the car is very unpredictable under braking. The carbon brakes don’t
work at all when cold, but, as you go up the hill, they can grab as they
heat up and fire you towards a hay bale.”
Once the pressure of running up the driveway dissipated,
it was time to relax and enjoy the atmosphere that is unique to the
Festival of Speed. The Kiwi cars and crews were very well received
by the public. For Mortimer Motorsport’s rotary-powered March, it
was even more special, as it had been 34 years since it was last seen
on track driven in anger. In a true only-at-Goodwood turn of events,
Warwick had three March engineers drop into the pits unannounced
to see him. These three were responsible for the original roll-cage tube
work three decades before; they were as surprised to be reacquainted
with the car they had worked on as Warwick was to have them show
up. And not far down the pits, the Kiwi-based 1989 Leyton House
March CG891 F1 car attracted the attention of Adrian Newey, who was
driving the 1990 version and was one of the two designers responsible
for the creation of the car in 1989.
Out on the rally stages, the TA64 of Ross Clarke was perfectly
at home nestled in among other historic Toyota rally machinery in the
form of a TE27 Corolla and a RA40 Celica, as they all eagerly awaited
their chance to make a run at the Hannu Mikkola–designed rally stage.
While the TA64 kicked up dust, Mad Mike indulged the fans packedAdrian Newey, designer of the Leyton House March CG891 All the aero in the world and Tony Quinn still manages to get the Focus sideways