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Video: How to build the Festival of Speed’s central feature

02nd June 2020

Laura Thomson

Around about now we would be beginning the build-up for our fastest event of the year, the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard. And while we shouldn’t miss being surrou...

Each year, over the five weeks approaching the event, the grounds of Goodwood House are slowly turned into the grown up’s play ground that greets visitors to the Festival. Hay bales line the Duke of Richmond’s driveway, and the rally stage emerges from the woods. Tents spring up all over, while the incredibly impressive sculpture slowly blossoms into a marvellous celebration of a person or manufacturer. In this time-lapse, filmed all the way back in 2011, you can see the sculpture of the beautiful Jaguar E-type take shape, a celebration of 50 years since the E-type was first unveiled.

In just two minutes, marvel at the incredible effort that goes into creating one of motoring’s flagship events, with the five week-build, four-day festival, 181,000 spectators and two-week breakdown encapsulated in less than the time it takes to make a cup of tea. Enjoy!

Welcome to Goodwood Elevenses, a mid-morning helping of motoring-related amusement to help break up your day. Watch the last video: Watch more than 40 Group C cars fight at the Le Mans Classic

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Video: How to build a 150 tonne Jaguar E-Type

Celebrating the Jaguar E-Type in 2010 meant building an enormous sculpture that weighed as much as 122 of the real thing...

06th June 2020

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Video: How to build the Festival of Speed’s central feature

Five weeks of work in less than two minutes…

02nd June 2020

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Video: Building FOS in four minutes

Five weeks of work and one entire Festival of Speed, gone in 249 seconds…

14th July 2020

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Video: Low-Drag Jaguar E-Type prowls up the Goodwood Hill

A racer for 60 years and with one seriously silky engine note…

24th June 2020

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Video: The heavenly sound of 30 E-types in battle

A grid of just Jaguars competed in the 2011 Fordwater Trophy…

15th September 2022

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VOTE: What’s your favourite Festival of Speed Central Feature?

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27th June 2019

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Video: Onboard low-drag E-Type at Goodwood

Watch a Low Drag Jaguar E-Type fly round Goodwood during testing...

04th August 2020

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Video: How they made the Porsche 911 central feature

Eight weeks of welding and a lot of heavy lifting…

09th July 2020

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Gallery: Best of the best in Cartier Style et Luxe

Some of the most gorgeous and most valuable cars in the world…
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Highlights from the Cartier Style et Luxe

From humble Austin 7s to multi-million pound McLaren F1s...
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The Cartier Style et Luxe will showcase elegance and variety in 2024

With showcases of Gandini, Pagani, Rolls-Royce and more…

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Gallery: Cartier Style et Luxe at the 2022 Festival of Speed

A garden of sanctuary, sophistication and extremely rare cars…
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Video: BMW M3 Touring hits the Hill at the Festival of Speed

Watch this glorious estate make its dynamic debut at the 2022 Festival of Speed...
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Video: Lando Norris in a McLaren Can-Am car versus a wet hill

Lando Norris tames the 7.6-litre McLaren M8D in the rain...

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FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE.Celebrating 60 years since the Cooper Car Company won its first FIA Formula 1© World Championship title, the Goodwood Revival has curated a collection of the single-seater and sports racing cars built by the Surbiton team. Among them are cars raced in Grands Prix, the Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours as well as the immortal Mini-Coopers that dominated saloon car racing and rallying in the 1960s..Front Row- from Left:.1967 Cooper Climax T54- Jack Brabham’s Indy car ‘The Kimberly Special’ .1959 Cooper Climax T51- ’59 Cooper Works car.Rob Walker Cooper Climax T51- Stirling Moss Italian and Portuguese Grand Prix winner.(Mid distance) 1962 Cooper Climax T60- Bruce McLaren’s Monaco winner.(Background) 1957 Cooper Climax T43- Jack Brabham raced car at Goodwood in 1957- Lavant Cup and Glover Trophy in ’57

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