Ridden: BMW HP4 Race at Goodwood
Pics: Frozenspeed
If you haven?t been, Goodwood Festival of Speed really is the ultimate petrolhead?s paradise. Hundreds of classics, modern cars and bikes, collectors? pieces and everything between, all gathered together at Lord March?s estate for an extended weekend of eargasms and spectacular sights. Whether it?s the hillclimb action, a sensory overload in the paddock, or the array of assorted displays, there?s something for everyone.
And there was something very special waiting for me in the paddock on Sunday morning ? a brand-new BMW HP4 Race ready to be spanked up the fabled hill. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Festival of Speed also hosted Ferrari celebrating 70 years of the prancing horse and Bernie Eccelstone being awarded something. All I was interested in was mounting the £68,000 HP4 Race. There?s me, struggling to zip up my leathers in the über lavish Drivers? Club changing rooms, rubbing shoulders with motorcycling royalty such as Freddie Spencer, Giacomo Agostini, and MCN?s Michael Neeves. As media, there?s a tangible element of fraudster that I cannot shake ? walking down the red carpet, expectant kids asking for autographs and sharing the same tarmac with these heroes all feels a bit plastic. But for punters, this is the closest you?ll get to racing royalty with unrivalled access in the paddock.
Exciting" Yes. But Goodwood is also an intimidating prospect, believe it or not. Thousands of hopeful spectators paying good money to be ente...
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