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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

19 July, 2011

The highlights of the photos I took at the 2011 Good Festival of Speed. Full Set of of 182 is here. Click thumbnails below for larger size.

Kurtis Kraft-Novi ‘Governor Special’ 1946, 3.0l Supercharged V8

Ligier-Cosworth JS11/15 1980, 3.8l V8

Rene Arnoux: Oui, jus’ let a little air out of eez tyres

Vitaly Petrov is very excited to be at Goodwood

Jaguar E-Type Lightweight ‘Low Drag’ 1964, 3.8l straight 6 ‘The Linder Nocker Coupe’, destroyed in Peter Linder’s fatal accident at Montlhery 1964, and recently rebuilt by CMC

Jaguar XJ13 1965, 5.0l V12, intended to take on Ford at Le Mans, but the project was cancelled and the car never raced

McLaren MP4-12C GT3 2011, 3.8l Turbo V8, under development with plans to build 20 for the 2012 season

McLaren M1B

Porsche 917/30 1973, 5.4l Turbo Flat 12, with 1500bhp the world’s most powerful sportscar, dominated the 1973 CanAm series in the hand of Mark Donahue. Driven by Brian Redman

Audi R18 TDI 3.7 TurboDiesel V6, 2011 Le Mans winner, driven by Andre Lotterer

Ginetta F400

2011 Hennessey Venom GT A stretched Elise with a Viper V10 in the back? Those crazy Yanks…

2011 Ferrari 458 Italia

2011 Bentley Continental Driven by Derek Bell

2011 Pagani Huayra

RUF Porsche CTR3

50 years of the E-Type sculpture outside Goodwood House

Mercedes-Benz 300SL ‘Gullwing’ (1955)

Abarth 1500 Biposto BAT 1 (1952)

GM Electric Networked-Vehicle (2011) with Jay Kay in it

Fiat ‘Mefistofele’ (1907/23) Engine detail of the 21.7l straight 6

Fiat S74 Grand Prix 1911, 14.2l inline 4, drive chain detail

Lancia D50 interior detail

Ferrari 246 Dino nose detail

BRM P30 Mk2 nose detail

Click below for the full album:

Festival of Speed ’11 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed

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2010 Formula One British Grand Prix

16 August, 2010

It’s taken almost six weeks, but I’ve finally sorted out my photos from the 2010 Formula One British Grand Prix weekend: from almost 1800 photos taken, I’ve got it down to an album of a little over 400 photos of Formula BMW, GP3, GP2 and Formula One cars; the Red Devils Parachute display team; the Red Arrows; and various random trackside goings on.

As that’s far more than most sane people would be willing trawl through, the highlights are below. But for anyone mad enough (or bored enough) the whole album is here.

Friday, Formula One 1st Practice Lewis Hamilton, running very wide into Village

Friday, Formula One 1st Practice Schumacher kicking up dust as he rejoins the track

Friday, Formula One 1st Practice Fernando Alonso, Ferrari F10

Friday, Formula One 1st Practice Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus T127

Red Devils Parachute Team

Friday, Formula One 2nd Practice Mark Webber, Red Bull RB6

Friday, Formula One 2nd Practice Lewis Hamilton gets his entry to Becketts wrong

Friday, Formula One 2nd Practice Lewis Hamilton runs very wide exiting Becketts

Friday, Formula One 2nd Practice Felipe Massa, Ferrari F10

Friday, Formula One 2nd Practice Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP W01

Saturday, GP3 Qualifying Reflection of the exit of Club corner

Saturday, Formula One 3rd Practice Sparking Virgins on the way to Abbey

Saturday, Formula One 3rd Practice Vitaly Petrov, Renault R30

Saturday, Formula One 3rd Practice Lewis Hamilton, McLaren MP4-25

Saturday, Formula One 3rd Practice Jenson Button, McLaren MP4-25

Saturday, Formula One Qualifying Marshall waves the blue flag as Hamilton approaches Abbey

Saturday, Formula One Qualifying Mark Webber, Red Bull RB6

Saturday, Formula One Qualifying Rubens Barrichello catching a Sauber at Abbey

Saturday, GP2 Race 1 Adrian Zaugg spitting flame into Abbey

Saturday, GP2 Race 1 Johnny Cecotto losing it at Abbey

Saturday, GP3 Race 1 Simon Trummer, Stefano Coletti and Pal Varhaug nose to tail at Luffield

