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I am glad you like the pics.
I love cars and photography and this event really allowed me an opportunity to indulge both.
The drive to the venue also lets me stretch the 993.
Its great to be able to share the pics with car fans.
Yes its an annual event.
Essentially its a hill climb on Lord March's estate - the cars are amazing as you can see.
The website is:
http://www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/
Cheers
Tito
I love cars and photography and this event really allowed me an opportunity to indulge both.
The drive to the venue also lets me stretch the 993.
Its great to be able to share the pics with car fans.
Yes its an annual event.
Essentially its a hill climb on Lord March's estate - the cars are amazing as you can see.
The website is:
http://www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/
Cheers
Tito
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That was the Maybach Exelero - it has 700 hp.
http://www.maybach.ru/exelero/index_en.php
To add some atmosphere here is a list of the 'celeb' drivers from the website:
Who Drove What At The Festival Of Speed 2006
All the confirmed star drivers listed in alphabetical order with a summary of the vehicles that they competed in at the Festival this year.
Rauno Aaltonen, rallying superstar of the 1960s and Monte Carlo winner, drove a Mini Cooper S and a Austin Healey 3000 on the Forest Rally Stage.
Michael Ammermüller, who races in Red Bull’s GP2 team, drove the F1 car on Friday.
René Arnoux, GP winner with Renault and Ferrari, drove all weekend in one of his old Renault RE30 Grand Prix cars.
Chris Atkinson, Australia’s best current rally driver, took to the hill and the Forest Rally Stage in a Subaru Impreza WRC car.
Richard Attwood, Le Mans winner and GP driver, drove his BRM P261 up the hill throughout the weekend.
Troy Bayliss – former British and World Superbike Champion and this year’s runaway leader of the World Superbike Series – rode his Xerox Ducati FC-06.
Derek Bell was once more at the Festival all three days, drove a Jaguar E-type lightweight, a Grand Prix Ferrari 246 Dino, his Tecno F1 car and the Goodwood Rarekind Ford Transit van!
Charley Boorman, documentary maker and epic endurance motorcyclist, took to the hill on the BMW F650 GS on which he contested last January’s Dakar Rally.
Sir Jack Brabham, three-times F1 World Champion and a long-standing Goodwood favourite, drove all weekend in a Cooper-Climax T51 like that in which he won his first World title.
Russell Brookes, former British Champion and star of the British circuit, drove his 1985 title-winning Opel Manta 400 all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
Martin Brundle – Grand Prix star turned F1 commentator – was reunited with his Benetton-Ford B191 on Sunday.
Ralph Bryans rode some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
Jenson Button, Britain’s leading F1 driver, demonstrated the latest Honda F1 car on Sunday.
Jost Capito – Director, Ford Team RS and an experienced car, truck, and motorcycle racer – drove a Ford GT in the Sunday Times 'Driving' Supercar Run.
Troy Corser, reigning World Superbike Champion, rode his factory Suzuki GSXR1000.
Anthony Davidson, third driver with the Honda F1 team, drove the Honda RA301 at the Festival.
Gil de Ferran, Motor Sport Director of the Honda F1 team, drove the Honda RA301 car at the Festival.
Marcus Dodd, twice British Rally Champion, drove his Hyundai Accent WRC car all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
Robert Doornbos, test driver for Red Bull Racing, drove the latest F1 car on Saturday.
François Duval, Belgian WRC driver, drove his Skoda Fabia WRC up the hill and on the Forest Rally Stage.
Vic Elford, twice winner of the Targa Florio, drove his winning Porsche 908/3 all weekend.
James Ellison, one of Britain’s leading GP riders, demonstrated Kenny Roberts’ 1980 championship-winning Yamaha OW48.
Mick Extance, Britain’s leading challenger on the gruelling Dakar Rally, rode his Honda XR 650 throughout the weekend.
Tony Fall, former works BMC and Datsun rally driver, was in action in his Datsun 240Z all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
Gene Felton, hero of NASCAR and TransAm racing, drove a 1988 Chevrolet NASCAR.
