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.
• Nurburgring lap record holders
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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