Si alguien me preguntara los eventos más icónicos del automovilismo no dudaría en enumerar el Festival de la Velocidad de Goodwood junto a otras grandes citas como las 24 Horas de Nürburgring, Le Mans, el Rallye de Monte-Carlo, Pikes Peak o el siempre espectacular GP de Mónaco. La cita británica nos permite disfrutar en un mismo evento de algunos de los coches que han marcado la historia de las cuatro ruedas, tanto en competición con en vehículos de serie o concept cars.
Este año no será para menos, además de las numerosas presentaciones que tendremos entre los coches ajenos a la competición como el Abarth 124 Spider, el Alpine Vision, los superdeportivos Bugatti Chiron y Mercedes AMG GT-R o los próximos juguetes que todo aficionado a conducir querrá probar al menos una vez: el Renault Twingo GT y Ford Fiesta ST200. Sin embargo, como lo que mueve nuestro corazón son las carreras, también tendremos que fijarnos en la espectacular lista de pilotos y maquinas que allí se darán cita.
Como somos consciente de vuestra eterna curiosidad, os hemos adjuntado la lista oficial provisional que los responsables del Festival de la Velocidad de Goodwood han hecho pública. Destacaremos algunos nombres como los de Roberg, Hamilton, Gené, Button, Hülkenberg, Block, Agostini, Berger, Brundle, Ross Brawn, el ex-Stig Ben Collins, Ragnotti, Latvala, Moss o una nutrida representación de Campeones del Mundo de Motociclismo como Nicky Hayden o Giacomo Agostini.
Si no estáis babeando ya con los pilotos que hemos destacado (y los que no hemos mencionado) echadle un vistazo a las máquinas de competición que formarán parte de la exhibición y algunos de ellos de la ‘crono escalada’. Sólo os digo que justo al final de este párrafo tendréis el streaming por el que podréis seguir en directo y gratis con nosotros el FoS de Goodwood 2016. No os lo perdáis.
Participantes inscritos en el FoS de Goodwood 2016:
| First Name | Surname | Who They Are | What They’re Driving |
| Giacomo | Agostini | 15-time Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion | Riding an MV Agusta |
| Bruce | Anstey | 11-time TT winner, first rider to lap the Mountain Course at 132mph | Riding the Padgetts Racing 2016 Senior TT bike |
| Rene | Arnoux | Former F1 driver, 7 GP victories with Renault and Ferrari | Driving a classic Renault up the Hill |
| Roland | Asch | 1970 Le Mans winner and works BRM, Cooper and Lotus F1 driver | Driving a Mercedes up the hill |
| Richard | Attwood | Le Mans winner and Former Formula 1 driver | Driving a Porsche 917/30 Can-Am car |
| Derek | Bell | Five-time Le Mans winner, F1 driver and endurance racing legend | Driving the 1972 Mirage GR7 of James Hunt and the new Bentley Bentayga |
| Gerhard | Berger | Formula 1 Veteran with 10 grand prix victories | Will be here with his 2008 Toro Rosso |
| Ed | Berrier | Second-generation NASCAR Driver | Driving a 2016 Chevrolet SS NASCAR |
| Frank | Biela | Five-time Le Mans 24 Hour winner, four-time Sebring 12 hours winner, 1996 BTCC champion | Driving a 1990 Audi V8 Quattro DTM |
| Ken | Block | Gymkhana legend, creator of DC Shoes and international rally star | Driving his 2015 Ford Fiesta RX43 (Gymkhana 8 car) |
| David | Brabham | Son of the late Sir Jack Brabham, 2009 Le Mans winner and ex-F1 driver | Driving the 2013 Bentley Continental GT3 |
| Kenny | Brack | 1998 Indy Racing League (IndyCar) champion and 1999 Indy 500 winner | Driving Lanzante’s 2015 McLaren P1 LM |
| Ross | Brawn | Formula 1 Team Principal, director and engineer for three championship-winning teams (Benetton, Ferrari and Brawn) | Will be here with his 2009 championship winning Brawn |
