73rd Goodwood Members Meeting - March 21st and 22nd 2015

This is now firmly on my radar (as in I've just bought tickets for both days :) )High-speed demonstrations will be held for pre-1975 Formula 1 cars including those of the distinctive ‘high-airbox’ era, Group C Le Mans machines that regularly reached 230mph on the Mulsanne Straight, and the car that made McLaren a winner at La Sarthe in 1995 – the F1 GTR – which will appear in both short and long-tail variants.:)

Wonder which cars will appear?

Could be #01R and #20R though I doubt it (no idea if they're actually in running condition either).

ROFGO have both - I'd consider that most likely.

>8^)
ER

#01R is more likely given the text of the article, but seeing #15R and #22R would be fantastic!!

It would appear a few more F1's might make it :)

I got this info in the post from Goodwood today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/hurstg01081/photo_zps5d06b300.jpg

Some more 73rd Members Meeting post arrived today :)

http://i.imgur.com/ELxr0H7.png

This is finally some very good news!!!

Great! I have not ordered a ticket yet. I think I'll plan a trip this weekend now:)

Who goes too?

Funny that #01R did not mentioned that news text. It should be there right? :D

I will be there. Both days.
This moment seems, 25 Air Box Formula One's including Niki Laudas 312T, 15 Group C Sportscars, and now at least 15 F1 GTR's seems to be the case.

Who goes too?
I'll be there too.
One of the 2015 events I'm waiting for.

Some more 73rd Members Meeting post arrived today :)

http://i.imgur.com/ELxr0H7.png

Let's open this a bit. What you rhink about these:

GULF's = perhaps #12R or #15R?
Davidoff = Must be meaning GULF Longtails then? #20R or #22R?
FINA = #21R or #26R or perhaps even #18R, not expect #23R from USA?
WEST = #03R
Harrods = #06R

And yesterday McLaren Automotive's Facebook page had an image of XP1 LM and text upon that "We had festive celebrations at MTC last night. The fireworks were spectacular".
So the XP1 LM will be there also perhaps then? :smokin:

Who's going:

* Greg
* Sami
* Patrick
* Arjan

Except Greg, you all sleep in a hotel? Booked already?
March is coming close, making a hotel reservation would be good and it could be nice when we stay in the same area / hotel (dinner - carpool).
Send PM's or mail for details if interested.

Right now could be good to hear some facts about GTR's, but is there any..?
Of course we here in this forum, we know about the things, so this information which we already have; we can say quite sure what there will be, BUT it would be nice to hear some facts also. Is it possible to get.

Who's going:

* Greg
* Sami
* Patrick
* Arjan

Except Greg, you all sleep in a hotel? Booked already?
March is coming close, making a hotel reservation would be good and it could be nice when we stay in the same area / hotel (dinner - carpool).
Send PM's or mail for details if interested.

I have not yet planned my trip but it is a good idea to stay in the same hotel in that area. Where do you stay? I assume only the saturday?

I have not yet planned my trip but it is a good idea to stay in the same hotel in that area. Where do you stay?
Me either, haven't booked the ferry nor a hotel (or b&b).

I assume only the saturday?
I do want to arrive early in the morning on track, which means have to skip sleeping and travel at night (by car) plus ferry.
Or departure on friday afternoon and take another night in a hotel / b&b.
The same for the return trip. Leaving on sunday, drive to the ferry and home is too long to become a worthfull sunday stay on track. That's why I have an extra stay in mind on sunday / monday night.

Basicly, arrive friday evening at a hotel, leaving monday morning, for me.
Prices and travel distance are on an acceptable level, still.
Most of times I visited a Goodwoord event it becomes more expensive and very busy (longer travel distance between hotel and track) closer to the event.
I don't want to wait too long this time ;)

I'm coming there with 3 other motorsport/car fans.
Our plans are clear already; Friday morning flight to Gatwick; Saturday-Sunday on to the track in Goodwood, and Monday morning flight back to Finland.

Cool ticket, for me and Thomas :thumbsup:.

http://i.imgur.com/SR51CdU.jpg

Keith - I'll let you know when yours arrives ;)

Looks nice! Is there anything what time things starts both days?

I booked my ticket for the sunday and booked one night in The Goodwood Hotel!

