July 2nd saw my first visit to the Festival of Speed, an annual event held since 1993 in the grounds of the the Earl of March's estate. The event features cars of all types from all eras; a focus this year was 100 years of the Indianapolis 500, with a grand selection of Indycars old and new.

I wanted to enjoy the day, but grabbed an opportunity to catch some of the cars when I was in a decent enough spot, I hope you like the results.

2010 Ferrari F10, Tipo 56 2.4 litre V8, limited to 18,000RPM
Driven at Goodwood by Marc Gene.




Bruno Senna driving the Lotus 125, an F1-like client car. Powered by a Cosworth 3.5 litre V8 limited to 10,300rpm, giving around 640bhp.

Vitaly Petrov in the 2009 Renault R29, powered by a 2.4 litre V8 revving to 18000rpm.


The 2009 Lotus 127 F1 car, powered by a Cosworth 2.4 Litre V8, limited to 18000rpm.
Driven at the event by Karun Chandhok.

Karun Chandhok in the paddock.

In action on the hill.


In 1990, during friday morning practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, Martin Donnelly exited the track at a fast right-hander. His car struck the barrier and disintegrated, leaving him lying on the track, his seat still attached. He made a very good recovery, but never raced in F1 again. There is some video discussing the incident here. Over 20 years later, Classic Team Lotus restored to race condition a 102 chassis with a genuine Chrysler-Lamborghini 3.5 litre V12, and so, at Goodwood, Donnelly was reunited with his car. It was great to see.



Benetton-Ford B193, powered by a 3.5 litre V8. As used by Michael Schumacher and Riccardo Patrese in 1993:


Williams-Renault FW15C, powered by a 3.5 litre V10, as used by Damon Hill and Alain Prost in 1993. This remains the most sophisticated F1 car made; it featured traction control, computer-controlled & hydraulically actuated active suspension, ABS, semi-automatic gearbox with full auto mode. Most of this tech was banned at the end of '93, rendering it a very interesting car, 18 years later.


Mercedes F1 car, actually the Brawn BGP01 from '09, in Mercedes factory colours. Mercedes 2.4 Litre V8, 18000rpm.


Indy

Bobby Rahal, pulled-over waiting for the track to clear in a 1955 Jim Robbins special:

1965 Lotus-Ford 38, the car that sounded the death-knell for front-engined cars at Indy:


The highly unusual-sounding 1971 Lotus 56 turbine car:


Bobby Rahal's 1986 March-Cosworth 86C:


Emerson Fittipaldi drives the Penske-Mercedes PC-23, which exploited rules allowing more turbocharge boost for pushrod engines at Indy, giving birth to the monstrous Mercedes 500I engine, reportedly giving over 1000bhp:


Scott Dixon in the 2008 Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda:


A great day out, and well worth attending. Truly beautiful location, too.

Great shots! The Lotus 102, the Benetton and the Williams especially illustrate how tiny those cars are in real life. I once stood next to Nige's Championship winning car many years ago and I still remember how small it was.

Fantastic pics!

Nice Pics.


Wheels

Wow. I've always wanted to go to that event. It must be stunning in person.

Thanks for the pics, you lucky b@st@rd

Those shots are just cool.

Great shots!
I can't wait to get to this event.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing!

Very nicely captured. Red is a very hard colour to duplicate correctly but yours are spot on. Nice to see Ferrari World on the side of the first few as it reminds me of my trip there in March. Amazing place.