| Russell | Brookes | Two-time British Rally champion in 1977 and 1985, 3-consecutive RAC Rally podiums (1977-79) | Will be driving a Sunbeam Lotus on the Forest Rally Stage |
| Martin | Brundle | 1990 Le Mans winner, Formula 1 driver and commentator | Driving the 2009 World Championship-winning Brawn BGP001 |
| Buttsy | Butler | Professional Drifter for Monster Energy | Drifting his unique Sauber F1 car and his Toyota Soarer |
| Vicki | Butler-Henderson | Former Top Gear and current Fifth Gear presenter | Driving the Arash AF10 in the Supercar Run |
| Jenson | Button | 2009 F1 World Champion and current McLaren F1 star | Driving the brand new Honda NSX |
| Ricky | Carmichael | Nicknamed «Greatest Of All Time» (GOAT) and the most decorated Motocross and Supercross rider ever | Riding a Suzuki motocross bike up the hill |
| Alan | Cathcart | Veteran road racer and award winning motorcycle journalist | Riding a Bianchi GP from the Sammy Miller Collection |
| Johnny | Cecotto | 1975 350cc Champion, 1978 Motorcycling Formula 750 Champion, 2nd in 1982 Euro F2, front runner in early 90s DTM | Driving 1993 BMW M3 DTM car |
| Karun | Chandhok | Former Formula 1 driver for Lotus and Hispania Racing, as well as Red Bull Test driver, currently competing in Formula E | Driving a Williams FW17 |
| Richard | Childress | former NASCAR driver and current team owner of Richard Childress Racing | Driving his team’s 2016 Chevrolet SS #3 NASCAR of Austin Dillon |
| Olly | Clark | UK Time Attack champion 2008 | Driving Gobstopper II |
| Robert | Collard | BTCC race winner, long-serving driver with West Surrey Racing | |
| Ben | Collins | Best known as The Stig from BBC’s Top Gear TV show, Ben’s race pedigree included Formula 3 and Le Mans. | Driving a Ford F-150 Raptor – tough off-roader in a race livery |
| Mike | Conway | Current FIA WEC Driver and FIA Formula E driver, Formula Renault UK Champion (’04) and British F3 Champion (’06) | Driving Toyota’s GT86 on the hill and the Rally stage |
| Josh | Cook | Current BTCC driver, 2015 Jack Sears Trophy winner | Competing in the BTCC Shootout with Triple Eight Racing |
| Troy | Corser | Two-time world superbike champion and veteran road racer | Riding a BMW Kaczor R50S |
| Maria | Costello | First woman to stand on the podium in an Isle of Man motorcycling event (2005 Manx Grand Prix). Made an MBE in 2009 | Riding a BMW Kaczor R50S |
| Helmut | Daehne | Former endurance motorcycle racer, holder of the last «official» motorcycle record around the Nordschleife | Riding a BMW R90S 1976 |
| Robert | Dahlgren | Longest serving Volvo works driver across a number of series including STCC, WTCC, V8 Supercars | Driving the Volvo V60 Polestar in First Glance |
| Yannick | Dalmas | Four-time Le Mans winner and former F1 driver with Larrousse | Driving the BMW V12 LMP |
| Jean-Phillipe | Dayraut | Six-Time Andros Trophy Ice Racing Champion (2009-2015), 3rd at 2013 Pikes Peak Hillclimb, 2001 French Supertouring Champion | Taking his Mitjet Mini Pikes Peak up the hill |
| James | Deane | 2011, 2014 and 2015 Drift Allstars European Champion, | Drifting his Nissan 200XS |
| Giniel | de Villiers | 2009 Paris Dakar Rally champion | Driving the Toyota Hilux on the Rally Stage |
| Nyck | de Vries | GP3 driver, FRenault 2.0 Eurocup/Alps champion in 2014, 3rd in FRenault 3.5 in 2015 | Driving the 1984 McLaren MP4/2 up the Hill |
| Liam | Doran | Son of Pat and WRX star | Driving his Citroen DS3 RX up the hill |
| Pat | Doran | Four-time British Rallycross Champion, European Rallycross round winner | Driving the Ford RS200 Pikes Peak up the hill |