Giancarlo Fisichella, Grand Prix star with Renault F1 team, drove the latest car on Sunday.
Oliver Gavin – reigning ALMS GT1 Champion and an ambassador for Festival sponsor Lloyds TSB Private Banking – drove the latest Chevrolet Corvette in the Sunday Times 'Driving' Supercar Run.
Marc Gené, test driver for Ferrari, took to the hill in a Ferrari F2004 and a F2005 on Saturday and Sunday of the Festival.
Stuart Graham rode the Honda RC174 brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
Marcus Gronholm, twice World Rally Champion, drove the latest Ford Focus WRC on both the hillclimb and the Forest Rally Stage.
Dan Gurney, the all-American racing hero, drove a range of historic cars from his varied career, including a Ford GT40, an AC Cobra and his Eagle-Weslake T1G.
Carl Haas, legendary Indycar team manager, was at the Festival throughout the weekend.
Mika Hakkinen, former F1 World Champion for West McLaren Mercedes, will take to the hill at the Festival on Saturday and Sunday, hopefully driving both a historic 1981 McLaren MP4 and the contemporary car.
Ron Haslam – Britain’s leading GP rider of the 1980s and father of current BSB star Leon – rode the famous Honda Elf 3, which he raced during the early 1990s.
Hurley Haywood, American sports car star, drove the Audi 200 Quattro in which he took the TransAm title.
Bob Heath, Grand Prix star for Honda, rode the evocative 1966 RC173.
Damon Hill, former F1 World Champion, took to the hill in a Lotus 49 F1 car on Sunday.
Mikko Hirvonen – second driver for the Ford World Rally team and currently lying 4th in the Championship – took to the hill and on the Forest Rally Stage on Saturday in the Ford Focus WRC car.
Christian Horner, principal of the Red Bull Racing F1 team, was at the Festival all weekend with the team.
Jacky Ickx, GP star and six-time Le Mans winner, was in action on the hill in a Lancia Ferrari D50 and on the Forest Rally Stage in a Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar car.
Alan Jones, former Grand Prix World Champion, drove a Williams FW06 from his early career and a Maserati 250F like that raced by his father Stan.
Parnelli Jones, the TransAm and Indycar racing legend, drove his title-winning Ford Mustang and two of the distinctive Indycars constructed by his own VPJ team.
Jodie Kidd, supermodel and enthusiastic racing driver, demonstrated her Maserati Trofeo Gran Sport all weekend.
Christian Klien, F1 star with Red Bull Racing, drove the team’s F1 car on Sunday.
Heikki Kovalainen, test driver for the Renault F1 team, drove the F1 car on Friday and Saturday.
Tom Kristensen, seven times Le Mans winner, drove the 2003 Le Mans-winning Bentley Speed 8 on the hill, and the Bentley Continental GTC in the Supercar Run.
Randy Mamola, Californian legend of 1980s and 1990s Grand Prix racing, demonstrated the unique two-seater Ducati GP bike all weekend, with the Earl of March as pillion-passenger on Sunday!
Nigel Mansell, Britain’s best loved F1 Champion, will drive a JPS-liveried Lotus 91 from his early career and his 1993 Championship-winning Newman-Haas Indycar.
Leo and Greg Mansell, racing sons of World Champion Nigel, drove their Formula BMW UK single-seaters throughout the weekend plus the F1 Lotus 91.
The Earl of March drove the Bugatti Veyron in the Sunday Times ‘Driving’ Supercar Run plus a CanAm Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder throughout the weekend.
Markko Märtin – Estonian ex-WRC driver for Ford and Peugeot – drove a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 up the hill and on the Forest Rally Stage.
Jochen Mass drove all weekend in the legendary Mercedes-Benz W154, which dominated Grand Prix racing in the 1930s and also the 2005 Dodge Charger all weekend.
John McGuinness, 11-time TT winner, rode the HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR on which he scored three wins and shattered lap and race records a few weeks ago on the infamous Isle of Man mountain circuit.
