Goodwood Revival participants revealed.

A bevy of Formula One stars from the past and present will be making an appearance at September's Goodwood Revival, reliving the days of the Goodwood Motor Circuit which - along with Silverstone - was Britain's leading racing venue during its active years between 1948 and 1966.

Taking place between 1st - 3rd of September, the circuit echoes to the spine-tingling bark of golden-age Grand Prix cars from the Fifties and Sixties, thundering sports and GT cars, as well as historic saloon cars and little-seen Formula Juniors.

30.06.2006 Indianapolis, USA, Johnny Herbert (GBR), Midland MF1 Racing, Sporting Relations Manager -
30.06.2006 Indianapolis, USA, Johnny Herbert (GBR), Midland MF1 Racing, Sporting Relations…
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A bevy of Formula One stars from the past and present will be making an appearance at September's Goodwood Revival, reliving the days of the Goodwood Motor Circuit which - along with Silverstone - was Britain's leading racing venue during its active years between 1948 and 1966.

Taking place between 1st - 3rd of September, the circuit echoes to the spine-tingling bark of golden-age Grand Prix cars from the Fifties and Sixties, thundering sports and GT cars, as well as historic saloon cars and little-seen Formula Juniors.

Many of these important historic racing cars are driven by famous faces from motor sport past and present. Sir Stirling Moss, John Surtees, Sir Jack Brabham, Phil Hill, Derek Bell, David Coulthard, Damon Hill, Gerhard Berger, Johnny Herbert, Wayne Gardner, Giacomo Agostini and the late, great Barry Sheene have all taken part at the Revival.

The Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration and the St Mary's Trophy races offer two very challenging and different aspects of motor racing and bring lots of excitement to the sport.

The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy race is the only motorcycle race of the weekend but brings some modern racers together with some classic machines from the 1950s.

A total of 58 drivers have been confirmed and the they include some legendary names from Formula One, Le Mans, touring cars, Rallying and two-wheeled racing...