| Peter | Dumbreck | Former DTM and Le Mans driver. | Driving the Aston Martin Vulcan on Friday |
| Colin | Edwards | Two-time world superbike champion and MotoGP rider | Riding the Barry Sheene’s Yamaha OW48R YZR500 |
| Emerson | Fittipaldi | Two-time Formula 1 World Champion, two-time indy 500 winner and CART champion | Will be driving a Penske PC22 on the hill |
| Kelvin | Fletcher | BTCC driver with Power Maxed Racing, best known as Andy Sugden in Emmerdale | Competing in the BTCC Shootout with Power Maxed Racing |
| Troy | Flis | Spirit of Daytona Racing owner | Driving the Spirit of Daytona DP |
| Carl | Fogarty | Four-time world superbike champion, the most successful world superbike racer of all time | Riding Triumphs up the Hill |
| Marino | Franchitti | Sportscar driver, winner of 2014 12 Hours of Sebring | Driving a 2016 Ford GTLM up the hill |
| Patrick | Friesacher | Festival favourite and former Minardi F1 driver | Driving the Red Bull NASCAR he made a scene with in 2015 |
| Howden | Ganley | Former F1 and Can-Am driver, and Le Mans podium finisher | Will be driving on the hill |
| Pierre | Gasly | GP2 driver and Reserve driver for Red Bull Racing. 2014 FRenault 3.5 runner up | Driving the RB8 |
| Marc | Gené | 2009 24LM winner, Former Minardi and Williams F1 driver and Ferrari test driver | Driving the Ferrari F10 |
| Fabrizio | Giovanardi | European touring car legend with BTCC, ETCC and European Super Touring championship titles | Will be driving on the hill |
| Bill | Goldberg | Former top Professional Wrestler and NFL player and now actor | Driving a NASCAR Toyota Tundra Truck |
| Chris | Goodwin | McLaren chief test driver and Revival hero | Driving two McLarens in the Supercar run and a McLaren Can-Am car |
| Marc | Goossens | Le Mans Veteran, FIA GT and F3000 driver | Driving a 2012 Coyote Corvette |
| Stuart | Graham | The only post-war winner of TT races on two and four wheels | Riding a pair of classic Honda motorcycles |
| Vaughn | Gittin Jr | Professional drifter in Formula D | Drifting Monster Energy Ford Mustang up the hill |
| Mattie | Griffin | World-renowned stunt rider | Riding his Honda F800R |
| Sylvain | Guintoli | 2014 World Superbike Champion | Riding his WSBK Yamaha YZF-R1 (if fit) |
| Lewis | Hamilton | Three-tim Formula 1 World Champion | Driving the Mercedes W05 Hybrid |
| Nicky | Hayden | 2006 MotoGP champion and current Superbike World Championship | Riding a Honda RC213V |
| Mark | Higgins | Three-time British Rally Champion (’97, ’05, ’06) | Driving his Isle of Man record-holding Subaru Impreza |
| James | Hillier | Isle of Man TT winner 2013, current lightweight TT lap record holder | Riding his TT Kawasaki ZX-10R |
| Lee | Holman | Legendary American owner of NASCAR, drag-racing, rally and sportscar team Holman-Moody Racing | Driving a 1963 NASCAR Ford Galaxie |
| Sir Chris | Hoy | Britain’s most successful Olympian ever, with 6 cycling gold medals, 2015 ELMS LMP3 Champion, now Nissan LMP2 driver | Driving the Ligier-Nissan JSP2 LMP2 car |
| Nico | Hulkenburg | Current Formula 1 driver with Force India, 2015 Le Mans winner in Porsche 919 Hybrid | Driving a Sunbeam Land Speed Record car on the hill |
| Freddie | Hunt | James Hunt’s son and current Euro NASCAR racer | Will be here to celebrate 40 years since his father’s F1 World Championship |
| Tom | Hunt | James Hunt’s son | Will be here to celebrate 40 years since his father’s F1 World Championship |
| Jean-Pierre | Jabouille | Two-time Grand Prix winner with Renault | Driving a 1977 Renault F1 car |
| Tony | Jardine | Former F1 pundit and pit reporter | Forest Rally Stage commentator |