Expensive but I see it as a small holiday:)

Saturday some carspotting in London and sunday the Members meeting.

Cant wait! Let's hope the weather will be good!

Okey, #10R will be there. :smokin:
https://grrc.goodwood.com/members-meeting-73/grrc-73mm-runners-riders

According to this, 15+ GTR's will be there :)

https://grrc.goodwood.com/members-meeting-73/magnificent-mclaren-f1-gtr-racers-will-headline-high-speed-demos-73mm

Still no mentions about #01R.
McLaren; if you read this:
Please bring it there. There are GTR fans coming a cross of the Europe in to this 73rd Goodwood Members meeting and specialty most of them hoping deeply to meet #01R there and if possible; the XP1 LM; the Ultimate Roadcar ever made.

Greetings From Finland
Sami Aaltonen

Well update this point about confirmed GTR's:
#02R, #03R, #06R, #07R (should be seems like that), #10R, #13R , #16R, #19R, #24R, #27R confirmed at least these ones.
Davidoffs are question mark. Somepoint these were mentioned but not this time. If they are there; #20R, #22R are possible to see there, and no mention about #15R eather.

And one word about that #01R case:

Even it not be driven there; just to see the car standing on the stand doors closed would be enough to me and I think many others also. I know how expensive these things are to get these cars to driving shape. It would be more than brilliant to see the car on the stand even without driving on the track.

It has been 20 years target to see #01R and now I'm and many others are very close of that. Hope, Really hope McLaren that you could bring it there. It would make the trip 100% perfect.

Good to read a lot of carswill turn up.
But I haven't seen many names of original GTR drivers.
It would be very nice to see and speak the racing drivers of it's time.

Derek Bell will be there at least and Steve Soper. No informations others.

Derek Bell will be there at least and Steve Soper. No informations others.

And Jochen Mass + Emanuele Pirro also.
But not JJ Lehto, nor Sekiya and Dalmas, the real '95 stars.
Normally Derek Bell is present at Goodwood meetings too.

Here's a list of F1 drivers I made, feel free to post updates :wink:
Let's count how many will be there.... I want some extra signs in one of my GTR books ;)

1PhilippeAlliot
2BillAuberlen
3GaryAyles
4JustinBell
5DerekBell
6Ray(mond)Bellm
7FrankBiela
8MarkBlundell
9DavidBrabham
10ThomasBscher
11AlexanderBurgstaller
12JCamp
13RinaldoCapello
14PatrickCaternet
15JohnyCecotto
16BChauvin
17EmanuelClerico
18DidierCottaz
19AndreCouto
20YannickDalmas
21Jean-DenisDelétraz
22MarcDuez
23PascalFabre
24GregorFisken
25HideoFukuyama
26IanFlux
27AndrewGilbert Scott
28FabianGiroux
29ChrisGoodwin
30J MGounon
31AlexanderGrau
32OlivierGrouillard
33JunHarada
34PeterHardman
35MasahiroHasemi
36NaokiHattori
37EricHelary
38MikioHitotsuyama
39YasushiHitotsuyama
40HansHugenholtz
41YuudaiIgarashi
42StefanJohansson
43KatsutomoKaneishi
44MitsuhiroKinoshita
45PeterKox
46HarukiKurosawa
47JacquesLaffite
48LaurentLécuyer
49GeoffLees
50J JLehto
51Jean-PaulLibert
52RichardLyons
53JochenMass
54TsugioMatsuda
55Jean-LucMaury-Laribiere
56KazuoMogi
57JamesMunroe
58AkihikoNakaya
59TiffNeeddel
60JohnNielsen
61AndersOlofsson
62HidekiOkada
63LindsayOwen Jones
64SteveO'Rourke
65NelsonPiquet
66EmanuelePirro
67HPoulain
68RatanakulPruritat
69Pierre-HenriRaphanel
70RobertoRavaglia
71GerdRuch
72Maurizio SandraSala
73RalfSchumacher
74MasanoriSekiya
75GouShimizu
76SteveSoper
77MarcSourd
78TimSugden
79DannySullivan
80EiichiTajima
81TetsuyaTanaka
82MarcelTarrès
83OThevenin
84KeiichiTsuchiya
85JakeUlrich
86DavidVelay
87VincentVosse
88AndyWallace
89JamesWeaver
90KarlWendlinger
91BobWollek
92YoujiYamada
93Tomas / TomikoYoshikawa

Okay, let's do a small update about this one, some facts and some thoughts.
There is around one month to go this years Members Meeting.
This we all ready know:

GTR's Confirmed are:
- #02R
- #03R
- #06R
- #07R
- #10R
- #13R
- #16R
- #19R
- #24R
- #27R

Total this moment 10 GTR's.

