.428km Jerez circuit in a Honda Civic Type-R with one of the team's engineers to familiarise himself with the track .

On Tuesday, on a bright and sunny morning, Riccardo pulled out of the garage to take to the track in the Honda RA107. He completed five runs and set a fastest lap time of 1:30.210 on the Bridgestone demonstration tyres used for his guest drive.

Talking about the experience, Riccardo Patrese said, "After 15 years out of Formula One, it was a dream come true and unbelievable to rediscover the speed of a Formula One car again today. I was able to get accustomed pretty quickly and found that my driving style did not need to change too much to adapt to a modern car. The speed was a bit of a surprise on the first couple of laps but at the end I felt very comfortable, although I'm sure my neck will ache a little bit tonight after the G forces. The whole experience has been an absolute pleasure and I would like to thank the Honda Racing F1 Team for giving me this feeling back and allowing me the opportunity to drive a really fast car again! It's good to know that at my age, I can still drive quickly and push the limits. I just wish that I could have had more time in the car to improve my lap time. Hopefully they'll give me another chance sometime!"

Nick Fry, Chief Executive Officer of the Honda Racing F1 Team commented, "We are delighted to have been able to arrange this opportunity for Riccardo to drive the RA107, the first time that he has been back in a Honda Formula One car since the final race of the 1987 season where he raced for Williams-Honda in Adelaide. Riccardo adapted very well to the car today and there was plenty for him to get to grips with as Formula One has advanced so rapidly since his final race in 1993 and continues to do so with the introduction of new environmental technologies. Left foot braking, grooved tyres and a steering-wheel mounted clutch paddle were all new for Riccardo today, and his fastest lap time was very respectable considering that he was using demonstration tyres and a 2007 car. The team thoroughly enjoyed working with Riccardo today and we are delighted to have made his dream of returning to Formula One for a day come true!"

-credit: honda 

MOTOR RACING STARS TO RACE UNDER THE STARS AT GOODWOOD REVIVAL

21 May 2013

The Goodwood Revival - taking place from 19-21 September - will celebrate two key events in 2008, with the 60th anniversary of motor racing at the famous Goodwood motor circuit and the 10th anniversary of the Revival meeting itself.

To help mark these special celebrations, Goodwood will stage arguably the most distinctive race in West Sussex motor circuit's history - and also recreate one of the Revival's most memorable tribute races - the Freddie March Memorial Trophy. In this anniversary year, this race will become a 90-minute endurance chase for only the second time, extending into the dusk on the evening of Saturday 20 September. The race will feature cars in the spirit of the original Goodwood Nine Hour event, including Jaguar C-type, Aston Martin DB3S, Frazer Nash, Cooper-Jaguar, Ferrari 750 Monza, HWM and Lagonda.

 

{mosimage}

The only previous time that the race has run to this format was in 2002, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Nine Hour International sports car race at Goodwood in 1952. Special permission was granted to extend the racing longer into the evening than normal, bringing back to Goodwood the magical sight of 1950s sports cars racing in the autumnal twilight with headlamps ablaze, just as they did in the 1950s. It remains one of the most unforgettable races at the Revival to date, and the 2008 recreation promises to be equally enthralling.

The original Nine Hour International sports car race at Goodwood attracted the top works teams of the day, such as Jaguar and Aston Martin, plus some exotic entries from Italy and Germany. The race began at 3pm and continued to midnight, creating the evocative spectacle of sports cars racing from sunshine to sunset to moonlight, just as at the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hour race. Along with the Easter Monday Formula 1 race, the Nine Hour race was Goodwood's flagship event of the season, establishing Goodwood as an International sports car venue and giving rise to the equally famous Goodwood Tourist Trophy when the nine-hour format changed to a shorter three-hour race.

A handful of motor racing stars are expected to compete in this two-driver race, including the legendary Sir Stirling Moss, who took his first ever motor racing victory at Goodwood 60 years ago, as well as multiple Le Mans 24 Hour winner Derek Bell, Formula One winner Jochen Mass and versatile racer Barrie 'Whizzo' Williams.

Says Goodwood Revival founder Lord March: "I am really excited by the prospect of staging this race again, which will bring the concept of the Nine Hour race back to life in a most dramatic fashion. Ever since 2002, it has been an ambition of mine to see racing of this sort return to Goodwood. The cars will look magnificent, racing against the backdrop of an autumnal West Sussex sunset, maybe with the odd star twinkling above."

The Freddie March Memorial Trophy will be just one of 12 races to be run at the 2008 Goodwood Revival, with others including the popular one hour, two driver Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration race for closed-cockpit GT cars in the spirit of the 1960-1964 RAC TT races, as well as the perennially popular St Mary's Trophy for production saloon cars of a type that raced between 1948 and 1959. Other races will cater for sports cars, motorcycles and single seater racing cars, of a type that competed at Goodwood from 1948 to 1966.

To order advance tickets, please contact the Ticket Hotline:

Telephone: +44 1243 755055

Fax: +44 1243 755058

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

On-line via the Online Ticket section of the Goodwood website: www.goodwood.co.uk