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Marlboro is well known for its association with motor racing. This started in 1972 with the sponsorship of Formula One team BRM, who took one win at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix. In 1973 and 1974, the cigarette giant backed Frank Williams Racing Cars team, whose cars were registered as Iso-Marlboro.

Invite: Last year fresheye was invited to one of the most anticipated annual festival calendar events. Courtacy of Genesis Cars, a spectacle of supercars, classic, electric hypercars and new concepts made for a feast of engineering. The Goodwood Festival of Speed has certainly expanded in recent years. The highlight this year most certainly apparent in a tangible collection of future electric concepts. Racing fans weren’t disappointed. Celebrities including Nigel Ernest James Mansell, CBE and Sir Jackie Stewart.

The scene

On the manicured lawns of an English stately home, the tranquil sophistication of a summer garden party is shattered by a piercing wail as a Formula 1 car screeches up the front drive, wreathed in tyre smoke. It’s an unforgettable experience: a visceral assault on the senses; an intoxicating display of speed and power; a unique joining of the past, present and future of automotive.

What to expect.

Each year the most prolific names in the world assemble at the Festival of Speed for the ultimate motorsport celebration. Mill around near Goodwood House and admire the cream of the crop of rare and intriguing automotive design.

The Forest Rally Stage.

Nestled in idyllic woodland, and the road is a single, dusty track. For most of the year all that’s audible are the birds flitting between the trees. But for just one weekend of the year, the silence is torn apart by male and female rally drivers, tackling the tight hairpin turns in their fire-breathing rally cars.