Goodwood Festival of Speed

[gman1967]

Having watched coverage on ITV4 and the hill shootout, think something died inside of me.... Top two times? No wheelspin, no tyre smoke, no engine noise. Just a high pitched whirr of electric motors. Progress? Undoubtedly. But I grew up standing in forests watching rallying and Group B. The spectacle, the speed. The SOUND!!!!!

 

Not sure about electric rallying....

[Ryeman]

Just imagine F1 without the need for earplugs.

[SWBoy]

10 hours ago, Ryeman said:

Just imagine F1 without the need for earplugs.

Depressing...

[Aspman]

I thought the point of goodwood was to watch, hear and smell the old cars going up the hill.

 

I think it would be sad if racing was silent with a smell of ozone

[Ryeman]

1 hour ago, SWBoy said:

Depressing...

I saw a bit of Formula E which was like watching the golf channel.......zzzzzzzz

[Ootohere]

The Donald with the golf carts rushing about all over the place on Saturday and Sunday was more exciting than Formula E. 

Lawnmower racing is a better spectator sport IMO and you get the smell of 2 stroke and the noise.

 

Edited 19 July, 2018 by Offski

[camelspyyder]

Yeah, the earlier vehicles made noise! Mike Skinner's (late of the Grand Tour) NASCAR truck and Justin Law's Jag V12 particularly so.

 

The last ones were so Formula- e. The e isn't for excitement that's for sure.

Edited 27 July, 2018 by camelspyyder