Cars in the life of Bernie Ecclestone.To celebrate the five ages of Bernie, 70 tons of steel, 600 bolts, 400 liters of undercoat/ primer and 100 liters of top coat. Gerry Judah’s central feature this year contained a Connaught to mark Bernie’s days as a driver, Jochan Rindt’s Lotus 72 as a manager, a Brabham BT49 as a team owner, a Ferrari F2001 for his time as a deal maker, and Nico Rosberg’s 2016 Mercedes W07 to mark the legend that is Bernie.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, I spend a lot of time in the assembly area as it has such a nice atmosphere. The drivers tend to greet each other as old friends. You will usually catch one or two of them taking photos of the cars, or selfies for themselves. You do need eyes in the back of your head though, as whilst you are using your pointy elbows to get a shot of a driver at one end of the paddock another star will have arrived at the other end, but it’s all good exercise for me.
Nico Rosberg, our World Champion.
Throughout the weekend I kept expecting to see John Surtees popping in as he was such a stalwart of the event and was sadly missed. I am sure he was there in spirit. Here are a few images taken from inside the fence.
Emanuele Pirro with Tom Kristensen
Robert Kubica
Sir Patrick Head with Pirro
Arturo Merzario
Merzario and Ecclestone
With Gordon Murray
Murray with Richard Attwood
Richard Attwood
Bernd Schneider and the Penskek PC22.
“Now”, says Bernie,
“Do not damage it!”
Ecclestone signs Karun’s contract.
Three legends
Damon Hill in Sir Jackie Stewart’s 1971 Tyrell 003.
Damon Hill with Lord March and Mark Webber.
Dario Franchitti and Gordon Murry with the hair thing.
Phil Hill’s son Derek sits in the Sharknose recreation.
Two champions, and again having a good time at Goodwood: Fittipaldi and Stewart.
Jim Hall’s son Jim Jr. was on hand to drive the Chaparral 2E.
Niki Heidfeld looking into a a Porsche 962.
Pierre Gasley and Jean Rangotti
Roberto-Ravaglia and friend.
Gordon Murray and Lord March share a laugh…
Tom Kristensen with the host.
I always love to see great photos of Arturo Merzario. I crewed for him @ Daytona in ’73 when he co-drove the Abarth 2000, and Damon Hill……I remember him as a kid driver, I must be getting old! Thanks for the beautiful photos!