Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 Review and Pictures

Goodwood FoS has become one of, if not the, biggest motoring car show in the world. As somebody who has attended Goodwood Festival of Speed for the past 5 years, I have noticed changes: both positive and negative. Within this article, accompanied by many pictures (which I am sorry if they are not perfect as I am not a photographer!) is my review of this year's Festival of Speed.

In the past years, I have always found that the best day to go is on Saturday. This is because this is the day most celebrities turn up and the famous hill climb is actually timed. However, this year, I went for a change and went on Sunday. Unfortunately, Sunday had my car recording temperatures of roughly 30 degrees to a maximum of 34! This made it extremely difficult to do every part of the motor show.

I have found in recent years too that the climb up the hill through the forest is not worth it. The main section of the show is at the start of the hill climb, the car companies buildings scattered around and the F1 paddock.

Goodwood Festival of Speed is also notorious for its traffic getting into the car park. For a quick tip, I have found coming in from the North is much much easier since the traffic coming in from the North is far less and the traffic is located much closer to the entrance.

Goodwood claim to limit the amount of tickets they sell each year which I find hard to believe. It does feel that each year, it is getting more packed. Putting this aside, this year lived up to expectations and the fact that they managed to get a Vulcan do a fly by was amazing. On Sunday, a Eurofighter Typhoon showed off it's manoeuvrability over the North car park which made it great for taking pictures while eating lunch!

Overall, Goodwood's Festival of Speed is a great day out for anyone interested or not interested in Motorsport. There are lots of facilities to explore and restaurant/cafe areas to eat and drink at with there also being shops. The fact that the public can get to so many famous cars makes it a motor show the likes that the world has not seen before. It is truly a unique experience.