25 YEARS at the
Festival of Speed
Festival of Speed
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2-3 1994, and Goodwood stalwart Willie Green powers away from the start in the Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta 4-5 Classic motorcycles of all ages congregate near the start before their run up the hill in 2003 6-7 A 2015 Championship-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid sweeps through Molecomb Corner in 2016 8 The first F1 Brabham, 1963’s Brabham-Climax BT3, sits on the start-line as the Red Arrows fly overhead
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25 Years
Contents
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In the Beginning
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1994-1998
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Forest Rally Stage
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1999-2003
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Cartier Style et Luxe
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2004-2007
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Meet the Drivers
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2008-2010
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Forest Rally Stage
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2011-2014
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Cartier Style et Luxe
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2015-2017
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Acknowledgements
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Credits
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Festival of Speed 1993
In the Beginning Doug Nye
There’s something about our ageing process and about motor sport in general which both share. It’s all about acceleration. The further we slide down the razor blade of life, the faster time seems to pass. Thus, for any of us involved with the Festival of Speed since its very inception, it seems barely possible that it’s now 25 years since we opened the inaugural event at Goodwood House – back in 1993 … Today the high-style image of ‘Glorious Goodwood’ as an absolute jewel in the crown of the British social season, is at least a two-pronged affair – with both horse-racing and the Festival of Speed as annual highlights. Of course, the senior activity is Goodwood’s horse-racing at the course high upon Trundle Hill, to the north of the home park and the great old House itself. The events held there were launched in 1802 by the land-owning 3rd Duke of Richmond & Gordon. But it was the 9th Duke – ‘Freddie’ Richmond – who, in September 1948, launched the Goodwood Motor Circuit upon the disused wartime aerodrome in the famous Estate’s south-western corner. Over the following 17 years – until 1966 – the Goodwood Motor Circuit became as synonymous with top-class international motor racing as the Estate’s horse-race course was universally associated with equine competition. But finally – faced by multiple concerns – the 9th Duke, decided it would be prudent to close his motor racing circuit. Crucially, however, the old course was preserved, most notably by ‘Freddie’s son, the 10th Duke, as a test and development facility. Almost every time enthusiasts again gathered there, someone would A motorcycle sweeps through the first corner in 1993, with only a few straw bales and tape strung between wooden posts to separate spectators from the track action.
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raise the possibility of reviving it for racing. The very idea brought smiles followed by a rueful shaking of heads – a great idea … but … ‘Freddie’ Richmond relinquished running of the Goodwood Estate to his son in 1968. The 10th Duke, with a background in industry, set about stabilising the Estate’s future prospects by concentrating on the horse-race course. Nevertheless, he continued to maintain the motor circuit through the 1970s and ’80s. Had he not, the circuit’s revival in 1998 could never have happened. In the early 1990s, he in turn passed responsibility for the Estate to his son, Charles, Earl of March, Lord March, known most often simply as ‘LM’. And Charles – now, of course, the 11th Duke of Richmond – had been deeply influenced by his grandfather, ‘Freddie’ Richmond, whom he adored, sharing in particular his love and regard for motor racing. When his father retired, LM set about creating what would emerge as the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Run in the home park around Goodwood House as a point-to-point timed hill-climb event, the inaugural Festival in 1993 simply struck a chord with enthusiast and lay public alike. Here was a unique opportunity to come within touching, greeting, chatting distance of a vast variety of the most illustrious racing cars and personalities the world has ever seen. 13
February 1993, and Lord March poses in front of Goodwood House with an array of cars and motorcycles brought together for the Press Day to announce the very first Festival of Speed, with the Lancia that his grandfather, ‘Freddie’ Richmond, drove to open the Goodwood Motor Circuit in 1948 in the background.
Festival of Speed 1994
Above: a very modest display was erected in front of the House in 1994, the Festival’s theme of 100 Years of Motorsport marked by an 1894 Peugeot ‘Vis-á-Vis’ and the latest McLaren Grand Prix car, the 1994 Peugeot-powered MP4/9. Together with Williams, McLaren was the first contemporary Grand Prix team to support the Festival and both teams have been in attendance every year since. Right: Ludovic Lindsay takes to the hill in the 1935 exPrince ‘Bira’ ERA B-Type R5B ‘Remus’.
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Above: Mercedes-Benz has been a loyal supporter of the Festival of Speed since 1994, bringing multiple examples of its thoroughbred racers from its museum in Stuttgart, including in 1995 the 1955 W196 driven by Stirling Moss (top), while John Surtees took to the hill in a glorious 1938 V12 W154 (above). Left: celebrating the 40th anniversary of their historic victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia, Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson took to the hill in their race-winning MercedesBenz 300SLR, No. 722.
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Festival of Speed 1996
Below: Sir Jack Brabham lines up in front of a Lotus 49 in his 1966 World Championship-winning V8 Brabham-Repco BT19 before setting off for a run up the hill.