| Andrew | Jordan | 2013 BTCC champion, Junior British Rallycross Champion | Driving his BTCC Ford Focus and an Audi S1 EKS RX |
| Jordan | King | Current GP2 driver and Formula 1 development driver with Manor Racing. | Driving a Vuhl 05 in the Supercar run |
| Ian | King | Nine-time European Top Fuel drag bike champion | Riding his drag bike up the hill |
| Bobby | Labonte | Current NASCAR Driver and ’00 Winston Cup Series Winner, ’01 IROC champion | Driving a 1972 NASCAR Dodge Charger |
| Jari-Matti | Latvala | Most successful rally driver to not win a championship, current VW works driver | Driving his VW Polo R WRC on hill and rally stage |
| Ellen | Lohr | DTM race winner and current Dakar rally driver | Driving a racing Mercedes Truck up the hill |
| Andre | Lotterer | 2012 World Endurance Champion, three-time Le Mans winner, two-time Super GT champion, 2011 Formula Nippon champion | Driving up the hill |
| Alex | Lowes | Current WSBK rider, 2013 BSB champion | Riding his current WSBK bike |
| Klaus | Ludwig | Master of touring cars and sportscars with championships in DRM, Le Mans, DTM and FIA GT | Driving a Mercedes DTM car on the hill |
| James | Martin | TV chef, Mini enthusiast and Revival racer | Riding an Energica bike on the hill and a Mini on the Rally Stage |
| Nick | Mason | Pink Floyd drummer and legendary classic car fanatic | Driving an Auto Union Type C |
| Jochen | Mass | ’70s Formula 1 legend and sports car Champion | Driving an RS2600 up the hill |
| John | McGuinness | 23-time Isle of Man TT winner, second most successful TT rider ever, has a corner named after him on the course | Riding the Mugen Shinden electric TT bike |
| Arturo | Merzario | Former F1 driver, finished 2nd at Le Mans in 1973 in a Ferrari 312B | Driving up the hill |
| Sammy | Miller | Two-time European Trials Champion and motorcycle museum owner | Riding two bikes from his collection – Crescent GP and Norton Lowboy |
| Andy | Middlehurst | ’90s BTCC privateer, finished 9th overall in 1991, multiple Revival winner | Driving a Lotus 43 on the hill |
| Adam | Morgan | BTCC race winner with WIX Racing | Driving his BTCC Mercedes A-Class in the BTCC Shootout |
| Sir Stirling | Moss | Arguably Britain’s greatest racing driver with 16 F1 wins and 12 in World Sportscars | |
| Matt | Neal | Three-time BTCC Champion (’05, ’06 and ’11) | Driving his Honda Civic Type-R in the BTCC Shootout |
| Michael | Neeves | MCN road tester | Riding a BMW S1000RR |
| Adrian | Newey | Legendary F1 engineer, designed 10 championship cars with winning Williams, McLaren and Red Bull cars | Driving 2008 Toro Rosso that took Vettel to his first GP victory |
| Jolyon | Palmer | Renault F1 driver, 2014 GP2 champion | Driving the Renault Sport E20 up the hill |
| Riccardo | Patrese | Former F1 driver, 6 wins and finished 2nd overall in 1992 | Driving the Brabham BT52 in the BMW Centenary display |
| Charles | Pic | Former Marussia and Caterham F1 driver, also competed in Formula E, finishing 4th in first ever FE race | Driving the Formula E car up the hill |
| Emanuele | Pirro | Five-time Le Mans winner with Audi, two times ALMS champion also with Audi | Driving a Porsche 908/3 on the hill |
| Jason | Plato | Two-time BTCC champion. Most wins in BTCC history | Driving his Team BMR Subaru Levorg in the BTCC Shootout |
| Andy | Priaulx | Current WEC driver with Ford, European Touring Car Champion, three times WTCC champiopn | Driving up the hill |
| Scott | Pruett | Former CART, NASCAR, V8 Supercars, and Le Mans racer, winner of the 2014 | Driving the Lexus RC-F GT3 up the hill |
| Jean | Ragnotti | WRC winner of three rallies | Driving the Renault 5 Maxi Turbo up the hill in Ultimate Rally Cars |
