What are you doing next weekend? If you're free, why don't you land up at Goodwood in the UK, for the famous Festival of Speed 2003?
You can rub shoulders with legendary and contemporary racing drivers and riders like Giacomo Agostini, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mick Doohan, Ralph Firman, Richard Burns, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Derek Bell, Jackie Ickx, Felipe Massa, Allan McNish, Nelson Piquet and of course, those redoubtable Brits, Stirling Moss and John Surtees.
Other celebrities, including Fabrizio Giugiaro, Jay Kay of Jamiroquai and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason are going to be there too.
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Not interested in people? Then there are always the great machines. Alfa Romeo's shipping in their victorious racing cars, BMW's bringing in their historic bikes and cars like the 3.0 CSL Batmobile, the M1 Procar and their 1999 Le Mans racer.
Of course, there will be most of the racing Ferraris, Porsches and the legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR coupe and SSKL among others. The rallying machines include the 1975 Lancia Stratos, 1985 Audi Quattro S1, 1986 Lancia Delta S4, 1986 Ford RS200, plus a host of other vintage racing machines. Yup, phew! is the word.
Thrice as nice
How did an event like this come about? The Earl of March held a private hillclimb in his estate at Goodwood in 1936 and in 1948, opened the Goodwood Motor Circuit.
After several decades, his grandson