1979 Alfa Romeo Alfa Sud Sprint Veloce grp2, driven by Geoff Gordon.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
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Racing a car, particularly an F1 car, in the rain at what seemed to be near full chat, takes a certain sort of mind set, one that was very much in evidence during the wet qualifying day on the Friday, all rooster tails and balls of spray in the single seaters, Flapping wiper blades and steamed up windows in the tin tops, and often sideways in the sports cars. Luckily Saturday morning arrived without rain but hardly any sun either. As I was going to have to leave for home during the lunch break I took myself off to Brooklands corner to watch the first three races, having first taken a very quick trip around the various car club displays. With the skies darkening it was alas time for me to depart and then 10 minutes down the road the heavens opened yet again. Here’s hoping for dry weather for the Goodwood Revival.