Allan McNish, Le Mans winner and former GP star, drove the record-breaking Audi R10 diesel Le Mans car throughout the weekend.
Colin McRae, former World Rally Champion, was in action all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage, and drove the RAC Rally-winning Subaru Impreza of his great friend and rival, Richard Burns, on the hillclimb.
Jeremy McWilliams, the well-known Grand Prix rider, rode the BMW K1200 R ‘Powercup’.
Arturo Merzario, Italian sports racing legend, drove the beautiful Alfa Romeos 33TT12, plus his 1972 winning Ferrari 312PB as part of the Targa Florio celebration.
Hannu Mikkola, 1983 World Rally Champion and designer of the Goodwood Forest Rally Stage, drove an Audi Quattro A2 Group B supercar throughout the weekend on the course he created.
Sir Stirling Moss drove all weekend in his 1958 Argentine GP-winning Cooper Climax T43, as well as the Mercedes-Benz W196 in which he dominated the 1955 season along with team leader Juan Manuel Fangio.
Sandro Munari, legendary Stratos driver and four-times winner of the Monte Carlo Rally, drove a magnificent Lancia Stratos on the hillclimb, and also made appearances on the Forest Rally Stage.
Kazuki Nakajima, son of Satoru Nakajima, the first ever full time F1 driver from Japan, drove the F3 title-winning Ralt-Toyota RT1 at the Festival.
Matt Neal, reigning British Touring Car Champion, was at the wheel of his Honda Integra Type-R BTCC car all weekend.
Warwick Nowland, twice World Endurance Champion, took to the hill on a Yamaha YZF R1.
Jackie Oliver, Le Mans winner, F1 driver and former Arrows F1 team owner, took to the hill over the weekend in a Ford GT40.
Gary Paffett, reigning DTM Champion, drove the latest McLaren-Mercedes F1 car on Saturday and Sunday. He has also been identified by Festival sponsor dunhill as an appropriate driver and received its ‘Future Champion’ award, which goes to a young British driver of outstanding talent. He also drove the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR car on Sunday.
Gilles Panizzi, charismatic French WRC driver, took to the hill and the Forest Rally Stage in a Peugeot 307 WRC car all weekend.
Richard Petty, the only man to win 200 NASCAR races, drove a 1972 Dodge Charger as well as a contemporary Dodge NASCAR.
Andy Priaulx, reigning World Touring Car Champion, drove his title-winning BMW 320i and the latest BMW Sauber F1 throughout the weekend.
Jim Redman rode the Honda RC162 brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend
Anthony Reid, stalwart of the British Touring Car Championship, drove the 1999 title-winning Nissan Primera.
Robert Reid – former co-driver of England’s only World Rally Champion, Richard Burns – was at the Festival throughout the weekend, managing the activities of The Richard Burns Foundation. This charity was set up earlier this year in memory of Richard, who died in 2005 following a long illness. Robert also co-drove on the hillclimb with Richard’s great friend and rival, Colin McRae.
John Reynolds, former British Superbike Champion, rode the latest Crescent Rizla Suzuki GSXR 1000.
David Richards, ex-rally co-driver and principal of Prodrive, took to the hill in a Ferrari 250GTO and the Prodrive P2 in the Sunday Times 'Driving' Supercar Run.
Tommy Robb rode the RC162 and RC174 classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
Nico Rosberg, Williams F1 driver and son of 1982 Champion Keke, drove the team’s latest Cosworth-powered car and also an ex-JYS 1968 Matra-Cosworth MS10 on Sunday.
Vern Schuppan – Le Mans winner and 1970s Grand Prix driver –demonstrated a historic Porsche 550A sports car.
Bruno Senna – nephew of late, great World Champion Ayrton Senna – drove his uncle’s 1985 Lotus-Renault 97T throughout the weekend.
Scott Smart, British Superbike rider and son of former Works Ducati star Paul, demonstrated the latest Suzuki GSXR 1000.
Petter Solberg, former World Rally Champion and leading contender in the WRC, was in action on the Forest Rally Stage on Saturday and Sunday in his Subaru Impreza. He also drove the car up the hillclimb.
