Top 10 cars at Goodwood Revival 2014
Maserati celebrates centenary at Goodwood with rare F1 films, but Jaguar takes #1 spotThe Jaguar D-Type from the mid-1950s has narrowly edged out the Maserati 250F as the Goodwood Revival's top car, but that hasn't stopped Maserati from celebrating in flamboyant Italian style.
The top 10 classic sports cars at the Goodwood Revival, September 14 to 16 – one of the world's biggest classic motorsport events – include the abovementioned pair but also the Ford Mustang, a Matra-Cosworth F1 car, a Norton motorcycle and (naturally) an Aston Martin.
- Goodwood Revival Top 10 cars
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- Jaguar D-type
- Maserati 250 F
- Ford Mustang
- The Manx Norton motorcycle
- Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C
- Cunningham C4R
- 1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80 F1 race car (Sir Jackie Stewart's)
- Tatra T87
- Aston Martin DBR1
- ERA A-Type R4A
Although Maserati just missed out on the top spot, the Italian sports car maker continued its year-long celebrations with a cavalcade of important historic race cars at the 2014 Goodwood Revival.
In 1914 the Maserati brothers started an automotive business in Bologna, Italy, and today the company celebrates its 100th anniversary with soaring sales and a rich history from which to draw inspiration.
A unique and rarely-seen chapter of its history has recently been unearthed via footage of the Maserati 250F Formula 1 car, a 2.5-litre straight six belter of a machine. Seen here racing in the 1950s at the hands of legendary drivers Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina and Stirling Moss from the UK, it'll bring a tear to the eye of nostalgic motorsports aficionados.
Although Maserati no longer competes in Formula 1 due to the exorbitant costs, Fangio won two driver's championships (1954, 1957) driving the car. Stirling Moss called the 250F one of the most beautiful user-friendly Formula 1 cars ever built.
The new footage also shows just how little stood between the daredevil drivers and road. Helmets were flimsy, roll bars didn't exist and short sleeve shirts were the norm in hotter climate races.
As well as other high-speed demonstrations, the fleet of 16 Maserati 250Fs took pride of place at a recreation of the 1954 Monza pit lane at the Goodwood Revival, which included a rare V12 model.
Maserati also displayed a number of other vehicles that have shaped the brand over the past 100 years, including 1969 Ghibli Tipo AM115 and the 1961 3500 GT Vignale Spyder.
They were juxtaposed next to modern metal, the brand-new Ghibli and GranCabrio MC, while a miniature vintage theatre projected original footage from the Italian brand's motorsport halcyon days.
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