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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015

July 7, 2015 By pete

Almost hundred years earlier, it was what a Grand Prix car looked like ! This Fiat S74 Grand Prix car, powered by a 14.2-litre 4-cylinder, almost won the 1911 US Grand Prix but was thwarted by an oil leak.

Almost hundred years ago, this is what a Grand Prix car looked like! This Fiat S74 Grand Prix car, powered by a 14.2-liter 4-cylinder, almost won the 1911 U.S. Grand Prix but was thwarted by an oil leak.

Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

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Every year, the Festival of Speed attracts huge crowds of spectators who come to Goodwood for diverse reasons. Some want to see the latest supercar machinery in action, some come to see the stars of the ‘drift’, some wait for hours hoping to get the autograph of Raikkonen, Rosberg or Valentino Rossi, and some want to step back in time and touch the cars they dreamed about in their youth and to show these to their children. [Read more…] about Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015

Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2013

July 18, 2013 By pete

Lancia recreation was one of the stars of the Bonham's Auction.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

The Four Days of the Goodwood Festival of Speed June 11-14 2013

The Goodwood Festival of Speed has become a four day affair. In addition, this year was the 20th Anniversary of the Festival of Speed and all of the stops were pulled to celebrate.

Thursday is the Moving Motor Show day, a new style of motor show where if you are lucky and your chosen manufacturer thinks you are a genuine customer, one is allowed to drive a test course around the Goodwood Estate including the hill climb course. The number of chosen is large and getting larger. [Read more…] about Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2013

Goodwood Festival: The Drivers

July 18, 2013 By pete

Jacky Ickx at Goodwood.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Goodwood is people too, and it provides a wonderful opportunity to talk to the legends up close and personal.

I had the pleasure escorting Jackie Stewart to the Mercedes-Benz W196; it could not be seen through the throngs of people, but I had seen it arrive. So being a gentleman I stepped in to help, wouldn’t you? [Read more…] about Goodwood Festival: The Drivers

Hugues Vanhoolandt at Goodwood Festival

July 11, 2012 By vanhoolandt

Maserati 8CM enjoying life.

By Hugues Vanhoolandt

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed’s main theme was ‘Young Guns – Born to Win’, celebrating drivers, riders, designers and engineers of motor sport. Alain Prost was in particular honored by a display of the F1 cars he drove.

Other highlights were the celebration of Lotus 60th anniversary and a display of cars from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s collection (see our report next week).

But there was a lot happening for VeloceToday fans, so let’s see what was out there on the French and Italian sides.

For the 50th birthday of the famous Alpine, the Renault Collection brought to Goodwood this 1800 S version, driven by Jean Ragnotti, ex-works Renault Rally (and sportscar) driver.

Alpine A110-50, the successor? (see VT of 5th July)

Although busy with its F1 and Le Mans programs, Renault entered this little R5 in the 1978 Monte Carlo Rally where it took 2nd and 3rd overall with Ragnotti and Frequelin.

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