Sir Jackie Stewart, three-times World Champion, drove his title-winning Matra and Tyrrell F1 cars, as well as the BRM P261 in which he won his first Grand Prix 40 years ago, plus the 2006 F1 Williams-Cosworth car.
Casey Stoner, 21-year-old Australian Grand Prix sensation, rode his 240bhp Honda RC211V.
John Surtees, the only man to be World Champion on two wheels and four, drove all weekend in the magnificent Honda RA300 in which he won the 1967 Italian Grand Prix.
Luigi Taveri rode the Honda RC162 classic racing bike brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
James Toseland, former World Superbike Champion, rode his Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR at the Festival. He also performed on the stage at the Cricket Pitch with his band, ‘Crash’.
Darren Turner, Works Aston Martin Sportscar driver, demonstrated the latest DBR9 fresh from the 24 Hour race at Le Mans.
Nino Vacarella, legendary three-time winner of the Targa Florio and local hero in Sicily, was in action in the beautiful Alfa Romeo 33TT12 sports-racing car.
Gijs van Lennep, winner of the last World Championship Targa Florio race in 1973, was reunited with his winning Porsche 911 RSR.
Chris Vermeulen, Australian Grand Prix rider, demonstrated the late, great, Barry Sheene’s 1975 Suzuki XR-14.
Björn Waldegård, the first man to win the World Rally Championship, was on the Forest Rally Stage throughout the weekend in his 1990 Safari Rally-winning Toyota Celica GT4 ST165.
Chris Walker, Britain’s hard-charging GP and Superbike star, rode a Kawasaki KR750 on which Mick Grant broke the TT lap record in 1976.
Mark Webber, lead driver with the Williams F1 team, drove the latest V8 car at the Festival on Saturday.
Malcolm Wilson – Britain’s leading rally driver during the explosive Group B period and now principal of the Ford M-Sport works rally team – was at the event all weekend with his WRC team.
Matthew Wilson, WRC driver and son of Group B star Malcolm, drove his Ford Focus WRC car on the Forest Rally Stage all weekend.
Ricardo Zonta, third driver with the Toyota F1 team, demonstrated the latest TF105 all weekend.
Tito
ps please excuse the long list
http://www.maybach.ru/exelero/index_en.php
To add some atmosphere here is a list of the 'celeb' drivers from the website:
Who Drove What At The Festival Of Speed 2006
All the confirmed star drivers listed in alphabetical order with a summary of the vehicles that they competed in at the Festival this year.
Rauno Aaltonen, rallying superstar of the 1960s and Monte Carlo winner, drove a Mini Cooper S and a Austin Healey 3000 on the Forest Rally Stage.
Michael Ammermüller, who races in Red Bull’s GP2 team, drove the F1 car on Friday.
René Arnoux, GP winner with Renault and Ferrari, drove all weekend in one of his old Renault RE30 Grand Prix cars.
Chris Atkinson, Australia’s best current rally driver, took to the hill and the Forest Rally Stage in a Subaru Impreza WRC car.
Richard Attwood, Le Mans winner and GP driver, drove his BRM P261 up the hill throughout the weekend.
Troy Bayliss – former British and World Superbike Champion and this year’s runaway leader of the World Superbike Series – rode his Xerox Ducati FC-06.
Derek Bell was once more at the Festival all three days, drove a Jaguar E-type lightweight, a Grand Prix Ferrari 246 Dino, his Tecno F1 car and the Goodwood Rarekind Ford Transit van!
Charley Boorman, documentary maker and epic endurance motorcyclist, took to the hill on the BMW F650 GS on which he contested last January’s Dakar Rally.
Sir Jack Brabham, three-times F1 World Champion and a long-standing Goodwood favourite, drove all weekend in a Cooper-Climax T51 like that in which he won his first World title.
Russell Brookes, former British Champion and star of the British circuit, drove his 1985 title-winning Opel Manta 400 all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
Martin Brundle – Grand Prix star turned F1 commentator – was reunited with his Benetton-Ford B191 on Sunday.