How ever; I can not say for sure about these ones, are these confirmed or not:
- #04R
- #20R

And, if we are very lucky; this could be incredible gathering.
IF:
- BMW Museum brings there #18R and #26R
- Rofgo Collection ends up there with #15R and #22R
- #12R shows up
- #14R shows up
- and what about #01R or XP1 LM or 56XPGT then?

Lots of questions still open. BUT let's hope the best.

This came up I think these times, nothing really new but publicity is good thing.
http://www.sportscardigest.com/mclaren-f1-gtr-goodwood-members-meeting-2015/

Of the 10 confirmed cars I have not seen 2.

Which one is: Ralf Schumacher’s race-winning Lark version from the 1996 Japanese GT series

Of the 10 confirmed cars I have not seen 2.

Which one is: Ralf Schumacher’s race-winning Lark version from the 1996 Japanese GT series

#13R :p

Okay 4 weeks to go.
I thought I could ask some photograph things here from those, who have been there in Goodwood, perhaps last years Members Meeting.

- What to expect?

- How close can get the cars during pitlane area before the cars are lining up to wait to the track?

- DId I understood right that no presscard needed to go area where the cars are located before lining up to track?

- What are the light conditions, shadows or lights in the pitlane area?

- The Driving images : seems there is plenty of places to shoot the cars on the track?

- Interiour shots, possible or not?

- IF anyone has something to tell his experiences from there, please do so. I have thought these things a lot, the limited time shooting cars in pitlane area is not problem (meaning people walking cross the shooting line), but how close there is possibilities to go?

Thanks for the answers!

Okay, let's do a small update about this one, some facts and some thoughts.
There is around one month to go this years Members Meeting.
This we all ready know:

GTR's Confirmed are:
- #02R
- #03R
- #06R
- #07R
- #10R
- #13R
- #16R
- #19R
- #24R
- #27R

Total this moment 10 GTR's.

How ever; I can not say for sure about these ones, are these confirmed or not:
- #04R
- #20R

And, if we are very lucky; this could be incredible gathering.
IF:
- BMW Museum brings there #18R and #26R
- Rofgo Collection ends up there with #15R and #22R
- #12R shows up
- #14R shows up
- and what about #01R or XP1 LM or 56XPGT then?

Lots of questions still open. BUT let's hope the best.


#26R is confirmed as well - with Steve Soper behind the wheel.

This is good news indeed. Seems #18R will not be there. #26R was driven last year so seems BMW Museum has kept the car driving shape.
This information what I have; 4 JJ Lehto's cars there. Hope the #01R would be the Fifth.!

Anyone knows that did JJ tested #19R any point?

This is good news indeed. Seems #18R will not be there. #26R was driven last year so seems BMW Museum has kept the car driving shape.
This information what I have; 4 JJ Lehto's cars there. Hope the #01R would be the Fifth.!

Anyone knows that did JJ tested #19R any point?

Is JJ there?
As a close friend, or mega fan at least, you might know ;) ?

Is JJ there?
As a close friend, or mega fan at least, you might know ;) ?

I'm not friend of JJ really, but I don't know is he there. I think if he will be somewhere present; it's Le Mans.

Page 13 of this makes interesting reading ;) (http://www.sebringsprite.com/pdf-files/73MM%20Entry%20List.pdf) for a variety of reasons

Okay, this is going to be good. All these and cars which I have never ever imagine to see on live. Like those old Maserati's, birdcage, 250F's, and then those Shelbys, Aston Martins and all those Group C's even Peugeot is there!...Oh my.
Perhaps you others; who have visited these shows before won't see this like me but this is heaven to me, to see that entry list.

