Great News! Dates revealed for 2007 Goodwood Festival of Spe

[Virage166]

www.goodwood.co.uk/fos :
"The Earl of March is delighted to announce the dates for the 2007 Festival of Speed, which is to take place over the weekend of the 22.23.24 June."

Edited by Virage166 on Friday 20th October 20:22

[Touching Cloth]

Looks like I guessed correctly then.

[jpt]

just booked my B&B, fives miles from G.House.

So are the fuel altereds coming back as rumoured ?

[Virage166]

And if you want to go, don't wait to long to order your grandstand tickets. Yesterday I received the Goodwood Road Racing Club's information about 2007 membership renewals. Today I renewed and discovered that already some grandstands aren't available anymore (i.e. sold out) (Crossroads, Park and Pheasantry on Saturday)

[NormanD]

Virage166 said:

www.goodwood.co.uk/fos :
"The Earl of March is delighted to announce the dates for the 2007 Festival of Speed, which is to take place over the weekend of the 22.23.24 June."

And Revival August 31st to 2nd September

[tvrforever]

thanks for the tip-off

Where do we find camping info?

[lazyitus]

So, from the three days, Friday through Sunday, which is generally perceived as the best to go to ?

[Virage166]

lazyitus said:

So, from the three days, Friday through Sunday, which is generally perceived as the best to go to ?

IMHO it doesn't matter much, all days are great. Saturday and Sunday are busier obviously, but if you want to enjoy a more quiet visit to the paddock, you just have to stay to the end of the day when the paddock can be unbelievably quiet considering what is there to admire.

[jpt]

I personally go only on Friday and Saturday.
Friday is to do the Paddocks and limited run viewing (anything with a V8). Saturday find a spot early and stay put.
I sometimes stay over to Sunday and walk on the Downs listening to the music from afar.

[Mustang Baz]

Virage166 said:

"The Earl of March is delighted to announce the dates for the 2007 Festival of Speed, which is to take place over the weekend of the 22.23.24 June."

I think this is the weekend after Le Mans is it not? What an amazing 10 days

[Virage166]

Mustang Baz said:

Virage166 said:

"The Earl of March is delighted to announce the dates for the 2007 Festival of Speed, which is to take place over the weekend of the 22.23.24 June."

I think this is the weekend after Le Mans is it not? What an amazing 10 days

It is. Should be great, just like in 2005

[stuart b]

Missed out in 2006 for the first time in years. Quite shocked to see that a grandstand ticket is now £74, but given how successful the FoS seems to be I suppose it's not surprising. I found that for the first time in 2005 I found it too crowded. anyone else feel the same? How was 2006? Don't mind paying a bit more I supopse if it keeps numbers down a bit - should they be limiting general entrance more?

Also notice that it's not possible to choose your seat in a grandstand anymore - that's a real put off. I thought the old booking system was great as there's quite a difference between seats in the stands (particularly if you are taking a camera). Anyone else agree?

Stuart

[neil964]

Stuart,

They limit the tickets now and you cant pay at the gate so they know how many people will be attending per day which is good in my opinion. This years event was brilliant as usual and to make it better it didnt rain

Regards,

Neil

[stuart b]

Thanks Neil - I think the tickets were only pre-bookable when I went last in 2005 also. It just seemed impossible (especially in the area in front of the house, and near the F1 paddock) to move. I'd never seen it like that and have been going for years. Just wondered whether they've got too greedy with it.

But I dare say it's still a wonderful event, perhaps just not quite as wonderful as before it was "discovered" by the non petrolhead crowd. And at least they keep innovating and adding to it (the rally stage for example which is cracking).

Stuart

[havoc]

2005 (Saturday) was the first year we went, and it did seem busy.

Am going to sort full-weekend tickets out this year, so should be a bit more relaxed.

One question - are the grandstands worth it? I'm a bit of a shutterbug and am wondering whether a grandstand seat will be a benefit or too restrictive and I won't use it that much.

[Virage166]

havoc said:

2005 (Saturday) was the first year we went, and it did seem busy.

Am going to sort full-weekend tickets out this year, so should be a bit more relaxed.

One question - are the grandstands worth it? I'm a bit of a shutterbug and am wondering whether a grandstand seat will be a benefit or too restrictive and I won't use it that much.

I would say they are certainly worth it, especially if you go on Friday as well, because then you have access to all grandstands. In 2005 we booked Molecomb which was good and this year Crossroads which was great. For next year we booked Park.

Please note that - contrary to what I mentioned earlier - Park is still available, I contacted Goodwood and it turned out that when I booked initially (online) they erroneously had marked Park as non-available, so they changed my order to Park. I just checked and Park is still available and so is Pheasantry.

Edited by Virage166 on Saturday 18th November 10:42

[havoc]

Thanks Virage!

Virage166 said:

especially if you go on Friday as well, because then you have access to all grandstands.

Am I right in thinking that the Friday grandstand tickets are 'open access, grab a seat', while the Sat/Sun tickets are specific grandstand (and specific seat?)?


Looking at it, not sure I'd want a grandstand ticket for the whole weekend, 1 day would probably be enough...do you reckon they'd do that?

[Virage166]

havoc said:

Am I right in thinking that the Friday grandstand tickets are 'open access, grab a seat', while the Sat/Sun tickets are specific grandstand (and specific seat?)?

I don't think you're right there. Since I threw away my tickets (afterwards) I am not 100% sure, but as I recall I received grandstand tickets for the Fridays as well, which tickets gave access to all grandstands.