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Above: perhaps the most beautiful racing car ever produced, the Ferrari 412P sweeps through the fist corner after its run down the tree-lined avenue off the start. Built as a ‘customer’ version of Ferrari’s famous 330 P3 race car, this example was raced during the 1967 season by Colonel ‘Ronnie’ Hoare’s Maranello Concessionaires team at Spa and Le Mans, among others.
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Left: Rally cars had been part of the Festival from the beginning, but restricted to runs up the hill or on short straw-balelined courses on the meadows near Molecomb. That all changed in 2005 with the introduction of the Forest Rally Stage in the woods at the top of the hill, run as a competition in its own right. Subsequently extended in 2006, rally cars of all stripes past and present have since been parked in their own paddock next to the Stage start, a modest entry of just 31 cars in 2006 rising to over 80 in 2017. Here, making its run through the wood, is a Saab 96, a make that was so successful in international rallies in the early ’60s in the hands Erik Carlsson, extending well into the 1970s with significant victories on the Swedish Rally in 1973 and 1976. Below: A sign of the Festival’s commitment to rallying from the beginning is demonstrated by the attendance of these four rally legends at the 1996 event: from left to right, Björn Waldegård, Hannu Mikkola, Michèle Mouton and Stig Blomqvist.
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Festival of Speed 2003
“Lord March very kindly invited me here year after year and every time I just thought ‘Oh, not another old car event’, and found some excuse not to attend. Last year I accepted and only then I realised what I had been missing, and I really regret I did not come before. Now I want very much to make up for that. It is unbelievable, very emotional and so much more than just old cars – it is passion and people and natural beauty, the ambience is just fantastic … ”
Jacky Ickx, six-times Le Mans winner, and former number one Ferrari and Brabham Formula 1 team driver
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Above and left: there could be a whole class among photographers for pictures of drivers in cars, as demonstrated by this small selection taken during the 2003 Festival weekend, including Juan Pablo Montoya in his 2002 Williams-BMW FW24 (top) and Takuma Sato in his 2002 BAR-Honda 004 (above). Meanwhile, Jacky Ickx relaxes (left) in the glorious 1972 flat-12 Ferrari 312PB that won all of the races Ferrari entered that year.
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Right: Gerry Judah’s monumental central display for Ford in 2003 referenced perhaps the company’s greatest sporting victory on the world stage, when they finished first, second and third in formation at the 1966 Le Mans 24-Hours, their first victory in the race which was repeated, though perhaps not quite as emphatically, over the next three years 1967-69. Below: BARC marshals at the finish line at the top of the hill watch as the 1917 Golden Submarine finishes its run from behind the safety of stout ‘industrial size’ straw bales (bottom), only standing on these as the cars descend the hill at a far more sedate pace, including the 1998 Le Manswinning Porsche 911 GT1-98 (below).
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Above: the display of some of the cars became more extravagant in the early 2000s, not least with this 2004 class for futuristic 1950s car influenced by the newly emerging space race, including the glorious metallic blue 1954 Alfa Romeo BAT 7 designed by Bertone, and beyond it the red and cream, gas turbine-powered Fiat Turbina that appeared in the same year.
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Above: a special display in 2003 included this beach scene created for a class of assorted beach and seaside vehicles that appeared in the 1960s, aimed at a new younger generation that were falling under the influence of the Beatles and the Beachboys – of peace and love and fun. Left: star attraction in the 2008 class for some of the cars that have appeared in James Bond films was the Aston Martin DB5, made famous by its appearance in the film ‘Goldfinger’. Sadly, the original car went missing some years ago and this was but a very well detailed replica
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Festival of Speed 2010
Right: and here is George Wingard emerging from the shadows in the Cathedral paddock’s assembly area before an early morning run up the hill in the mighty 14.2-litre Fiat S74, which George first brought to the Festival in 1994. And George and the car were there again in 2017. Below: joining George Wingard on the hill in 2010’s ‘Pioneering Giant’s class was Jochen Mass (bottom) driving the 1902 6.8-litre Mercedes 40HP, the oldest Mercedes still in existence, and following them in a subsequent class for ‘Oval Racing Icons’ came the eradefining 1930 Miller ‘Boyle Valve Special’ (below), Miller cars and engines dominating Indycar racing for the next two decades.
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Festival of Speed 2011
Above: attracting crowds wherever they went, several F1 drivers (and one renowned designer) lined up in the assembly area for a group photograph at the 2011 Festival, including from left Adrian Newey, Sam Bird, Marc GenĂŠ, Karun Chandhok, Jenson Button, Bruno Senna and Oliver Turvey.
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Above: not wanting to miss out, many of the World Superbike stars at the 2011 Festival also lined up for their photograph to be taken, including from left Alex Lowes, Jonathan Rea, Leon Haslam, Cameron Donald, John McGuinness and Keith Amor. Left: and in the top paddock after his ride up the hill, Leon Haslam poses for a selfie with some of his fans.
