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From press release
F1 drivers Max Chilton and Giedo van der Garde will both be racing vintage cars, next month at Goodwood.
Chilton will become the first contemporary grand prix racer for nine years to contest the Goodwood Revival when he climbs behind the wheel of a 1965 Ford Mustang for the Shelby Cup, a one-off race being held to mark 60 years of the small-block V8 engine.
The Marussia driver will be sharing driving duties with Richard Dutton, boss of hugely-successful junior single-seater squad Fortec Motorsport.
Van der Garde has signed up to race the RAC Tourist Trophy Celebration race, for closed cockpit cars from 1960 to '64.
His co-driver will be David Hart, a regular at the Revival who's often found at the sharp end of the grid. They are sharing an AC Cobra.
"You can't slide a modern Formula One car and still be fast," said the Sauber test driver. "But the Cobra was made to go sideways."
Furthermore, ‘Mr Bean' actor Rowan Atkinson, who has become a Goodwood regular in recent years, will race a 1964 Ford Falcon while former British Touring Car champions Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden will drive, respectively, a Studebaker Lark 500 and a Mustang.
F1 drivers Max Chilton and Giedo van der Garde will both be racing vintage cars, next month at Goodwood.
Chilton will become the first contemporary grand prix racer for nine years to contest the Goodwood Revival when he climbs behind the wheel of a 1965 Ford Mustang for the Shelby Cup, a one-off race being held to mark 60 years of the small-block V8 engine.
The Marussia driver will be sharing driving duties with Richard Dutton, boss of hugely-successful junior single-seater squad Fortec Motorsport.
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| Photo: Goodwood Revival |
Van der Garde has signed up to race the RAC Tourist Trophy Celebration race, for closed cockpit cars from 1960 to '64.
His co-driver will be David Hart, a regular at the Revival who's often found at the sharp end of the grid. They are sharing an AC Cobra.
"You can't slide a modern Formula One car and still be fast," said the Sauber test driver. "But the Cobra was made to go sideways."
Furthermore, ‘Mr Bean' actor Rowan Atkinson, who has become a Goodwood regular in recent years, will race a 1964 Ford Falcon while former British Touring Car champions Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden will drive, respectively, a Studebaker Lark 500 and a Mustang.