Former F1 driver Max Chilton driving an innovative Batmobile-like EV equipped with a pair of fans creating 2000kg of downforce, provided an impressive climax to Goodwood’s mid-summer motorsport soiree. Followed by an impressive swirl of dust as it whooshed along, the diminutive Gloucestershire-made car’s stealth-fighter-like profile might look intimidating, with a footprint based on a 1960s F1 … [Read more...]
Impreza lookalike announced by Prodrive
Some 25 years since the first Subaru Impreza World Rally Car made its winning debut on the stages of the World Rally Championship, the bespoke Prodrive P25 recaptures the essence of that very Impreza, while taking inspiration from the 22B arguably the most iconic Impreza. Modern technology ensures the P25 is more powerful, lighter and with better handling. This time it will have a 2.5 litre … [Read more...]
Britain’s first F1 car buck found
The body buck for the original Mark 1 P15 V16, handcrafted in 1949 to help build Britain’s first Formula One car, has been found, and will be used to build Chassis V, the second of three ‘new’ 16-cylinder P15 V16 BRM racing cars. The body forming jig was created to build the first six BRM cars that were unveiled to the world at RAF Folkingham on December 15th 1949, and ran at Goodwood’s … [Read more...]
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars offering record apprenticeships
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is offering a record number of places on its apprenticeship programme for 2022. Applications are now open for a total of 37 places, making this the largest intake since the scheme's inception in 2006. The number of places available is up by more than 15% on the previous record set in 2020, reflecting the company's strong business performance, new model launches, … [Read more...]
Sportslines 11 November
Williams Advanced Engineering and Castrol have entered into a five-year technical partnership to co-develop high performance Electric Vehicle Fluids. As part of the agreement, Castrol will become the official supplier of EV Thermal Fluids for WAE’s growing electrification programmes and motorsport activities such as Formula E, Extreme E, ETCR and LMdH and supply EV Thermal Fluids that are … [Read more...]
Stars, cars, rain and sun – Goodwood FoS returned
Following its enforced 2020 sabbatical, the Mastercard Goodwood Festival of Speed returned with a bang – including daily pyrotechnics – last week after being chosen as a pilot event by the UK Government's Event Research Programme, writes Ken Davies. Adding credibility to this decision, the Right Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport paid a visited the Festival on … [Read more...]
Ford Puma hybrid WRC challenger unveiled
The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team today revealed for the first time a prototype of the new Puma Rally car that will help usher in an exciting new era of electrified competition in the FIA World Rally Championship from 2022. Making its global public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the M‑Sport Ford Puma Rally features a next-generation hybrid powertrain that seamlessly combines the … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival gets go-ahead
Goodwood Festival of Speed will now form part of the Events Research Programme (ERP) as a pilot event and will take place as planned from Thursday 8 - Sunday 11 July. The event is sold out across Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The capacities agreed with the ERP will mean that all 2021 Festival of Speed ticket, hospitality and grandstand pass holders will be able to attend as planned, … [Read more...]
Newslines 28 May
A unique sports suspension calibration and body styling with distinctive interior trim is available in the new Bentley Bentayga S. It’s the first S trimmed luxury SUV from the British marque and uses the 550ps 4.0V8 turbo-petrol engine and eight-speed automatic gearbox. It reaches 60mph in 4.4seconds and has a 180mph maximum. A split sports exhaust, dark tint headlamps, S-badges and paint … [Read more...]
Retro Rides return to Goodwood for car lovers
Retro Rides is gearing up for the first Retro Rides Weekender since the easing of the UK lockdown, which will be held over the 29 and 30 May at Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester. Featuring a whole host of iconic machinery as static displays and track action, the Retro Rides team has tickets for both days available. Unique paddock displays featuring restomods, rally cars, drift cars and … [Read more...]