McLaren Racing will roll out a stunning array of historic cars this weekend at Goodwood’s Festival of Speed, with an equally remarkable line-up of past and present drivers steering the machines up the grounds’ famous hill.
The staggering display is part of McLaren’s 60th anniversary celebrations that are unfolding this year.
A dozen McLaren F1 cars will be joined by past machines from the manufacturer's Can-Am days – McLaren’s exclusive hunting ground in the late sixties - as well as by the 1974 Indy 500 winning machine of Johnny Rutherford.
Among those who will have the privilege of showcasing McLaren’s incredible heritage history at Goodwood will be F1 world champions Emerson Fittipaldi and Mika Hakkinen, as well as current drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, but also Bruno Senna, Emnuele Pirro, JJ Lehto, Gil de Ferran and many others.
Sebastian Vettel took Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4/8 out for a few laps around Silverstone 🤩
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But wait, there’s more!
Retired five-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will run up the hill with his own ex-Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/8 from 1993 ,which he warmed up at Silverstone on Wednesday.
But the German will also treat fans to several ascents onboard his ex-Nigel Mansell Williams FW14B.
And for good measure, McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown will take the wheel of Bruce McLaren’s original Austin 7 which now spends its life in the main hall of the McLaren Technology Center in Woking.
The Festival of Speed will take place on July 13-16.
The main theme of this year’s 30th anniversary edition is entitled 'Goodwood 75' as the event looks back at three-quarters of a century of motorsport history.
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