Goodwood Festival of Speed blog update - After a few years absence, yesterday I headed off to Goodwood to revel in the Festival of Speed. I've been many times before and knew what to expect. Lots of seriously impressive metal, both bike and car, lots of people and lots of dust. This year, didn't disappoint.
This year both Honda and Yamaha have really supported the event. Yamaha are celebrating 60 years of racing and will have a certain Mr V Rossi riding on Sunday morning. Honda brought a long (at the time) 23 time TT winner John McGunniess, Casey Stoney and Freddie Spencer, riding the new RCV213, Caseys last MotoGP bike and the 1984 NSR500 respectively.
It wasn't just Yamaha and Honda however, with classics from Suzuki, Kawasaki, Norton, Proton, to name but a few all on show. There are really too many bikes to list here, but what makes the festival so great isn't just the machines, but the riders as well. You interact with them, talk to them and in some cases catch up. This year the biking community was well represented, with riders like Sammy Miller, Ryan Farquhar and Kenny Roberts riding up the hill. I was able to say hi to Tommy Hill again, who is an absolute gentleman, but also managed to grab a few snaps of Maria Costello, Troy Corser and Casey Stoney 'paparazzi' style.
If you've never been to the Festival, you really must. It the F1, MotoGP, WSBK, BSB, WRC, Le Mans and classic racing all rolled into one. Shame I could only really go for the one day. Oh a word of advice...get there early. Trust me on that one.
If you've never been to the Festival, you really must. It the F1, MotoGP, WSBK, BSB, WRC, Le Mans and classic racing all rolled into one. Shame I could only really go for the one day. Oh a word of advice...get there early. Trust me on that one.
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