Motorsport specialist Prodrive will bring many of its greatest rally and racing cars from the past 40 years to Goodwood Festival of Speed next month.
Some of the cars will be driven up the famous Goodwood Hill – and several will be reunited with famous drivers, including rally car aces Sebastien Loeb and Ari Vatanen.
Nine-time World Rally Champion Loeb will drive the Prodrive Hunter T1 for the first time since the Dakar Rally this year. Ari Vatanen and David Richards will pair up in one of the Mk2 Ford Escorts that helped them win their World Rally title 40 years ago.
Aston Martin Racing works driver Marco Sorensen will drive the number 95 Vantage GTE in which he and Nicki Thiim won the FIA WEC GTE drivers’ title last year.
And Jimmy McRae will get behind the wheel of his brother Colin McRae’s 1996 Rally Catalunya-winning Impreza Group A.
“The Festival of Speed is one of the motorsport events of the year that I really look forward to,” said Prodrive chairman, David Richards.
“The paddock has a unique atmosphere where fans can get close to their heroes and have the opportunity to see so much motorsport history race up the hill. We’ll be joining the action with a number of our cars that represent Prodrive’s successes over the four decades.”
The full list of Prodrive cars appearing at the event is:
1981 Ford Escort RS1800 MkII (driven by Vatanen/Richards)
1986 Metro 6R4 (static display).
1995 Subaru Impreza Group A (static display)
1996 Subaru Impreza Group A (driven by Jimmy McRae).
2000 Subaru Impreza WRC (driven by David Lapworth – Prodrive technical director)
2020 Aston Martin Vantage GTE (driven by Marco Sorensen)
2021 Prodrive Hunter T1 (driven by Sebastien Loeb).
2004 BAR Honda F1 (static display)
2003/4 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar (static display)
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