Cars That Go Fast: GOODWOOD LINES UP AN ALL-TIME RECORD NUMBER OF DRIVERS AND RIDERS FOR THE 2009 FESTIVAL OF SPEED

GOODWOOD LINES UP AN ALL-TIME RECORD NUMBER OF DRIVERS AND RIDERS FOR THE 2009
FESTIVAL OF SPEED
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Elton on 15 June, 2009 08:23:00
 
With three weeks still to go until the 2009 Festival of Speed gets underway (3-5
July), Goodwood can now confirm that an all-time high of over 115+ star drivers
and riders will be present at the world’s largest celebration of motoring
culture.  This beats the Festival’s previous best of 101 top attendees from
the world of motor sport in 2008.
As well as having both the reigning  Formula One and WRC World Champions  at
Goodwood (Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Loeb) the latest confirmed list  who will
be driving or riding what the at the 2009 Festival of Speed reads like a who’s
who of motor racing.
Joining existing confirmed  drivers such as the current 2009 season Formula One
championship leader Jenson Button and Sebastien Loeb’s team  mate Dani Sordo,
sharing his WRC  Citroen C4, will be David Brabham, driving  his father’s 1959
World Championship-winning Cooper T51, Bruno Senna driving his uncle Ayrton’s
McLaren MP4/4 (as will Lewis  Hamilton), and Eddie Irvine driving  Gilles
Villeneuve’s famous Ferrari 312 T3.
The latest summary of the drivers  and riders, including new additions Riccardo
 Patrese and Johnny Herbert, along  with the vehicles they will be running up
the challenging 1.16-mile Goodwood  hillclimb, is attached.
To order advance tickets, please  contact the Ticket Hotline:
Telephone: +44 1243 755055
Fax: +44 1243 755058
Email: bookings@goodwood.co.uk;
On-line via the Online Ticket section of the new www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/
website