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I attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed last Saturday for the first time, and knowing how many car nuts there are on here I thought you like to see a few pics of what turned out to be a fantastic afternoon.
The invite came through a friend of my wifes who used to be married to one of the drivers. After hearing of my passion for 50's/60's/70's race cars, she got us invited along as a guest of her ex.
Due to a dentist appointment we didnt get there until 1.30pm but this did mean we managed to have a good thrash down in the 911 and avoid the horrendous traffic jams - and as wed also been supplied with parking passes for the owners car park we had only a very short walk to the event.
I spent around an hour wondering around the Cathedral Paddock, before moving on to the hospitality area at the side of the track, from where I spent a lovely afternoon drinking champagne and watching the cars go by the sun shone and it was almost perfection
As I have quite a few photos Ill post them alphabetically
Starting with the reason we were there, and a very, very special car
Aston Martin DBR1
Besides looking absolutely stunning and sounding amazing, this was one of the most valuable cars at the event. This car (DRB1/2, one of only 5 ever built) won Le Mans in 1959 (driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori), Nurburgring 1,000km (Stirling Moss) and at Spa. Later in the year, the same car won the Goodwood Tourist Trophy (driven by Stirling Moss, Carroll Shelby and Jack Fairman) to secure Aston Martin the World Sportscar Championship (to this day, Astons only World Championship). Its value is somewhere around $10 million, yet Peter drives it like hes stole it sliding it around with apparently no concessions made for its age or value.
Here's a video of Peter driving it up the hill...
More Astons .
Didnt get the model number on this one
Vantage racer from the 80s
DB9 GT1
Alfa Romeo
Tipo 33
33 TT 12
Didnt write own what this one was
Audi
Quattro rally car
Early DTM
Later DTM
Auto Union
Another one of the most valuable cars at the Festival..
Bentley
LMP car doing a rolling burn-out stopped in front of us stuttered on the rev limiter for a few seconds. Then left about 200 metres of black lines up the hill
BMW
LMP from a few years back
M6 Race car doing the most spectacular burn-out by far
AC Cobra
Always stunning
Ferrari
Lots of beautiful Ferraris!
Stunning 166
Nick Masons 250 GTO (which I got to sit in) worth about £7 million
312P Race car
512 Race car
575 (built and run by Prodrive I think)
Ford
GT40
Jaguar
Some more of my absolute favourites here, including the one of and incredibly beautiful XJ13
XJ13
C Type
Stunning D Type
Silk Cut XJR9
Lancia
LC2
Matra F1s (I think!)
There were loads of older F1 cars, but these arent really my thing and I was in a rush to get something to eat and drink by this stage!
Mercedes
CLK DTM
McLaren
All the various SLR versions were there and all looked as hideous as usual.
Sir Sterling Moss Edition
Minis
Morgan
Old and new
Nissan
GT Academy racer
Primera BTCC
Peugeot
206 Rally car very sideways in the hands of Guy Wilks I think
This years Le Mans winner... very quiet and no match for the N/A petrol cars
Porsche
A very special 356 race car utterly beautiful
Rothmans 911
Various 917s
GT1
Couple of 936's (thanks Zabeu 👍)
Takuma Sato and his ride (LOUD!)
VW
Beetle race car
Various I didnt get the names of
For me, this was one of the most beautiful cars at the event
Various sportscars . There were so many!
I had a load more photos but due to laptop/memory card problem some of them need repairing when I get them fixed I post them too. Included in the damaged ones are some NASCARs and Audi's (including an S1 and some evil sounding DTMs)
Overall, I had an great afternoon - its amazing just how close you can get to the cars. Heres a video of some cars leaving the paddock they are virtually running over your feet
I chose this clip to show just how close and as there are some incredible exhaust notes
the Mustang in particular sounds evil!
So many other things I didn't get to see, such as the vintage racers, or saw but had little interest in such as the modern F1 cars and the road cars.... though here are a couple of the first road cars I saw in the the carpark...
