While you wander around the two paddocks at Goodwood, or indeed any race paddock anywhere, you’ll encounter cars being warmed up ready for their next run. Today was obviously no exception, yet the eclectic nature of Goodwood is such that you don’t know what you’ll find when you head towards the engine noise and break through the crowd of people around it.
The first car I saw being revved up this year was this 1929 Bugatti, one of the top Grand Prix car of the era. These days it looks like an old dusty relic but it has a ton of history behind it, and can still make a noise and go fast up the hill.
I had great day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, it seemed I was constantly doing something and the day went by in a flash. I think I’m coming to the realisation that it deserves two days, there is just so much there now that you have no hope of covering it in a single day, I felt like I was rushing from place to place to see everything I wanted to see.
I’ve not been home all that long so I’ve not sorted through my photos and videos just yet, and I’m too tired tonight to write a proper blog post about my day. How about a teaser?
As always with any motorsport event it takes a little while to get your eye in, and of course for a while you just want to enjoy the event and take in the sights, sounds and smells. Trying to time your shot for that small gap between people’s heads is also quite tricky when you are panning the camera. This means my camerawork was quite dodgy for a while so to tease you until I go through them properly, here are some pretty horrible outtakes…
Outtake: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-TAG MP4/2C (thanks for the magazine, luv)Outtake: Jean-Eric Vergne, Red Bull RB5... almost
1989 Lotus-Judd 101... he booted the throttle and stuffed it in the hay, breaking the front wing. This is from the big-screen TV.
What, you weren’t expecting a proper update straight away, were you?
I’m attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday. I won’t be posting updates from the venue as I expect to be too busy, so I’m not even bringing my netbook, but do keep an eye on my Twitter account for the odd update and photo during the day – I hope to get Twitvid working too but that may be too big a drain on my data plan.
I’m attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday, my 4th visit. It has grown every year and I doubt I’ll cover everything I want to see but if you accept that before you get there it is hard to have a bad time.
I won’t be posting to the blog until I get home, but do keep an eye on my Twitter account for the odd update and photo during the day. If you happen to tweet me don’t be offended if you don’t get a reply until much later, it means I’m enjoying the event!
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