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Vanhoolandt at the 2019 Goodwood Revival

September 24, 2019 By pete

A part of the Goodwood Trophy field with the 1938 Maserati 6CM of Ewen Sergison in the lead.

We have seen the 1959 TT parade, now to the real racing. Hugues Vanhoolandt gives us a visual feast of the races at the Goodwood Revival (September 13-15).

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

A year has passed since our last visit to the West Sussex circuit of Goodwood, and every year we wonder what the Duke of Richmond & Gordon and his team have found for new ideas to entertain a crowd of 150,000 people; there is so much more going on than the races at the Goodwood Motor Circuit. [Read more…] about Vanhoolandt at the 2019 Goodwood Revival

Jonathan Sharp’s Goodwood: The Drivers

July 18, 2017 By pete

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. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp’s Goodwood: The Drivers

Jonathan Sharp’s Goodwood: The Cars

July 18, 2017 By pete

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

I have been going to the Festival of Speed for at least the past 15 years if not more, and the event still manages to surprise me with the cars they are able to entice out of the woodwork. Each year there will be cars and items I have seen before, many of them will be old favorites, some that maybe you have not have seen for a few years. But lurking in a pit garage or arriving in the assembly area will always be something you have not seen before.

The organizers also try harder. Take, for example, the selection of DFV powered cars chosen to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Double Four Valve. Not just a selection of Lotus, Williams, McLaren etc., but at least 5 Lotus 49s as well as the Eifelland Coswoth E21 and the unique 1972 Connew PC1, which was built by Peter Connew in his single car garage next to his house. The Maranello’s Masterpiece Class of Ferrari 250s in the Cartier Style et Luxe concours contained a GTO and a SWB, but also the Bertone-bodied 250 known as the Shark nose. In the Aston Martin class was the Bertone Jet and the Ogle Sotherby’s special. For the cheeky Cinquecento clas,s the Zagato Zanzara, a Ghia Jolly and a Necker Weinsberg Coupe. They just don’t quit. Below are these and many more. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp’s Goodwood: The Cars

Vanhoolandt at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

July 11, 2017 By pete

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione, # 16425, entered in 1973 by Ecurie Francorchamps at the 1000 km of Spa and 24 hours of Le Mans.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Every year, the Goodwood Festival of Speed develops several themes on which the entry list is based.

This year, one of the themes was ‘Peaks of Performance – Motorsport’s Game-Changers’ that celebrated the cars that were too dominant, too powerful or too dangerous so that the rules had to be changed. [Read more…] about Vanhoolandt at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Goodwood Members’ Meeting 2017

March 28, 2017 By pete

Alain de Cadenet is reunited with his Lola De Cadenet Ford T380 which formed part of the 3.0 Liter Prototype high speed demo display. Alain actually drove a 3.0 Liter McLaren M8C as part of the demonstration.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

The shovels of the hard working Track Marshals are more used to spreading cement on deposited motor oil rather than shoveling up the deposited horse manure left by the mounts of the local Charlton Hunt as they run the hounds to open the 2017 Members’ Meeting at Goodwood on the Saturday morning of the event. [Read more…] about Goodwood Members’ Meeting 2017

Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood

September 22, 2015 By pete

The mechanical failure of this 500 TRC was fixed for the race.

By Hugues Vanhoolandt
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As can be seen from the above image, Hugues Vanhoolandt rarely misses a beat or someone’s mechanical misfortune. His selection of thousands of images taken at Goodwood this year had to be narrowed down to only 25 images; certainly not fair for him or our readers. So, have at it…. [Read more…] about Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood

Goodwood Revival 2014: Hugues Vanhoolandt

September 23, 2014 By pete

50 years ago, a newcomer named Jackie Stewart drove a single-seater for the first time here at Goodwood at the invitation of Ken Tyrrell. On the day, he set the fastest time and secured a contract to run in the inaugural F3 series, which he won. He is here posing with his wife Helen, his son Mark, Mark Webber (left) and John Surtees.

Captions and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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Goodwood racing from the lens of Hugues Vanhoolandt.

Sir Jackie is at the wheel of the F3 Cooper, the very car that he tested here at Goodwood and that launched his single-seater career.

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Goodwood Revival 2014: Jonathan Sharp

September 23, 2014 By pete

Josef Otto Rettenmaier overcooks his exit from the chicane in his 1935 Maserati V8RI.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
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“Off to Goodwood again this weekend, are you? Don’t you get bored seeing the same cars each year?” This is a question often asked of me. The stock answer is no BUT the correct answer should be, “They are not the same cars year after year.” Yes, you do see some old favorites but for every old favorite there is usually something else that you have never seen, or if you had seen it then it was probably a long while ago. [Read more…] about Goodwood Revival 2014: Jonathan Sharp

Goodwood Festival: The Cars

July 15, 2014 By pete

Cigarette, anyone?

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

With the attendance figures over the three days of the Goodwood Festival of Speed touching 200 thousand people you do need to get there early to avoid the traffic and, from my point of view, to get the shots before the crowds descend on mass but it is worth the effort. I managed to make the Cartier lawn by 07.05am on Friday to grab some shots even before the team of car prepares had arrived. Just me and a field of stunning Maseratis. It’s worth delaying the second cup of coffee of the morning.
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