Festival of Speed ​​at Goodwood (Goodwood Festival of Speed) Bashny.Net

In the UK today completed the traditional Festival of Speed ​​at Goodwood (Goodwood Festival of Speed), which lasted for four days.





The venue of the event traditionally has been named Lord Charles March's (lord Charles March) a couple of hours drive from London. The property is located in the suburbs of Chichester. Everyone knows that the Lord is a big fan of cars and not for nothing for a long time headed the British Automobile Club. The festival was first held back in 1993 year.

The first day of «Goodwood Festival of Speed» was devoted to the presentation of new products from leading manufacturers, as well as an exhibition of historical models.



































































As part of the auto show is an annual race in which both old and modern cars and motorcycles. This time «Goodwood Festival of Speed» attended by representatives of the most famous racing: racing NASCAR, F1 and Moto GP, despite the tight schedule, and even carrying out at the same time racing.

Among the most notable members were seen Formula 1 drivers of the Red Bull and McLaren-Mercedes: Mark Webber (Mark Webber), Nico Rosberg (Nico Rosberg) and Dzhenson Button (Jenson Button).











Among the famous personalities have been seen well-known producer Simon Cowell (Simon Cowell), and no less popular in its time NASCAR racer Mike Skinner (Mike Skinner).



















During the festival, it was visited by at least 150 000 people. In addition to Auto Play and race festival also held a large number of demonstration performances.















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