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Wayne
Gardner
Winner of the World 500cc Championship in 1987 and the British title in 1985; twice British TT Formula One Champion and twice winner of the Castrol 6 Hour race; winner of the MCN Masters Championship and twice ITV World of Sport Champion; after retiring from motorcycle racing, went on to race Touring Cars in his native Australia.
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Bob
Garretson
1981 World Sports Car Champion; winner of the Sebring 12 hours and Daytona 24 hours.
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Mike
Gascoyne
One of the world’s top racing car designers who has worked for F1 teams including McLaren, Tyrrell, Jordan, Renault and Spyker.
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Oliver Gavin
Former British Formula 3 Champion and multiple class winner at Le Mans; also drove safety car in F1 throughout the 1990s.
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Marc Gene
Former Minardi F1 driver and test driver for Scuderia Ferrari; also involved with the Peugeot 908 Le Mans Series effort.
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Peter
Gethin
Formula One driver for McLaren and BRM, winner of the fastest-run GP in history, at Monza 1971, where he averaged 150.75mph.
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Bruno Giacomelli
F1 driver with McLaren, Alfa Romeo and Toleman; also raced in Indycar.
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Dieter
Glemser
German Touring Car star; 1971 European Touring Car Champion; German Racing Champion in 1973 and 1974; winner of the Spa 24 hours and Tourist Trophy.
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Will Gollop
Multiple British and European Rallycross Champion.
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José
Froilan Gonzalez
Built more like a wrestler than a racing driver, 'The Pampas Bull' won Ferrari's first ever GP at Silverstone in 1951; drove BRM V16s and the 'Thinwall Special'; also a Le Mans winner.
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Stuart
Graham
Race-winning World Championship motorcyclist, works rider for Honda and Suzuki; Isle of Man TT winner; later turned to touring and GT cars, driving mainly for the works Ford team; twice winner of the RAC Tourist Trophy, making him the only man to win TTs on two and four wheels.
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Mick
Grant
Isle of Man TT legend, winning seven times and setting numerous records. |
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Andy Green
Holder of the Outright and Diesel Powered – World Land Speed Records. |
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Marcus
Gronholm
Rallying’s superstar who became World Champion in 2000, his first full season; added a second title in 2002. |
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Jean Guichet
Works Ferrari sports car driver; Le Mans winner in 1964.
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Dan
Gurney
GP and Le Mans winner; celebrated GP and IndyCar constructor with his famous Eagle cars; one of just three drivers to win a GP in a car he built himself; still manages his famous All American Racers team. |
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Hubert
Hahne
1966 European Touring Car Class Champion, and winner of Spa 24 hours that year.
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Jim
Hall
Sports car racer and creator of the legendary Chaparral sports-racing cars; winner of Sebring 12 hour race; 11 times a GP starter; winner of 1965 Canadian Sports Car GP in a Chaparral.
“The Festival of Speed has been the opportunity to meet, or reacquaint myself, or share a moment or a memory with old friends. An experience that I have not been able to equal anywhere in the world.”
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Lewis Hamilton
Young British F1 sensation driving for McLaren-Mercedes; narrowly missed out on a rookie F1 World Championship by only one point.
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Peter Hardman
Raced sports cars professionally at Le Mans and Daytona 24 hour races; also drove in Formula 3000 and a race winner in American Super Touring series; now one of the top historic racers in sports and GT cars.
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Carl Haas
Legendary IndyCar team manager, half of the Famous Newman-Haas racing team.
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Mika Hakkinen
Former double F1 World Champion for West McLaren Mercedes and current Mercedes driver in DTM.
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Ron Haslam
Britain’s leading GP rider of the 1980s and father of current BSB star Leon.
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Hurley Haywood
Accomplished sports car driver with multiple Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring wins.
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Nicky Hayden
Former Moto GP World Champion with current team Repsol Honda.
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Bob Heath
One of the most successful Manx GP riders still alive.
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Nick Heidfeld
GP driver with Prost and Sauber and now BMW; 1999 FIA F3000 champion; set Goodwood hillclimb record of 41.6secs in 1999 while McLaren test driver.
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Johnny
Herbert
Hugely popular three-time GP winner with Benetton and Stewart; took Stewart Racing’s sole GP victory.
