GOODWOOD LINES UP AN ALL-TIME RECORD NUMBER OF DRIVERS AND RIDERS FOR THE 2009 FESTIVAL OF SPEED

All-time record 115 drivers and riders now confirmed for the Festival of Speed

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.

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