Top 10 highlights from the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Thousands of motoring enthusiasts made the pilgrimage to West Sussex on 25 – 28 June to take in the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Highlights from the Festival included a glut of new vehicle debuts, dozens of classic car displays and a 40-meter high sculpture to celebrate Mazda's racing success.
But don’t just take our word for it; check out our gallery below for the top 10 highlights from the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015.
The Blue Train Racer
Le Mans winner Woolf Barnato was never a believer in public transport. In fact, he detested it so much that in 1930 he bet a friend £100 that he could drive from Cannes to London in the same time it would take the ‘Blue Train’ to travel from the Riviera to Calais.
Barnato left Cannes at 5:45pm in his Bentley Speed Six (pictured) – the same time as the train – and raced through France to reach St James in London at 3:20pm the next day. He beat the train by minutes. The famous car is now owned by Bruce McCaw and has been restored to its former glory. It was one of the distinct classic highlight, with several hillclimb runs over the weekend.
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