Goodwood gears up for Formula One

The F1 teams will be remaining in the UK for the Goodwood Festival of Speed following this weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

The festival, on July 3rd to 5th, will be welcoming F1 drivers including Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

Organisers of Goodwood say "nowhere else on the planet can motor sport enthusiasts get so close to the latest and greatest current F1 cars and drivers".

Also at the event will be F1 familiar faces such as Sir Jackie Stewart, Murray Walker and Eddie Irvine, as well as reigning WRC World Champion Sebastian Loeb. The top three finishing teams from last weekend's Le Mans 24-hour race will also be present, with the winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP.

F1 attendees at the festival this year include:

Scuderia Ferrari -with its test driver Marc Gené to demonstrate the title-winning F2008

McLaren-Mercedes - the MP4/23 that took Lewis Hamilton to F1 World Championship victory last year will be in action all weekend, with Lewis Hamilton and team test driver Pedro de la Rose at the controls.

Brawn GP - The newest and to date most successful F1 team in the 2009 pit lane will bring along the Brawn-Mercedes BGP 001 and driver Jenson Button on the Sunday

Red Bull - the Red Bull-Cosworth STR1 with Mark Webber and David Coulthard behind the wheel

Toyota - the TF108 will be in action, with Timo Glock demonstrating

Williams-Toyota - will be at the festival with the FW29 car as part of the 40th anniversary of Sir Frank Williams involvement in Formula One. A number of other Williams F1 cars and drivers will be at Goodwood to honour Sir Frank's 40 years in F1, including Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Alan Jones and Riccardo Patrese.