Ralph Bryans rode some of the classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
Jenson Button, Britain’s leading F1 driver, demonstrated the latest Honda F1 car on Sunday.
Jost Capito – Director, Ford Team RS and an experienced car, truck, and motorcycle racer – drove a Ford GT in the Sunday Times 'Driving' Supercar Run.
Troy Corser, reigning World Superbike Champion, rode his factory Suzuki GSXR1000.
Anthony Davidson, third driver with the Honda F1 team, drove the Honda RA301 at the Festival.
Gil de Ferran, Motor Sport Director of the Honda F1 team, drove the Honda RA301 car at the Festival.
Marcus Dodd, twice British Rally Champion, drove his Hyundai Accent WRC car all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
Robert Doornbos, test driver for Red Bull Racing, drove the latest F1 car on Saturday.
François Duval, Belgian WRC driver, drove his Skoda Fabia WRC up the hill and on the Forest Rally Stage.
Vic Elford, twice winner of the Targa Florio, drove his winning Porsche 908/3 all weekend.
James Ellison, one of Britain’s leading GP riders, demonstrated Kenny Roberts’ 1980 championship-winning Yamaha OW48.
Mick Extance, Britain’s leading challenger on the gruelling Dakar Rally, rode his Honda XR 650 throughout the weekend.
Tony Fall, former works BMC and Datsun rally driver, was in action in his Datsun 240Z all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage.
Gene Felton, hero of NASCAR and TransAm racing, drove a 1988 Chevrolet NASCAR.
Giancarlo Fisichella, Grand Prix star with Renault F1 team, drove the latest car on Sunday.
Oliver Gavin – reigning ALMS GT1 Champion and an ambassador for Festival sponsor Lloyds TSB Private Banking – drove the latest Chevrolet Corvette in the Sunday Times 'Driving' Supercar Run.
Marc Gené, test driver for Ferrari, took to the hill in a Ferrari F2004 and a F2005 on Saturday and Sunday of the Festival.
Stuart Graham rode the Honda RC174 brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
Marcus Gronholm, twice World Rally Champion, drove the latest Ford Focus WRC on both the hillclimb and the Forest Rally Stage.
Dan Gurney, the all-American racing hero, drove a range of historic cars from his varied career, including a Ford GT40, an AC Cobra and his Eagle-Weslake T1G.
Carl Haas, legendary Indycar team manager, was at the Festival throughout the weekend.
Mika Hakkinen, former F1 World Champion for West McLaren Mercedes, will take to the hill at the Festival on Saturday and Sunday, hopefully driving both a historic 1981 McLaren MP4 and the contemporary car.
Ron Haslam – Britain’s leading GP rider of the 1980s and father of current BSB star Leon – rode the famous Honda Elf 3, which he raced during the early 1990s.
Hurley Haywood, American sports car star, drove the Audi 200 Quattro in which he took the TransAm title.
Bob Heath, Grand Prix star for Honda, rode the evocative 1966 RC173.
Damon Hill, former F1 World Champion, took to the hill in a Lotus 49 F1 car on Sunday.
Mikko Hirvonen – second driver for the Ford World Rally team and currently lying 4th in the Championship – took to the hill and on the Forest Rally Stage on Saturday in the Ford Focus WRC car.
Christian Horner, principal of the Red Bull Racing F1 team, was at the Festival all weekend with the team.
Jacky Ickx, GP star and six-time Le Mans winner, was in action on the hill in a Lancia Ferrari D50 and on the Forest Rally Stage in a Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar car.
Alan Jones, former Grand Prix World Champion, drove a Williams FW06 from his early career and a Maserati 250F like that raced by his father Stan.
Parnelli Jones, the TransAm and Indycar racing legend, drove his title-winning Ford Mustang and two of the distinctive Indycars constructed by his own VPJ team.
Jodie Kidd, supermodel and enthusiastic racing driver, demonstrated her Maserati Trofeo Gran Sport all weekend.
