{"id":489834,"date":"2008-03-01T03:01:50","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=57117"},"modified":"2023-12-20T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:51:44","slug":"2008-goodwood-festival-of-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2008-goodwood-festival-of-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodwood Festival of Speed (2008) &#8211; Hawthorn to Hamilton Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is \u201cHawthorn to Hamilton\u2014Britain\u2019s Love Affair with World Motor Sport.\u201d Britain has always played a key role in the global motor racing industry, forging successful relationships with the rest of the motor sport world. From Mike Hawthorn\u2014who used a Ferrari to become Britain\u2019s first Formula One World Champion fifty years ago in 1958\u2014to current F1 star Lewis Hamilton, driving a British-engineered car with German power, British drivers and engineers have utilized global resources to achieve success. The 2008 Festival honors these winning combinations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recognizing Britain\u2019s role in shaping motor sport worldwide, the Festival will acknowledge the influence and achievements of iconic British figures, including Jim Clark, John Surtees, Colin McRae, Barry Sheene, Jackie Stewart, Derek Bell, Colin Chapman, Gordon Murray, and Adrian Newey. In addition, home-grown stars from the past and modern-day heroes are expected to line up alongside their friends and adversaries from around the world at the celebrated 1.16-mile hillclimb, in a tribute to global motor sport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goodwood Festival of Speed\u2013founder, Lord March says: \u201cIt will be just fantastic to have so many great cars and drivers here at Goodwood to celebrate our theme for 2008. I look forward with much anticipation to seeing some of the great British drivers and UK-inspired machines in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information or to order advance tickets, visit www.goodwood.co.uk or email bookings@goodwood.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is \u201cHawthorn to Hamilton\u2014Britain\u2019s Love Affair with World Motor Sport.\u201d Britain has always played a key role in the global motor racing industry, forging successful relationships with the rest of the motor sport world. From Mike Hawthorn\u2014who used a Ferrari to become Britain\u2019s first Formula One World Champion fifty years ago in 1958\u2014to current F1 star Lewis Hamilton, driving a British-engineered car with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":596795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,16932,13063],"tags":[432,16936,447,15234],"class_list":["post-489834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-festivals-shows","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows","tag-goodwood-festival-of-speed","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Goodwood Festival of Speed (2008) - Hawthorn to Hamilton Theme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2008-goodwood-festival-of-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Goodwood Festival of Speed (2008) - Hawthorn to Hamilton Theme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2008-goodwood-festival-of-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-01T11:01:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-20T07:51:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/n1-200803-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"830\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/2008-goodwood-festival-of-speed\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/2008-goodwood-festival-of-speed\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Goodwood Festival of Speed (2008) &#8211; 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