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MOTOGP BIKES AT GOODWOOD
In what is set to be the event ’ s biggest-ever celebration of the MotoGP Championship , riders from the current MotoGP grid will be joined by an incredible line-up of motorcycle Grand Prix Champions and legends to take on the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb . As MotoGP heads into its summer break , the teams will travel to Goodwood to take their place at the Festival of Speed , ahead of the British Grand Prix just three weeks later . Grand Prix motorcycles will make up the entirety of the 2023 Festival of Speed motorbike batch - from the truly historic to the very latest machinery , as the attending factory teams are set to bring and run their 2023 bikes . Teams confirmed to take part at Goodwood include Ducati Lenovo , GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 , LCR Honda and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing . In addition to the MotoGP teams , Moto2 team GASGAS Aspar will attend with Brit Jake Dixon .
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All the teams will be located in the Ballroom Paddock , a stone ’ s throw from the Drivers ’ Club - giving fans and enthusiasts the perfect opportunity to see the bikes being prepared by the teams , before taking to the Hill with a host of the sport ’ s legends . The list of legends already confirmed include Àlex Crivillé , Casey Stoner , Freddie Spencer , Giacomo Agostini , Jorge Lorenzo , Kenny Roberts Jnr , Kevin Schwantz , Mick Doohan , Randy Mamola and Wayne Gardner ; holding a truly staggering 35 World Championships between them . The Festival of Speed has always been the place to see motorsport megastars . In 2022 , Giacomo Agostini celebrated his 80th birthday at the event while Kenny Roberts , Kevin Schwantz and Mick Doohan took part in a truly exceptional moment as Wayne Rainey rode his 1992-championship-winning Yamaha YZR500 for the first time since his career-ending accident in 1993 .