And what comes GTR's, it must be the #01R which is only static displayed there. Aron Hasu has then 2 1995 spec GTR's or is there mistake on the year?
Rofgo's very welcome and BMW Museum #26R. Brilliant. I can not wait.

I just hope the GTR's and Group C's would be the place where you can shoot the cars well and so on. And now, have to start to plan where to go with the camera. You can not be 3 different places same time....

Page 13 of this makes interesting reading ;) (http://www.sebringsprite.com/pdf-files/73MM%20Entry%20List.pdf) for a variety of reasons


'original' racing drivers present at this meeting:

Andy Wallace
Emanuele Pirro
Jochen Mass
Steve Soper
Tiff Needell
Chris Goodwin
Derek Bell
Gregor Fisken

#01R is most likely, and most desired seeing as the whole gathering is about that car winning Le Mans, however it had been mentioned previously that both LARK cars may be present so perhaps it'll be #04R...

AH has '95 and a '96 GTR's so that's a typo / they were misinformed.

I believe 100% that the car which is only static display is the #01R. They simply can not leave it home. And yes good point; no mentions #04R or #20R eather. So surprises will be defenitely coming!
I just hope #21R would find it's way there too....

Could there lso be some roadcars?

Could there lso be some roadcars?

Why not, it belongs there at least one on the paddock, the starting point which become to GTR and Le Mans winner and if we think this way; XP1 LM would be nice to see what happended after the Le Mans.

But I think next under 2 weeks; we can only hope the best!

it is looking like a cracking event, very much looking forward to it!

it is looking like a cracking event, very much looking forward to it!

Is there any change to get any detail information about GTR's, and McLaren plans in the event?

Hello,

I wonder if the absence of the GTRs on the Tag Heuer display at Geneva could have a link with Goodwood ? Not enough time to bring back the cars to be ready for goodwood...

With the rate EUR/GBP at 1.3888, the entry is 180€ for two days and 110€ for one day.

Do you know if it's possible to buy tickets cheaper ?

Nor Nicob, nor Vincent are able to come, so it's difficult to come alone.
Many thanks if you can help.

Phil

With the rate EUR/GBP at 1.3888, the entry is 180€ for two days and 110€ for one day.

Do you know if it's possible to buy tickets cheaper ?

Yes and no.
Yes it's expensive.
No, not seen many ways of getting it cheaper. Except of getting an invitation of a member, even press isn't an option.
Because of the interesting cars and the fact it is on Goodwood, I don't care a bout the cash, just want to go ;)

When looking this entry list dated 25th February; It's worth every single pen and cent to get there.

thanks guys ;)

i agree :) for me it's worth the money but not for everyone, it is a budget with the trip.

https://grrc.goodwood.com/members-meeting-73/event-timetable

This is good to have already now!

Twitter Quote Andy B:

Back home and ready for next weekend. @GoodwoodRRC (https://twitter.com/GoodwoodRRC)

http://img911.imageshack.us/img911/8224/WaAqNh.jpg (http://imageshack.com/i/pbWaAqNhj)

Very nice.! It's next week then. Yep.!!!!

Do you think some F1s GTR or road car can come by road ?

#028 ? #007 ? #046 ?

Why not? I know I have no time to visit the car parking areas, but why not there would not be F1's.

I'd love to see 028

Hi,

I booked my ticket today.

I hope to see you on sunday.

Phil

Well done. Few days to go. I can not wait.
Hopelly we are lucky with the cars, #05R shows up and #21R is there some point and so on.

M.S.O, could you tell anything details what F1 GTR fans should know when arrival in the track Saturday morning?
Any tips? :smile:

For times and car park opening and dress code see the link below

FAQS https://grrc.goodwood.com/members-meeting-73/faqs-4#E3o75tR59grQQscI.97

Look forward to seeing some of you on Sunday,the F1s will be based in the Paddock, which is where I will be a lot of the time :iceslolan

Good to know!
And the cars are well displayed, easy to photograph?

https://fbcdn-video-b-a.akamaihd.net/hvideo-ak-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/1367354_594809683988467_224808366_n.mp4?rl=300&vabr=121&oh=62d07985872e33db01f4c898d46b1e5f&oe=550CA24E&__gda__=1426889348_dd0abd505f87db58e5ce59b8bc7e25b d

#15R getting started up, in preparation for the weekend :)