Among all the new metal that made their up the hill such as the special edition Aston Martin Vulcan AMR, new McLaren 570S Spider, and Jaguar Project 8, there were also many mouth-watering dream machines such as the Pagani Huayra BC, Bugatti Chiron, and Koenigsegg Agera RS.
It’s not just exotic supercars too. The one-off Rolls Royce Sweptail, believed to be the most expensive new car ever sold at $12 million, also made its way up the hill, as too did the new Renault
Alpine A110 sports car, and even a prototype for the new electrically assisted London Taxi.
As much as Goodwood is about supercars and sports cars, racing cars and motorsports were an equally important part of the Festival. Being the year in which Goodwood was celebrating Bernie and Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, it came as no surprise there were a few cars from Ferrari’s F1 past going up the hill.
It was an unbelievable moment seeing the modern Ferrari F60 F1 car from 2009 in full livery doing runs up the hill following legendary Ferrari F1 cars like Nigel Mansel’s Ferrari 641, Nikki Lauda’s Ferrari 312T, and John Surtees’ Ferrari 158.
F1 cars were in full flight too with all bases covered such as Brabham, Lotus, Cosworth, McLaren, and Alfa Romeo cars making their way up the hill. Nico Rosberg made an appearance in the 2014 W05 Hybrid. There were also several more F1 on the static display stands.
Elsewhere, several of motorsports’ greatest cars also made an appearance up the hill. Endurance sports cars and GT cars their own category compromising of some of the most significant cars in
history such as the McLaren F1 GTR, Ford GT40, and Porsche 962C. These were cars I never thought I’d see with my eyes, I never expected to see and hear them within 10 minutes of each other. It was one of the best moments of the whole festival.
There was a plethora of other cars from all corners of motorsports such as NASCAR, Rally, Dakar, drift, and touring cars. It was one of the most varied and diverse line up of cars I’d ever seen at any event I’d been to.
Between watching cars go up the hill and doing donuts at the bottom of it, there were also lots of static displays to appreciate. When the cars weren’t in motion they were displayed at various booths and stands. It was a chance to appreciate the cars you’d just seen rip up the hill more closely.
By Ken Saito