Saturday, GP3 Race 1 Daniel Juncadella retires

Saturday, GP3 Race 1 Esteban Gutierrez

Stewards slacking as the grandstands empty

Logo on the Santander stand

Sunday, GP2 Race 2 Clos (7) and Valsecchi (10) side-by-side through Luffield

Chickenman

Sunday, Formula One drivers Parade Back l-r: Hulkenberg, de la Rosa, Buemi, Sutil, Yamamoto; Front l-r: Webber, Alonso, Kubica, Kovalainen, Hamilton, Barrichello, di Grassi, Massa, Schumacher

Sunday, Formula One drivers Parade Back l-r: Liuzzi, Rosberg; Front l-r: Massa, Schumacher, Vettel, Glock, Button, Chandok, Trulli

Sunday, Red Arrows Air display

Sunday, Formula One Pre Race Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP W01

Sunday, Formula One Pre Race Jenson Button, McLaren MP4-25

Sunday, Formula One Pre Race Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus T127

Sunday, Formula One Pre Race Felipe Massa, Ferrari F10

Sunday, Formula One Race Hamilton battles Webber for the lead on lap one, as Kubica begins to drop back

Sunday, Formula One Race Webber and Hamilton behind the Safety car

Sunday, Formula One Race Webber having pulled away from Hamilton

Sunday, Formula One Race Alguesuari’s race ending in the gravel at Luffield

Sunday, Formula One Race Vettel, Schumacher and Hulkenberg lapping Chandok

Sunday, Formula One Race Mark Webber on his Victory lap, after a dominant win

McLaren fans liberating a Pit-In sign

Startline kerbs

Ferrari kit packed and ready to go

Looking towards Becketts

Post Race Party

Post Race Party Sebastian Vettel on Guitar

Button-Hamilton Flag

James and Christina walking back to the car

For the rest of the album click here:

British Grand Prix 2010 2010 British F1 GP weekend at Silverstone. Includes Formula BMW, GP3, GP2 and the Red Arrows as well as Formula One.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010

9 July, 2010

My favourites of the photos I took at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. For those that are interested the rest are here, but be warned: there are far more than is strictly necessary.

(Click for bigger).

100 Years of Alfa Romeo With James and Dom lurking on the right

100 Years of Alfa Romeo

Honda - The Power of Dreams

Interior detail of ???

Cars, Guitars and Rockstars

Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Zagato

Jaguar SS

Citroen Survolt

Audi A1 logo detail

Audi R8 GT

$Ferrari 365 GTB\4 Daytona LM, 1972 4.4l V12, Capable of exceeding 190mph on the Mulsanne straight$

Ferrari 365 GTB Daytona LM, 1972 4.4l V12, Capable of exceeding 190mph on the Mulsanne straight

Lancia Monte Carlo, 1981 1.4l Turbocharged inline 4, Built by Abarth for the 2.0l Group 5 GT Class

Ford Falcon XC GS500, 1977 5.8l V8, led a Falcon 1-2 at the '77 Bathurst 1000km, in the hands of Allan Moffatt and Jackie Ickx

BMW 3.0CSL Batmobile, 1973 3.0l inline 6, 1973 European Touring Car Championship and Spa 24hrs

Jimmie Vaughn Blues Legend, Jimmie Vaughn drives back down the hill, after playing his way up.

Renault 5 Maxi Turbo, 1985 Jean Ragnotti doing high speed 360s in barely more than the width length of the car

Renault 5 Maxi Turbo, 1985 Jean Ragnotti doing high speed 360s in barely more than the width of the car

Uknown biker wheelie-ing up the hill

Red Arrows over Goodwood

Lotus-Ford 38, 1965 4.2l V8, Running for the first time since Jim Clark drove it to victory in the '65 Indy 500, the first time a mid-engined car had won at the brickyard. Demonstrated by Jackie Stewart.

Lotus Cosworth 79, 1978 3.0l V8, ex Mario Andretti

Lotus-Cosworth 49, 1967 3.0l V8, the first car to be powered by the Cosworth DFV, won on it's debut at Zandvoort '67, and was still a winner in the hands of Jochen Rindt at Monaco in 1970