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Festival of Speed 2013
Below: fresh from his triumph in the first ever sidecar TT held on the Isle of Man, four-time World Sidecar Champion Tim Reeves exits the assembly area on his 2013 LCR-Suzuki (below) with brother and two-time Champion Tristan as co-rider. Meanwhile, down at the start-line, a glittering array of champion motorcycling stars lined up for a group portrait (bottom), including from left Freddie Spencer, Kenny Roberts, Kevin Schwantz (on the second row astride bike no 34), Sammy Miller, Giacomo Agostini and John McGuinness.
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Above: Freddie Spencer exits the first corner on his 1985 World Championship-winning Honda NSR500.
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Festival of Speed 2013
Below: no fewer than 16 Land Speed Record cars were at the Festival in 2013, four in action on the hill and 12 lined up as part of a special (static) display on the cricket pitch. Seen here under appropriately clear blue skies are Sir Henry Segrave’s 1926 Sunbeam 1000HP, the first car to exceed 200mph, and behind it the diminutive Renault Etoile Filant, which set a record for gas turbine-powered cars at 191mph in 1956.
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Above: also on show were two of the legendary Bluebirds: Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 1933 Blue Bird V that broke the 300mph barrier in 1935 (above), and son Donald Campbell’s Bluebird-Proteus CN7 (top) that was actually unveiled at Goodwood in 1960. Designed to exceed 500mph, wet conditions at Lake Eyre restricted it to 403.1mph in 1964, though this was still enough for Donald to emulate his father and set a new Land Speed Record in a wheel-driven car. Craig Breedlove’s turbojet-powered ‘Spirit of America’ had, in fact, already eclipsed Donald Campbell’s speed in 1963, but as this was not set by a wheel-driven car it remained unrecognised until the rules were changed in December 1964
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Above and right: from the ordinary to the sublime, the unexpected to the wacky, the Cartier Style et Luxe has brought an extraordinary mix of automobiles and motorcycles to Festival over the past 25 years, including in 2011 the radically forward-thinking Dymaxion (top), proposed by the American inventor and engineer Buckminster Fuller as a new way forward for car design – and perhaps creating the world’s first people carrier in the process. Somewhat more orthodox, at least in a mechanical sense, was the experimental Abarth 1500 Biposto (above) designed by Franco Scaglione and displayed at the Turin Motor Show in 1952, and the equally beautiful Auburn 851 Speedster of 1935 (right), the epitome of 1930s American luxury and elegance.
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Above: visiting the Festival for the first time and creating something of a frenzy wherever he went (above), Valentino Rossi took to the hill on a 2015 Yamaha YZR M1, a sister machine to the bike he was riding in that year’s Moto GP Championship. At Lord March’s invitation he would later ride the bike into Goodwood House. By contrast, doubleWorld Champion Casey Stoner was able to enjoy a much quieter weekend aboard the latest version of the Honda RCV13V (top), the bike on which Valentino’s arch-rival Marc Marquez had dominated the previous two seasons, 2013-14. Left: with an abiding interest of motor sport in all its forms, Valentino Rossi was keen to broaden his experience in some of the cars on show at the Festival, not least the 1991 Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B. In a moment of calm down at the start, he gathers his thoughts.
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Festival of Speed 2017
Above and right: think of American motor racing and thoughts of rumbling V8s are bound to follow, and there were examples aplenty at the Festival in 2017, including the latest Chevrolet SS (above) that raced in the NASCAR-affiliated Whelan Euro Series in 2017, its engine pushing out nearly 500bhp and prodigious torque. Back in 1966, Jim Hall used a 5-litre unit in his Chaparral-Chevrolet 2E (right) that rewrote the rules when it came to sports car design, moving the radiator from the front of the car to sidepods at the back, on either side of the cockpit, and adding an adjustable wing over the rear wheels for increased downforce when cornering. Taking these ideas to extremes, Paul Dallenforth took to the hill in his extraordinary 750bhp Dallenforth PVA Pikes Peak Special (top) that carried Paul to victory in the ‘Open Wheel’ class at Pikes Peak in 2015, with a time of 9m 36.496s.
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“Look, I guess I’m just a car nut. Have been all my life. If it hasn’t been racing them, it’s been just driving them, or tinkering with them, or restoring them, and losing money on them! But over the past 30 years I must have attended just about every old car event in the world, and let me tell you, none of them compares to Goodwood for mixing the best with the wackiest, the oldest veteran with the latest F1, and all the variations in between. The trouble here is that to take it all in you’d need a week – the three days is never enough …” Phil Hill, 1961 Drivers’ World Champion with Ferrari, and three-time winner of the Le Mans 24-Hours, the Sebring 12-Hours and the Nürburgring 1000Kms
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