430 Scud (with HUGE carbon brakes)...
Pagani Zonda with 'discrete' interior
Highly recommended for anyone who can make it... off to the revival next to see all the beautiful historics battling it out on the track
The invite came through a friend of my wifes who used to be married to one of the drivers. After hearing of my passion for 50's/60's/70's race cars, she got us invited along as a guest of her ex.
Due to a dentist appointment we didnt get there until 1.30pm but this did mean we managed to have a good thrash down in the 911 and avoid the horrendous traffic jams - and as wed also been supplied with parking passes for the owners car park we had only a very short walk to the event.
I spent around an hour wondering around the Cathedral Paddock, before moving on to the hospitality area at the side of the track, from where I spent a lovely afternoon drinking champagne and watching the cars go by the sun shone and it was almost perfection
As I have quite a few photos Ill post them alphabetically
Starting with the reason we were there, and a very, very special car
Aston Martin DBR1
Besides looking absolutely stunning and sounding amazing, this was one of the most valuable cars at the event. This car (DRB1/2, one of only 5 ever built) won Le Mans in 1959 (driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori), Nurburgring 1,000km (Stirling Moss) and at Spa. Later in the year, the same car won the Goodwood Tourist Trophy (driven by Stirling Moss, Carroll Shelby and Jack Fairman) to secure Aston Martin the World Sportscar Championship (to this day, Astons only World Championship). Its value is somewhere around $10 million, yet Peter drives it like hes stole it sliding it around with apparently no concessions made for its age or value.
Here's a video of Peter driving it up the hill...
More Astons .
Didnt get the model number on this one
Vantage racer from the 80s
DB9 GT1
Alfa Romeo
Tipo 33
33 TT 12
Didnt write own what this one was
Audi
Quattro rally car
Early DTM
Later DTM
Auto Union
Another one of the most valuable cars at the Festival..
Bentley
LMP car doing a rolling burn-out stopped in front of us stuttered on the rev limiter for a few seconds. Then left about 200 metres of black lines up the hill
BMW
LMP from a few years back
M6 Race car doing the most spectacular burn-out by far
AC Cobra
Always stunning
Ferrari
Lots of beautiful Ferraris!
Stunning 166
Nick Masons 250 GTO (which I got to sit in) worth about £7 million
312P Race car
512 Race car
575 (built and run by Prodrive I think)
Ford
GT40
Jaguar
Some more of my absolute favourites here, including the one of and incredibly beautiful XJ13
XJ13
C Type
Stunning D Type
Silk Cut XJR9
Lancia
LC2
Matra F1s (I think!)
There were loads of older F1 cars, but these arent really my thing and I was in a rush to get something to eat and drink by this stage!
Mercedes
CLK DTM
McLaren
All the various SLR versions were there and all looked as hideous as usual.
Sir Sterling Moss Edition
Minis
Morgan
Old and new
Nissan
GT Academy racer
Primera BTCC
Peugeot
206 Rally car very sideways in the hands of Guy Wilks I think
This years Le Mans winner... very quiet and no match for the N/A petrol cars
Porsche
A very special 356 race car utterly beautiful
Rothmans 911
Various 917s
GT1
Couple of 936's (thanks Zabeu 👍)
Takuma Sato and his ride (LOUD!)
VW
Beetle race car
Various I didnt get the names of
For me, this was one of the most beautiful cars at the event
Various sportscars . There were so many!
I had a load more photos but due to laptop/memory card problem some of them need repairing when I get them fixed I post them too. Included in the damaged ones are some NASCARs and Audi's (including an S1 and some evil sounding DTMs)
Overall, I had an great afternoon - its amazing just how close you can get to the cars. Heres a video of some cars leaving the paddock they are virtually running over your feet
I chose this clip to show just how close and as there are some incredible exhaust notes
the Mustang in particular sounds evil!So many other things I didn't get to see, such as the vintage racers, or saw but had little interest in such as the modern F1 cars and the road cars.... though here are a couple of the first road cars I saw in the the carpark...
430 Scud (with HUGE carbon brakes)...
Pagani Zonda with 'discrete' interior
Highly recommended for anyone who can make it... off to the revival next to see all the beautiful historics battling it out on the track
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Thanks for sharing mate ... some of those cars are simply stunning to look at 
