Goodwood Festival of Speed postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

THE largest motoring garden party in the world has been postponed following fears over coronavirus.
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The Festival of Speed, held at Goodwood House in West Sussex, is the latest high-profile event to fall victim to the deadly disease.

An announcement from Charles Richmond, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon who owns Goodwood Estate, said the four-day event will not be going ahead on July 9-12, but could take place later in the year.

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Mr Richmond said: ‘Following all that’s happened in the last few weeks and the advice we have received from the UK government, we have decided to postpone the festival to later in the year.

Festival of Speed 2019 in Chichester. Visitors admire one of the cars. Photo by Derek Martin Photography.Festival of Speed 2019 in Chichester. Visitors admire one of the cars. Photo by Derek Martin Photography.
Festival of Speed 2019 in Chichester. Visitors admire one of the cars. Photo by Derek Martin Photography.

‘We obviously want to be sure of choosing the best possible date; this will require some careful consideration and as soon as we have that we will let you know.

‘Whatever we decide to do I can assure you it will be just as fantastic a celebration of everything we love and enjoy as you would expect.

‘Most likely it will happen late summer, early autumn and, of course, tickets and hospitality bookings will remain valid for the new date.’

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The event is described on the Goodwood website as ‘an incredible four days that brings together an impossibly heady mix of cars, stars and motorsport “royalty” to create the largest car culture event in the world’ with its ‘annual hill climb event a true celebration of motorsport and all things automotive’.

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