Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
Spectate from the chicane at the Revival to see plenty of classic cars going sideways as they exit this infamous point of our Motor Circuit.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
According to Head Butler at Goodwood House David Edney "Class, sophistication and discretion".
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
Every single item from plates to pictures has its own home within the Lodge, with our butler (James) has his own "bible" to reference exactly what is out of place.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
G. Stubbs (1724–1806) created some of the animal portraiture masterpieces at Goodwood House, combining anatomical exactitude with expressive details
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
This year, Reema Al Juffali became the first Saudi woman to compete in motor racing – just months after her country lifted a ban on women driving. So how did she do it?
Words by Erin Baker
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There are two ways, it transpires, to become a successful racing driver. One is to start racing karts as a child, enjoy plentiful support from family and friends, grow up living and breathing cars, progress through the national ranks, encouraged at every stage by town and country, and finally, get into a championship series.
The other way is to have grown up female in Saudi Arabia when women were banned from driving. You grow up not knowing what it’s like to hold a steering wheel, have no knowledge about cars, then head to the US to study, think to yourself, “Motorsport looks fun,” and bingo, you’re making your debut in Formula 4.
Bonkers, eh? True story, though. This April, Reema Al Juffali, a 27-year-old Saudi woman, made the headlines by competing in the British F4 Championship at Brands Hatch, less than a year after her home country lifted its ban on female drivers.
I was so used to the F1 format of racing, where the leading car generally wins the race. In endurance racing there seemed to be more variables to play with – it was unpredictable.
Everything about Al Juffali’s approach to motorsport is unconventional, but miraculously it appears to be working. It wasn’t the glitter of Formula 1, for example, that first attracted her to the sport, but the hard slog of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. “I thought there was a lot more strategy involved,” she says, applying typical intellectual rigour to her approach (she studied International Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston). “I was so used to the F1 format of racing, where the leading car generally wins the race. In endurance racing there seemed to be more variables to play with – it was unpredictable.” She also liked the fact that the average age of endurance racing drivers was higher than in F1; it made the whole sport seem more accessible to such a late-comer.
Then, of course there’s the small matter of her homeland’s attitude towards women driving cars. Al Juffali is back in Jeddah these days, where she drives a VW Golf GTI (“It’s a fun car,” she says, “but I do like my classics. I’m a big fan of 1960s Mustangs, Porsches and Mercs”). Just a few years ago, “going racing” wasn’t remotely on her radar. “I had no aspirations [to race]. I didn’t grow up around a racing culture and at the time women couldn’t drive in Saudi Arabia. And I’m now representing my country as a female racing driver. Who would have guessed?” So how did she feel when the Saudi ban was lifted? “It was a moment I’d always looked forward to,” she says. “I knew all the roads and how to get places, so it felt natural. But being behind the wheel for the first time at home… I couldn’t help but smile. It was a great feeling.”
Women driving in Saudi is undoubtedly something new to all and, like everything new, it will take some time to sink in
Despite the apparent liberation, I wonder if women are still nervous about driving in Saudi Arabia, and whether there is still opposition. “Saudi women have come a long way and I’m very proud of their accomplishments,” she says. “Women driving in Saudi is undoubtedly something new to all and, like everything new, it will take some time to sink in,” she adds diplomatically.
Al Juffali has built a career on the strange foundation of more disadvantages than your average female racing driver – not just the lack of driving experience on the road, but also, no background in karts. She is sanguine about this, and argues that while her competitors on the track might have had more experience, she can “learn everything from scratch and build on it in the best way possible”.
Like all the female racing drivers I’ve ever spoken to, she doesn’t believe there’s an inherent physical disadvantage for her as a woman in racing. “Many female racers have proven that [there is no physical disadvantage] already. The disadvantage women face in motorsport is opportunity,” she says. “Inside a car, men and women are no different. I really believe that as long as women have been given the same opportunity from the start of their training, we will see them in F1.”
I’m a motorhead at heart - which I find inexplicably comforting
If optimism could secure you a podium finish, Al Juffali would walk away with top honours at every race.
Finally, I ask this newly minted petrolhead for her feelings on the growth of Formula E and electric motorsport. Does a fresh pair of eyes mean a fresh approach to the industry? “I love the fact that Formula E races are all on street circuits, but I’m a motorhead at heart,” she says – which I find inexplicably comforting.
Reema Al Juffali will be appearing at Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place July 4 – 7 2019
This article was taken from the Summer 2019 edition of the Goodwood Magazine.
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