Brooklands, the birthplace of British motor racing, is home to a fascinating museum and the very impressive Mercedes-Benz World. Every October the Museum with Autoitalia Magazine organise a motorsport day at the Museum and on the test track at Mercedes-Benz World. All sorts of competition cars are invited to the event and this year I took along my MG SV.
June 29, 2014
Out and About at the Festival of Speed 2014
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Some interesting new iron (aluminium, carbon fibre …) at the FoS this year. Highlights below.
There is always a fine selection of Le Mans sports cars at Goodwood ranging from those from the earliest days of racing to the very latest winning machines.
Due to restrictions on testing (!) there were no contemporary Formula One cars tackling the hill at Goodwood this year. That did not stop some of the teams bringing cars for static display or bringing cars from previous seasons for their drivers and test drivers to run up the hill. Even then runs were restricted to demonstration performances with plenty of doughnuts and burnouts and very little speed. We had to look to the historic guys for real pace.
One of the best things about the Festival of speed is the close access to the drivers available for fans.
March 29, 2013
Jaguar F Type
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The more I see the F Type in the flesh the more I like it. The lines and details are fantastic. I am slightly less convinced about the quality of the detailing inside the cockpit and how the car looks with the hood up. In addition the car’s dynamic qualities are of course still unknown to independent road testers. Anyway, below are a selection of official Jaguar shots of the car and a link to Lana Del Ray’s video warbling homage to the car, “Drive”..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNcGgGMXXTs