So there we have it. It's June, and we’re less than a month out from the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard. Boy did it come around quickly! This year’s theme is, as you probably already know, "Peaks of Performance – Motorsport's Game-Changers", featuring high-watermark machinary that called for ground-up revisions in their respective disciplines.
JUN 01st 2017
Video: Spool, chirp, howl: This is the soundtrack of FOS
One such mutant features in the video above, spooling and chirping at Goodwood in 2014. That would be the volcanic Porsche 917/30 with its twin-turbocharged flat-12, joining the “standard” 917, monstrous 962 and more in comprising the motorsport concerto that is, we think, a fairly accurate representation of the soundtrack of FOS. Highly-strung engines chewing on hot Sussex air, ready to be unleashed on the Goodwood Hillclimb. Headphones on, volume up, and save for the sun beating down and the scent of high-octane in the air, it’s almost like you’re there...