“A very special memory was driving the 1993 F1 McLaren, the car in which Ayrton Senna, one of my all time stars, won at Donington in 1993, for me the best race he drove. To actually sit in that seat was awe-inspiring.” |
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Damon Hill
Britain’s last F1 World Champion in 1996; winner of 22 GPs; son of double World Champion Graham.
“I’ve always enjoyed coming to Goodwood. I really get into the feel of the place and have a good time.”
“Since I’ve retired I haven’t been doing very much. But it’s great to be back.”
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Phil
Hill
F1 World Champion in 1961 for Ferrari; three-time Le Mans winner with Ferrari.
“The Festival is a wonderful annual reunion for all us old ‘pilots’. We get together on the Goodwood lawns, and recall the old days over an intimate lunch or while ‘taking tea’ in the finest British tradition” |
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Mikko Hirvonen
Ford World Rally team driver and team mate to Marcus Gronholm.
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Neil Hodgson
Former British Superbike and World Superbike Champion; has also ridden in Moto GP and AMA.
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Paddy Hopkirk
British rally driver and famous winner of the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper S.
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Christian Horner
Team Principal of Red Bull Racing F1.
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Jacky Ickx
Six-times Le Mans winner and sports car legend; eight time GP winner and twice F1 Championship runner-up with Ferrari.
“This event could not be staged anywhere else in the world. There is contact between spectators and drivers and cars and there is emotion and passion. I love it.”
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Eddie
Irvine
GP winner and F1 Championship runner up with Ferrari as a team mate to Schumacher; went on to lead Jaguar F1 team. |
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Jean-Pierre
Jabouille
The first man to win a Grand Prix in a turbo-powered car, for Renault in 1979; also European F2 Champion in 1976.
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Tony Jardine
Independent television F1 pundit and enthusiastic saloon car driver; worked for Brabham, McLaren and Lotus teams in F1; occasional privateer rally driver.
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Jean-Pierre
Jaussaud
Twice Le Mans winner in 1978 and 1980; French F3 Champion and a race winner in European F2.
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Stefan Johansson
F1 driver for Ferrari and McLaren; moved on to IndyCar in the 1990s.
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Junior
Johnson
NASCAR hero from the 1960s. |
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Alan Jones
The driver that took Williams into the GP front-line; the team’s first F1 World Champion in 1980.
“My first visit to the Festival was in 2000. Being reunited with an FW07 – the car I won the Drivers’ Championship in – was a surreal experience, undoubtedly my first high of the event.”
“It was the first time I’d had my bum in an open-wheeler for 15 years. I’d heard great reports about the Festival, but the reality exceeded them all.”
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Parnelli Jones
IndyCar legend who won the Indy 500 at only his third attempt; fast and ruthlessly aggressive, he scored seven wins but always missed out in the title hunt; went on to race in TransAm, taking the 1970 title.
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Reinhold
Jost
Sports car racer; winner of the 1976 Nurburgring 300km and the 1980 Daytona 24 hours.
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Juha
Kankunnen
Three-time World Rally Champion, and one of the most successful drivers of all time with 23 World Rally victories.
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Yukio Kagayama
Former BSB and current WSB rider for Alstare Suzuki.
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Willi
Kauhsen
1967 European Touring Car Class Champion; successful privateer in endurance racing; winner of the 1968 Spa 24 hours
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Jay
Kay
Lead singer with band Jamiroquai and self-proclaimed petrol head.
“I don't think my insurance company would be too happy about me going down this hill with no brakes.”
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Jodie
Kidd
Top Supermodel and aficionado of Maserati
sports cars
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Christian Klien
Former Red Bull Racing F1 driver and current test driver for Honda Racing.
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Mark
Knopfler
Singer and lead guitarist with rock band
Dire Straits; enthusiastic racer of Maserati sports
cars
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Mark Knopfler
Singer and lead guitarist with rock band Dire Straits; enthusiastic racer of Maserati sports cars.
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Heikki Kovalainen
Another impressive rookie F1 driver of 2007; had a successful debut year with Renault finishing in the point scoring positions on numerous occasions.
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Tom Kristensen
Record breaking seven times Le Mans winner; most recently in 2005 with the Audi R8.
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