Christian Klien, F1 star with Red Bull Racing, drove the team’s F1 car on Sunday.
Heikki Kovalainen, test driver for the Renault F1 team, drove the F1 car on Friday and Saturday.
Tom Kristensen, seven times Le Mans winner, drove the 2003 Le Mans-winning Bentley Speed 8 on the hill, and the Bentley Continental GTC in the Supercar Run.
Randy Mamola, Californian legend of 1980s and 1990s Grand Prix racing, demonstrated the unique two-seater Ducati GP bike all weekend, with the Earl of March as pillion-passenger on Sunday!
Nigel Mansell, Britain’s best loved F1 Champion, will drive a JPS-liveried Lotus 91 from his early career and his 1993 Championship-winning Newman-Haas Indycar.
Leo and Greg Mansell, racing sons of World Champion Nigel, drove their Formula BMW UK single-seaters throughout the weekend plus the F1 Lotus 91.
The Earl of March drove the Bugatti Veyron in the Sunday Times ‘Driving’ Supercar Run plus a CanAm Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder throughout the weekend.
Markko Märtin – Estonian ex-WRC driver for Ford and Peugeot – drove a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 up the hill and on the Forest Rally Stage.
Jochen Mass drove all weekend in the legendary Mercedes-Benz W154, which dominated Grand Prix racing in the 1930s and also the 2005 Dodge Charger all weekend.
John McGuinness, 11-time TT winner, rode the HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR on which he scored three wins and shattered lap and race records a few weeks ago on the infamous Isle of Man mountain circuit.
Allan McNish, Le Mans winner and former GP star, drove the record-breaking Audi R10 diesel Le Mans car throughout the weekend.
Colin McRae, former World Rally Champion, was in action all weekend on the Forest Rally Stage, and drove the RAC Rally-winning Subaru Impreza of his great friend and rival, Richard Burns, on the hillclimb.
Jeremy McWilliams, the well-known Grand Prix rider, rode the BMW K1200 R ‘Powercup’.
Arturo Merzario, Italian sports racing legend, drove the beautiful Alfa Romeos 33TT12, plus his 1972 winning Ferrari 312PB as part of the Targa Florio celebration.
Hannu Mikkola, 1983 World Rally Champion and designer of the Goodwood Forest Rally Stage, drove an Audi Quattro A2 Group B supercar throughout the weekend on the course he created.
Sir Stirling Moss drove all weekend in his 1958 Argentine GP-winning Cooper Climax T43, as well as the Mercedes-Benz W196 in which he dominated the 1955 season along with team leader Juan Manuel Fangio.
Sandro Munari, legendary Stratos driver and four-times winner of the Monte Carlo Rally, drove a magnificent Lancia Stratos on the hillclimb, and also made appearances on the Forest Rally Stage.
Kazuki Nakajima, son of Satoru Nakajima, the first ever full time F1 driver from Japan, drove the F3 title-winning Ralt-Toyota RT1 at the Festival.
Matt Neal, reigning British Touring Car Champion, was at the wheel of his Honda Integra Type-R BTCC car all weekend.
Warwick Nowland, twice World Endurance Champion, took to the hill on a Yamaha YZF R1.
Jackie Oliver, Le Mans winner, F1 driver and former Arrows F1 team owner, took to the hill over the weekend in a Ford GT40.
Gary Paffett, reigning DTM Champion, drove the latest McLaren-Mercedes F1 car on Saturday and Sunday. He has also been identified by Festival sponsor dunhill as an appropriate driver and received its ‘Future Champion’ award, which goes to a young British driver of outstanding talent. He also drove the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR car on Sunday.
Gilles Panizzi, charismatic French WRC driver, took to the hill and the Forest Rally Stage in a Peugeot 307 WRC car all weekend.
Richard Petty, the only man to win 200 NASCAR races, drove a 1972 Dodge Charger as well as a contemporary Dodge NASCAR.
Andy Priaulx, reigning World Touring Car Champion, drove his title-winning BMW 320i and the latest BMW Sauber F1 throughout the weekend.
