Have you ever traveled in parallel worlds? No? Do not worry, you have a great chance to make a similar voyage. For the past 17 years, the annual British Festival of Speed ??at Goodwood as if there is a parallel dimension. Temporal boundaries are not at all! Festival of Speed ??- the only place on the planet, where for three days you can live for a century - the century of the formation and development of cars. Outside Albion today few people remember about the existence of this small town, lost among the endless fields of West Sussex. Meanwhile in the UK itself can hardly find a person, at least among native Britons, who would not know about this place. Goodwood entered into the history of world motor racing in the middle of last century. In the 50's and 60's of XX century it was considered a mecca of British motorsport as Silverstone. However, after a series of dramatic incidents, one of which in 1962 put an end to the international career of the legendary and still the most revered British driver Stirling Moss, Goodwood Motor Circuit was closed for the races in 1966 and turned into a test track. Four years later at Goodwood was finally imposed Silence. In 1970, during a test of his sports-prototype is death crash New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren, founder of the McLaren - the most successful British racing "stable" Formula 1 ". After this tragedy, the world of big races for years to two decades, almost forgot about the old Sussex track. Only in 1993, Goodwood has risen from obscurity when the lanes, among the surrounding fields, racetrack, held the first Festival of Speed. Since then passed 16 years, and over the years gudvudsky Festival of Speed ??has become, probably, in the most significant motorsport event of the Old World after the Grand Prix of Formula 1 and racing the 24 Hours of Le Mans. " Nowhere in the world can not see so much racing, sports, and just unique cars of all times, both at Goodwood! Nowhere else will you find such a number of legendary drivers past and present. Once a year, while there freezes, forming an incredible bunch of parallel worlds. Replacing each other, as if in a kaleidoscope eyes sweep over the pictures from the past, present and future of world motorsport. Anyone who was here once, will never be able to resist the temptation to pay a visit to Goodwood again and again. And no amount of economic upheaval can not stop the Brits on the way to this huge time machine. After all, love for the British motorsport absorb the mother's milk, not figurative, but in the most literal sense of the word. During the three days spent at the festival, we're not just once or twice encountered the mothers who were right there, amid the crowds of thousands, sitting against a tree 10 meters from the racetrack, breastfeed their newborn babies. Motorsport in the UK hobby, a way of life. Realizing this, somehow at once ceases to be amazed that the Festival of Speed ??in this God-forsaken deaf English province annually collects 150,000 visitors. However, we must admit, they have to look at. XVII Festival of Speed ??has become the most representative in history. The oldest participant Festival of Speed ??- 200-strong 25.4-liter Darraq - was born in 1905. Very same young specimens, among which was this year and the leader of a modern Formula 1 »Brawn GP BGP001, born only a couple of months and even weeks before the festival at Goodwood. And all these people from different times are not just standing in a makeshift boxing, and, one after another to the delight of the audience, tirelessly ironed asphalt paths and gravel rally special stages. The largest of this year was, of course, the Audi, which is in honor of its 100-year anniversary not only acted as title sponsor of the Festival of Speed ??2009, but brought to Goodwood almost all of its rings and rally cars: from pre-war Auto Union to modern diesel Sports-Prototype R15. List as of 120 pilots who for three days of races sat behind the wheel assembled at Goodwood automotive treasures, and at all able to turn a head to any fan of motorsport. Alone stars, "Formula 1", headed by the patriarch of the British motor sport 79 years by Sir Stirling Moss, piloted his racing Mercedes-Benz W196, 1955, the festival gathered a few dozen. Leader of the current world championship F1 Jenson Button, the current world champion Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Timo Glock, Eddie Irvine, David Coulthard, Riccardo Patrese, Jacky Ickx, world champions in 1980 and 1996 Alan Jones and Damon Hill, a triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart ... Of the ten teams of modern Formula 1 in Goodwood came six: McLaren, Williams, Brawn GP, ??Ferrari, Toyota and Red Bull. The total number of submissions at Goodwood Car Grand Prix and Formula 1 in different years was close to a hundred. No less impressive delegation headed by the champion team Citroen and first arrived in Goodwood five-time world champion Sebastien Loeb has collected and rally the festival program. Together with Seb asphalt and gravel trails festival conquered Dani Sordo, Walter rerl, Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Rauno Alton ... However, behind the wheel of racing cars in Goodwood lit up not only the stars of motorsport. Thus, the cult American TV star and, concurrently, the husband of Sandra Bullock, the show Monster Garage host Jesse James has brought to Goodwood one of his monsters - the newly built 7.2-liter Trophy Truck. The Icon Hollywood actor Peter Fonda sat behind the wheel of the motorcycle. And the legendary Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and does piloted at the festival vintage racing Auto Union Type D from 1938! The current Festival of Speed ??was a record not only on the number of stars and presented cars ... Though the festival races at Goodwood and have traditionally been exemplary in nature, it is still a sports festival, and all the results of races at the 1.16-mile road course, fixed. This year, as a year earlier, the best score at Goodwood left behind by Justin Lo at Jaguar XJR8 / 9. Stopping the stopwatch at around 44.4 s, Justin, as a year ago, three seconds, not held to an absolute record Goodwood, established 10 years ago, Nick Heidfeld at the wheel of McLaren-Mercedes «Formula 1. However, Lowe has managed to beat German driver in Formula-1 "on the number of" victories "at Goodwood. Success at the Festival of Speed ??2009 was already the fourth in the career of the British! The best results Festival of Speed ??at Goodwood in the years 1993-2009: 2009 Justin Law Jaguar XJR8 / 9 - 44.40 to 2008 Justin Law Jaguar XJR8 / 9 - 44.19 to 2007 Anthony Reid Nissan 350Z GT500 - 53.78 in 2006, Richard Lyons, Nissan 350Z - 49.51 with 2005 Justin Law Jaguar XJR12 - 47.96 to 2004 Justin Law Jaguar XJR12 - 49.26 with 2003 Grammy White Gould-Cosworth GR51 - 42.95 2002 Rod Millen's Toyota Celica 'Pikes Peak' - 47.40 2001 David Franklin Ferrari 712 - 48.26 2000 Martin Stretton Tyrrell -Cosworth P34 - 45.05 in 1999 Nick Heidfeld, McLaren-Mercedes MP4/13 - 41.60 1998 Nick Heidfeld, McLaren-Mercedes MP4/12 - 48.30 1997 Nick Heidfeld, McLaren-Mercedes MP4/12 - 50.00 1996 Jonathan Palmer Williams-Cosworth FW07B - 45.00 1995 Jonathan Palmer Williams-Cosworth FW08B - 46.06 1994 Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot MP4 / 9 - 47.80 1993 Willie Green Surtees-Cosworth DFV TS20 - 56.3 to
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