Perhaps the main event of the Festival of Speed in Goodwood is considered a hill climb competition. To this day, the official record of the track with a length of 1,866 meters and a vertical drop of 92.7 m was considered the achievement of Nick Heidfeld, dating back to 1999.
The German driver was a McLaren test driver at the time and completed the course in 41.6 seconds in an MP4/13, a Formula 1 car. He did it on Sunday, when the official games are held. But for three years during Saturday’s qualifying, Heidfeld’s result was covered by Roman Dumas, who drove the Volkswagen ID R electric sports prototype, but that feat remained unofficial.
But today, on the amazing McMurtry Spéirling electric car made especially for the Goodwood competition, Max Chilton first set a new track record in training, as we’d discussed, and then broke Nick Heidfeld’s 23-year record as he rode the circuit ran in 39,081 seconds.
After his record run, Chilton, who had stepped out of the cramped cockpit of the record electric car, approached Heidfeld, who was also part of the Festival of Speed program, and apologized to him with a sly smile.
“I never thought my record would last so long,” says Nick. “Although even Volkswagen, which closed it three years ago, has had to prepare for this for a long time. But I think everyone was staring at the screens now when this miniature car was on the track, because today was a unique performance.”
Source: F1 News
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