Sportscars star at Goodwood
Last weekend’s weather-disrupted Goodwood Festival of Speed featured an enormous turnout of contemporary and historic sportscars.
Of the current crop of FIA WEC/Le Mans machinery, JOTA ran its Porsche 963, the Iron Dames Porsche made the trip, the Le Mans-winning #51 Ferrari 499P was displayed, and the NASCAR Garage 56 Camaro proved to be a real crowd-pleaser.
.@JensonButton really struggled to get the power down in the @nascarg56 car up the wet #FOS Hill. Still sounded epic though! pic.twitter.com/KHWz0qmxIt
— Goodwood FOS (@fosgoodwood) July 15, 2023
It’s been a very wet and windy day, but check out that rooster tail! 😍 @fosgoodwood
#FOS pic.twitter.com/u0VCKAt1bP— Iron Dames (@IronDames_) July 14, 2023
Looking to the future, the forthcoming 2024 Ford Mustang GT3 ran up the hill, and Lamborghini’s brand-new LMDh was unveiled.
The #Ford #Mustang GT3’s V8 is brutal. 5.4-litres of naturally-aspirated goodness. #FOS pic.twitter.com/2bputnC3dB
— Goodwood Road & Racing (@GoodwoodRRC) July 14, 2023
The historic line-up was exceptional too. Among the cars that took to the hill were Porsche’s GTE ‘Pink Pig’, the Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B, 1970 Salzburg Porsche 917 and 2017 Porsche 919. Audi also took an R8, R10 TDI and R18 e-tron quattro to the event and there was a display of GT1 machinery (see below) for everyone on hand to take a look at.
Unfortunately, the 1998 Le Mans winning Porsche 911 GT1 was one of a handful of cars to leave Goodwood with damage from an off while on the hillclimb.
Astronaut Timo.
Great to see the 919 Tribute rocketship manned and out on track again!#Goodwood #GoodwoodFoS #FoS pic.twitter.com/p675Wxrv6b
— Jochen – Frozenspeed (@Frozenspeed) July 15, 2023
Koenigsegg GT1 sold
Elsewhere at Goodwood, the unraced 2007 Koenigsegg CCGT GT1 Competition Coupé headlined the Festival of Speed’s Bonhams auction, selling for a staggering £3,319,000.
The CCGT GT1 was originally built by the Swedish supercar company to compete at Le Mans, before the brand’s plans were halted by a change to the technical regulations.
“Being the 30th anniversary of our very first auction at Goodwood, we were really hoping for a significant sale and so we are, of course, thrilled to have sold the Koenigsegg for such an outstanding price,” said Tim Schofield, Head of Motoring in the UK at Bonhams.
“It is a true unicorn supercar, which was hard to value, but I feel that the price we achieved is well worthy of its remarkable stature.”
To learn more, check out DSC’s ‘Sportscars That Never Raced’ feature on the car.
New Manthey kit revealed for Porsche’s GT4
Porsche has revealed a new Manthey Kit for the 718 Cayman GT4 RS, which is specially optimised for track use.
The GT4 RS, with its new Manthey kit, completed a lap at the Nordschleife circuit at the Nürburgring in 7:03.121 minutes, making it 6.179 seconds faster than the 718 Cayman GT4 RS without the upgrades.
The modifications focus on aerodynamics and chassis components. Pads designed for the track are available as an option for the powerful braking system.
The new kit was developed in Meuspath especially for track days and in close collaboration between engineers at Porsche Motorsport and the Nordschleife specialists at Manthey. The road-legal components can be fitted aftermarket and will be sold by Porsche Centres worldwide.
In Europe, the launch of the new kit is planned for December 2023. Other markets will follow.
Laurens Vanthoor’s latest vlog
Porsche works driver Laurens Vanthoor has released a vlog from his experience earlier this month at the Spa 24 Hours with Manthey.
Images courtesy of JOTA and Porsche