Rauno Aaltonen, 1960s rallying and road-racing legend, will drive a Standard Ten (St. Mary's Trophy), and is also expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.Rowan Atkinson, actor and comedian, will drive a Jaguar Mk VII (St. Mary's Trophy). Richard Attwood, a Le Mans winner with Porsche in 1970, will drive a BRM P261 (Glover Trophy) and an Aston Martin DB4 GT (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).Derek Bell, five-times Le Mans winner, will drive a Jaguar Mk I (St Mary's Trophy) and a Jaguar E-type Lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).Justin Bell, son of Le Mans legend Derek, is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.Ray Bellm, former Endurance racing champion, will drive a Ford GT40 (Whitsun Trophy).Sir Jack Brabham, three-times Formula One World Champion, will be at the Revival all weekend.Peter Brock, legendary Australian Touring Car Champion, will drive a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Holden FX (St Mary's Trophy).Tony Brooks, former Grand Prix driver, will at the Revival all weekend.Robin Brundle - former Touring Car ace and brother of F1 driver Martin - will race a Ford Zodiac Mk I (St Mary's Trophy).Ron Chandler, former 500cc World Championship star, will ride a Manx Norton 500 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).Tom Delaney, the world's oldest active racing driver at 94, will drive his 1928 Lea Francis Hyper (Brooklands Trophy).Tony Dron, former British Touring Car ace and Daily Telegraph motoring contributor, will drive a Ferrari 246S Dino (Sussex Trophy) and will also take part in the St. Mary's Trophy.John Fitzpatrick, former GT and touring car ace, will drive an Austin A105 Westminster (St. Mary's Trophy) and a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).Dario Franchitti, Scots-born CART star, will drive a Jaguar E-type Lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Wolseley 1500 (St Mary's Trophy).Marino Franchitti, former British GT champion and brother of CART star Dario, will drive a Riley 1.5 (St Mary's Trophy).David Franklin, multiple British hillclimb champion, will drive a Jaguar E-type (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Ferrari 250 LM (Whitsun Trophy).Wayne Gardner - former World Champion motorcyclist - will ride a Manx Norton (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).Stuart Graham - the only man to win a TT on two wheels and four - will drive a Lister-Chevrolet (Sussex Trophy).Mick Grant, seven-times TT winner, is expected to ride in the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy.Peter Hardman, the spectacular historic racing specialist, will drive a Ferrari 330 LMB (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration), an Aston Martin DBR1 (Sussex Trophy) and a Ferrari 250LM (Whitsun Trophy).Johnny Herbert, former F1 ace, is expected to drive a Jaguar D-type (Sussex Trophy) and an Austin Healey 3000S (Freddie March Memorial Trophy).Derek Hill, son of F1 World Champion Phil, will drive an Alfa Romeo 3000 CM (Freddie March Memorial Trophy).Phil Hill, triple Le Mans winner and the USA's first F1 World Champion, will take part in a series of track parades in recognition of his career achievements.Christian Horner, team principal of the Red Bull Racing F1 team, will share an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) with team driver Christian Klien.Tony Jardine, television F1 pundit, will drive a Ferrari 250 GT Lusso (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and an Austin A35 (St. Mary's Trophy).Alan Jones, former F1 World Champion for Williams, will drive a BMW 502 V8 (St Mary's Trophy) and is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.Rupert Keegan, former British single seater star, will drive a Volvo Amazon 123S (St. Mary's Trophy).Christian Klien, current GP driver with Red Bull, will share an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) with team principal Christian Horner and will drive an Austin A40 (St Mary's Trophy).Barry Lee, former World Stock Car Champion, will drive an Austin A95 Westminster (St Mary's Trophy).David Leslie, former BTCC star, will drive a Ford Anglia 100E (St Mary's Trophy).Vitantonio Liuzzi, current GP driver for Toro Rosso, is expected to drive in the St Mary's Trophy.Niall MacKenzie, former British Superbike Champion, is expected to ride a Matchless G50 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).Jochen Mass, former Grand Prix star and Le Mans winner, will drive a Ferrari 750 Monza (Freddie March Memorial Trophy), a Lancia D50 (Richmond and Gordon Trophies) and will also take part in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration. Arturo Merzario, Sports car legend and twice winner of the Targa Florio, will drive an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ti (St Mary's Trophy).Chas Mortimer, the noted TT racer, will ride a Manx Norton 500 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).Sir Stirling Moss will drive a Jaguar Mk VII (St Mary's Trophy), an Austin Healey Sprite (Fordwater Trophy) and the unique four-wheel drive Ferguson Project 99 (Richmond Trophy).Tiff Needell - racing driver turned TV presenter - will drive an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Jaguar Mk VII (St. Mary's Trophy).Adrian Newey, Technical Director of the Red Bull Racing team, will drive his Jaguar E-type Lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).Jackie Oliver - Le Mans winner, F1 driver and former Arrows F1 team owner - will drive an Austin A35 (St. Mary's Trophy) and a Jaguar E-type Lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration).St?phane Ortelli, Le Mans winner and French touring Car star, will drive a Ferrari 250 GTO (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Ferrari 196S Dino (Sussex Trophy). Henri Pescarolo, multiple Le Mans winner, will drive an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration). David Piper - the well respected sports car privateer - will drive one of his magnificent Ferrari Sports Prototype cars (Whitsun Trophy) as well as entering several others with guest drivers in the same race.Bobby Rahal, three-times CART Champion, will drive a Jaguar E-type Lightweight (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration), a Jaguar MkI (St Mary's Trophy) and hopefully a Lotus-Climax 24 (Glover Trophy).Anthony Reid, stalwart of the British Touring Car Championship, will drive an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Hillman Minx (St Mary's Trophy).John Rhodes, legendary tyre-smoking Mini racer, will drive an Austin A40 (St. Mary's Trophy).Michael Rutter, star of the British Superbike series, will ride a 450cc Honda (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).Michael Salmon, former Le Mans hero, is expected to drive an MG Magnette ZB (St Mary's Trophy).Colin Seeley - ace motorcycle/sidecar rider and constructor - will ride an Aermacchi 350 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).Lyn St James, the most successful woman in the history of CART racing, will share a Shelby American Cobra Daytona (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) with fellow lady-racer Desir? Wilson.Sir Jackie Stewart, three times F1 World Champion, will be at the event all weekend.Frank Sytner, former British Touring Car Champion, will drive an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder (Whitsun Trophy).Patrick Tambay, former GP driver notably for Ferrari and Renault, will drive a Ferrari 246 Dino (Richmond Trophy) and is also expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.Mark Webber, current Formula One driver, will be attending the event on Sunday.Sir John Whitmore, former British and European Touring Car Champion, will race a Ford Zodiac MkII (St Mary's Trophy) and is expected to drive in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration.Barrie 'Whizzo' Williams, spectacular star of 1970s saloon car racing, will drive a Tojeiro-Jaguar (Sussex Trophy), an AC Cobra (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) and a Morris Minor (St Mary's Trophy).Desir? Wilson, the only woman to have won a Formula 1 race, will share a Shelby American Cobra Daytona (Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration) with fellow lady-racer Lyn St James.Stan Woods, former motorcycle racing hero, will ride a Manx Norton 500 (Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy).

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