| Roberto | Ravaglia | Touring car legend – 1987 WTCC, 85/86 ETCC, 89 DTM, 90/91/92 Italian Touring car Champion, 2 Spa 24hr wins, 2 N24 wins. ROAL Motorsport boss | Driving a 2012 DTM BMW |
| Phil | Read | Legendary Grand Prix motorcycle racer goes by the name of ‘the Prince of Speed’ | Riding a Suzuki XR35 RG500 |
| Brian | Redman | Legend of sportscar racing winning the Targa Florio, 12 Hours of Sebring (twice) and the Spa-Francorchamps 1,000km | Driving a Porsche 917 Can-Am car |
| Anthony | Reid | Veteran of sports and touring car racing, finished 2nd in BTCC in 1998 and 2000 | |
| Nico | Rosberg | Current Mercedes-AMG F1 driver | Driving the Mercedes W05 Hybrid |
| Vern | Schuppan | 1983 Le Mans winner, finished on the podium a further three times. | |
| Bruno | Senna | Former F1 driver with Hispania, Lotus and Williams, current Formula E driver with Mahindra | Driving the McLaren P1 GTR up the hill in the Supercar Run |
| Gordon | Shedden | Two-time and current BTCC champion | Driving his Honda Civic Type-R in the BTCC Shootout |
| Freddie | Sheene | Barry Sheene’s son | Riding one of his father’s GP bikes and BTCC Toyota Supra |
| Mike | Skinner | 1995 NASCAR Truck Series Champion | Driving one of his Toyota Tundra NASCAR trucks |
| Steve | Soper | Major touring and sportscar driver winning 24 hours of Nürburgring and Spa, BTCC Legend | Driving a 1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail |
| Freddie | Spencer | ‘Fast Freddie’ won both 250cc and 500cc GP Championships in 1985 | |
| Sir Jackie | Stewart | Three-time F1 World Champion – 1969, 1971 and 1973 | Driving a Lotus 43 and Lola T70 Spyder on the hill |
| Marc | Surer | Former F1 driver with Ensign, ATS, Theodore, Arrows and Brabham. Won the 1979 F2 championship | |
| John | Surtees | The only person to win Motorcycle and Formula 1 World Championships | Driving a Lola T70 Spyder |
| Ashley | Sutton | Current BTCC Driver, 2015 Renault Clio Cup UK winner | Driving the Triple Eight Racing MG6 in the BTCC Shootout |
| Tom | Sykes | 2013 World Superbike champion. Current rider with Kawasaki | Riding a Kawasaki ZX10R in race livery |
| Dave | Thorpe | Three-time world motorcross champion | |
| Sam | Tordoff | Current BTCC Driver and former Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup GB driver. | Driving the WSR BMW 125i M-Sport in the BTCC Shootout |
| Darren | Turner | Current FIA WEC driver, two-time winner of Le Mans (GT1 Class – 2007 and 2008), former BTCC, Formula 1 test and DTM driver | Driving the Aston Martin Vulcan on Saturday and Sunday |
| Oliver | Webb | 2010 British Formula 3 champion, 2014 ELMS Champion, WEC driver | Driving a BAC Mono in Race Cars for the Road |
| Mad Mike | Whiddett | Red Bull backed drifing legend | Drifting his Mazda RX7 up the hill |
| Susie | Wolff | Ex-Williams Test driver, DTM, formula 3 and Formula renault driver | Driving a Mercedes 300 SLS on the hill |
| Toto | Wolff | Executive director of Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team | Will be here with the Mercedes F1 Team |
| Franz | Wurz | Three-time Euro Rallycross champion (’74, ’76 and ’82) | Driving his 1976 championship winning Lancia Stratos up the hill |
| Alex | Wurz | F1 from 97-07, two-time Le Mans winner | Driving his father’s 1976 championship winning Lancia Stratos up the hill |
| Alex | Zanardi | Former F1 driver, double Indycar champion and now Paralympic cycling champion | Driving a BMW Z4 GT3 |
| Jeff | Zwart | Multiple Pikes Peak winner, also known for commercial campaigns with Porsche, BMW, Cadillac, GM, Hyundai and Ford |
