
James Hunt will be celebrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
The 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed will celebrate James Hunt, have umpteen star drivers, star cars and more than 600 cars on show.
Now we’re half way through April, the 2016 Goodwood Festival of SPeed is starting to loom,m and if you’ve never been you really should make the effort. It’s the world’s greatest petrolhead garden party.This year, Goodwood will be celebrating the career of Fi’s James Hunt, 40 years since he beat Niki Lauda to take the 1976 F1 title.
Examples of every important car Hunt drove will be on show, including McLaren, Surtees, Hesketh and Wolf F1 cars, as well as touring, sports and other formulae cars – and even Hunt’s beloved Austin A35.
Hunt’s family and friends will be on hand to help the celebration, and Tag Heuer will be offering a pair of James Hunt Anniversary limited edition watches if you fancy splashing the cash.
2016 Goodwood Star Drivers

Jenson Button at the Goodwood Festival of SPeed
One of the big deals at Goodwood is that visitors can get up close and personal with umpteen star drivers – and riders – and this year will be no different with racers from the world of F1, Le Mans, Rallkycross, Indy Car and more. Those confirmed so far include:
Grand Prix Winners
- Rene Arnoux
- Tony Brooks
- Jenson Button
- Emerson (and Wilson) Fittipaldi
- Jochen Mass
- Sir Stirling Moss
- Riccardo Patrese
- John Surtees
- Mark Webber
Le Mans winners
- Richard Attwood
- Derek Bell
- Emanuele Pirro and Vern Schuppan
- plus sports car legend Brian Redman
Motorcycle champions
- Giacomo Agostini
- Troy Corser
- Eddie Lawson
- Sammy Miller
Rallycross stars
- Ken Block
- Liam and Pat Doran
As well as Indy winner Kenny Brack and NASCAR’s Bobby Labonte
2016 Goodwood FoS – 100 Years of BMW

100 years of BMW at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Goodwood will also be celebrating 100 years of BMW, with a film honouring BMW’s successes in MotorSport, with many of the cars that will be at this year’s Goodwood, including:
- BMW 328 Touring Coupé ‘Superleggera’
- BMW 1800 TiSA
- BMW R 50S Kaczor
- BMW M1 Procar
- Brabham-BMW BT52
- BMW M3
- BMW 635 CSI
- McLaren-BMW F1 GTR Long Tail
- BMW V12 LMR
- BMW M3 DTM
- BMW S 1000 RR
Goodwood Festival of Speed – Win FREE tickets

2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed – win FREE tickets
Goodwood is running a competition to win Free tickets for this year’s events, so if you know your cars then see if you can identify those in the video below.
If you can, click over to YouTube and leave your guesses in the comments.
The 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed runs from 23-26 June 2016 (with the Moving Motor Show in the Thursday).



Lindsay Christmas says
Car A Maclaren P1 GTR
Car B Pagani Huayra
Car C Porsche GT3 RS
Car D Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid
Car E Porsche 919 Hybrid