Jim Redman rode the Honda RC162 brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend
Anthony Reid, stalwart of the British Touring Car Championship, drove the 1999 title-winning Nissan Primera.
Robert Reid – former co-driver of England’s only World Rally Champion, Richard Burns – was at the Festival throughout the weekend, managing the activities of The Richard Burns Foundation. This charity was set up earlier this year in memory of Richard, who died in 2005 following a long illness. Robert also co-drove on the hillclimb with Richard’s great friend and rival, Colin McRae.
John Reynolds, former British Superbike Champion, rode the latest Crescent Rizla Suzuki GSXR 1000.
David Richards, ex-rally co-driver and principal of Prodrive, took to the hill in a Ferrari 250GTO and the Prodrive P2 in the Sunday Times 'Driving' Supercar Run.
Tommy Robb rode the RC162 and RC174 classic racing bikes brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
Nico Rosberg, Williams F1 driver and son of 1982 Champion Keke, drove the team’s latest Cosworth-powered car and also an ex-JYS 1968 Matra-Cosworth MS10 on Sunday.
Vern Schuppan – Le Mans winner and 1970s Grand Prix driver –demonstrated a historic Porsche 550A sports car.
Bruno Senna – nephew of late, great World Champion Ayrton Senna – drove his uncle’s 1985 Lotus-Renault 97T throughout the weekend.
Scott Smart, British Superbike rider and son of former Works Ducati star Paul, demonstrated the latest Suzuki GSXR 1000.
Petter Solberg, former World Rally Champion and leading contender in the WRC, was in action on the Forest Rally Stage on Saturday and Sunday in his Subaru Impreza. He also drove the car up the hillclimb.
Sir Jackie Stewart, three-times World Champion, drove his title-winning Matra and Tyrrell F1 cars, as well as the BRM P261 in which he won his first Grand Prix 40 years ago, plus the 2006 F1 Williams-Cosworth car.
Casey Stoner, 21-year-old Australian Grand Prix sensation, rode his 240bhp Honda RC211V.
John Surtees, the only man to be World Champion on two wheels and four, drove all weekend in the magnificent Honda RA300 in which he won the 1967 Italian Grand Prix.
Luigi Taveri rode the Honda RC162 classic racing bike brought to the Festival by Honda Collection Hall throughout the weekend.
James Toseland, former World Superbike Champion, rode his Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR at the Festival. He also performed on the stage at the Cricket Pitch with his band, ‘Crash’.
Darren Turner, Works Aston Martin Sportscar driver, demonstrated the latest DBR9 fresh from the 24 Hour race at Le Mans.
Nino Vacarella, legendary three-time winner of the Targa Florio and local hero in Sicily, was in action in the beautiful Alfa Romeo 33TT12 sports-racing car.
Gijs van Lennep, winner of the last World Championship Targa Florio race in 1973, was reunited with his winning Porsche 911 RSR.
Chris Vermeulen, Australian Grand Prix rider, demonstrated the late, great, Barry Sheene’s 1975 Suzuki XR-14.
Björn Waldegård, the first man to win the World Rally Championship, was on the Forest Rally Stage throughout the weekend in his 1990 Safari Rally-winning Toyota Celica GT4 ST165.
Chris Walker, Britain’s hard-charging GP and Superbike star, rode a Kawasaki KR750 on which Mick Grant broke the TT lap record in 1976.
Mark Webber, lead driver with the Williams F1 team, drove the latest V8 car at the Festival on Saturday.
Malcolm Wilson – Britain’s leading rally driver during the explosive Group B period and now principal of the Ford M-Sport works rally team – was at the event all weekend with his WRC team.
Matthew Wilson, WRC driver and son of Group B star Malcolm, drove his Ford Focus WRC car on the Forest Rally Stage all weekend.
Ricardo Zonta, third driver with the Toyota F1 team, demonstrated the latest TF105 all weekend.
Tito
ps please excuse the long list
Last edited by Tito; 07-30-2006 at 01:43 PM.
