One of the most historic, iconic, and well-respected motor sporting events just concluded their 30th season. The Goodwood Festival of Speed was a host to some of the most extraordinary vehicles and to some that were making global debuts. The event saw machines built for speed and class from the ‘now’ and ‘then’ generations and everything vehicles in between.
Below are the fastest cars that sprinted down the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s 1.86km (1.16 miles) circuit. However, none of these cars broke the current record of 39.081 seconds held by Max Chilton racing in the McMurtry Speirling that was set last year.
Kicking off this list we have the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport driven by Olaf Manthey, the owner of the Porsche racing team, Manthey Racing. Olaf set a time of 51.45 seconds up the 1.86km track.
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport is powered by a 3.8-litre six cylinder twin-turbo engine that produces 690bhp through a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT). The Porsche can sprint from 0-100km/h in only 2.8 seconds.
Coming in a little faster is the Ferrari 488 Challenge that was driven by Andrew Morrow, one of the stronger drivers in the Ferrari Challenge Series. The Ferrari was quite quick up the hill, setting a time of 49.88 seconds.
The Ferrari Challenge has a beautiful sounding 3.9 litre, turbocharged, eight cylinder engine in a V configuration that has an impressive output of 683.1bhp and 760Nm of peak torque.
Setting a decent time of 49.47 seconds, the Ford Puma was the 8th fastest car up the hill. It was being driven by Ford M-Sport’s WRC-2 driver, Adrien Fourmaux.
The Ford Puma is powered by a 1.6-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged EcoBoost engine that can make the car sprint from nought to a 100km/h in 3.2 seconds. The engine has an output of 376.2bhp and 420Nm of torque.
The Rimac Nevera, an electric hypercar, driven by Miroslav Zrncevic Mrgud, the test driver of Rimac Automobili, set a fast time of 49.32 seconds at the historic hill climb.
The Rimac Nevera’s four electric motors produce an output of 1830bhp and 1180.9Nm of torque. The motor lets the Nevera sprint from 0-100km/h in just 1.85 seconds.
Next, we have the Chrysler Viper GTS-R. The Viper GTS-R was driven by Florent Moulin, a car collector who has also competed in historic events, such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed & Revival, Daytona, Sebring, Le Mans Classic, and Tour Auto. He set a time of 48.29 seconds.
Jake Hill, a British Motorsporting Driver competing in the British Touring Car Championship, wass driving the Calsonic Nissan GT-R R32. He managed to push the tuned godzilla up the hill in just 48.18 seconds.
The GTR R-32 carrying the Calsonic livery is powered by the infamous 2.6-litre RB26DETT, 6-cylinder engine that produces 543bhp and 490Nm of torque. The twin-turbocharged engine comes linked with a 5-speed gearbox.
The colourful Porsche 911 GT3 Cup was being piloted by Adam Smalley, a British Racing Driver who is competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup. Adam drove the Porsche up the Goodwood Festival of Speed circuit in a time of 47.4 seconds.
The 911 GT3 Cup is powered by a 4.0-litre six cylinder engine that produces up to 480.15bhp. Power is sent to the rear wheels via Porsche’s 6-Speed sequential gearbox.
The McLaren M26, driven by Michael Lyon, a season racer in Formula Ford, Formula Renault, British GT, and others, set a time of 46.89 seconds at the Goodwood hill climb.
The Championship winning 1977 McLaren M26 F1 car, at that time, was driven by none other than James Hunt. The M26 comes powered by a Cosworth made V8 90-degree angle that produces 525bhp.
Nitro Circus co-founder and a multiple-format motorsporting legend, ran the Subaru GL Family Huckster up the Goodwood Festival of Speed circuit in just 46.38 seconds, with quite a few close calls along the way.
Pastrana’s Subaru Family Huckster is quite the monster. It is powered by a flat four turbocharged engine that pushes a whopping 853bhp and comes mated to a six speed sequential gearbox.
The fastest car to run up the hill was the futuristic-looking McLaren Solus GT that was being driven by Marvin Kirchhofer, a German racing driver. Kirchhofer set a really quick time of 45.34 seconds in the Solus GT.
The McLaren Solus GT has a screaming 5.2-litre naturally aspirated V10 engine that has a crazy output of 805.8bhp and 648Nm of torque. The Solus GT maintained an average speed of 239.9km/h (149.1mph) through the circuit.
As the Goodwood Festival of Speed is home to some of the most unique cars we’ve seen, we can only expect some of those to be absolute weapons on the track.
The Subaru Family Huckster – although this is not any regular one – is a car no one would have thought would even feature at the event, let alone set the second fastest time, but it did.
This goes to show the various types of cars that are showcased and brought in to compete, not only to please the audience, but to be a part of one the most classic motoring shows, worldwide.
