While we are obliged to say that everyone was a winner at the 2021 Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard, that wasn’t the case when it came to victory in the respective classes. All were closely contended, with the drivers going hell for leather in pursuit of victory.
Festival of Speed Prize‑Giving results 2021
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But ultimately, only one car could take the crown per class. And despite Harry King’s best efforts in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and David Wright sending it on the rally stage in his Ford Focus RS WRC '01, there were alas no prizes for style – well, not in this competition at least. We’ve already brought you that, in the form of the Cartier Style and Luxe winners…
Now, read the results of the Hillclimb, Rally stage, Off-road Arena and special awards below. From legendary drivers such as Emanuele Pirro, who took the GT cars from 1960-1969 class in the equally iconic Ferrari 250 GT SWB ‘Breadvan’, to the up-and-coming Jake Hill who won the Touring Cars 1991–2021 class in his Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, the breadth of talent was awe-inspiring.
A huge thank you must of course go to everyone who participated – competitors or otherwise – for the Festival would not have happened without you.
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Two-Seater Pre-War Racers
Driver: Alexander Boswell
Car: Delage Bequet
Time: 67.91s
Front-engined Single Seaters
Driver: Geraint Owen
Car: Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
Time: 59.10s
Sports Racers 1945–1960
Driver: Sally Mason-Styrron
Car: Ferrari 166MM Barchetta
Time: 80.95s
Winged Single Seaters
Driver: Ewen Sergison
Car: Shadow DN1
Time: 60.93s
GT cars from 1960–1969
Driver: Emanuele Pirro
Car: Ferrari 250 GT SWB ‘Breadvan’
Time: 58.63s
GT cars from 1970–2000
Driver: Sam Hancock
Car: BMW M1 Procar
Time: 54.34s
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Sports Prototypes 1975–2000
Driver: Jeremy Smith
Car: Spice-Cosworth SE88
Time: 47.16s
Contemporary GTs
Driver: Rob Bell
Car: McLaren 720S GT3X
Time: 45.01s
Touring Cars 1966–1990
Driver: Julian Thomas
Car: Ford Sierra Cosworth
Time: 54.08s
Touring Cars 1991–2021
Driver: Jake Hill
Car: Nissan Skyline GT-R R32
Time: 48.96s
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Modified 4WD Production cars
Driver: Travis Pastrana
Car: Subaru WRX STI
Time: 46.20s
Contemporary Prototypes
Driver: Ales Jirasek
Car: Praga R1
Time: 51.38s
Production Road Cars
Driver: Paul Swift
Car: Ford Mustang Mach-E GT
Time: 61.91s
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Birth of Stage Rallying (pre-1984)
Drivers: David Brown & David Oldfield
Car: Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800
Time: 9 minutes 41.2s
Giants of Modern Rallying (1984-2004)
Drivers: David Wright & Michael Wilkinson
Car: Ford Focus WRC
Time: 8 minutes 38.5s
Contemporary Rally Cars (2005-date)
Drivers: Tom Williams & Georgia Ascalone
Car: Ford Fiesta Rally2
Time: 8 minutes 40.1s
Legends of Group B Cars
Drivers: Simon Larbey & Stuart Larbey
Car: MG Metro 6R4
Time: 10 minutes 1.6s
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The Hannu Mikkola Award
Winner: James Sunderland MP, Armed Forces Rally Team
Off-Road Arena Timed Shootout
Driver: Justin Birchall
Car: Lofthouse Freelander
Driftkhana Champion
Driver: Kevin Quinn
Car: Nissan Silvia S15
Fastest Lady Driver
Sally Mason-Styrron
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Fastest Time of the Weekend
Rob Bell
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Special Endeavour award
Sam Schmidt and the amazing SAM car
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Driver of the Weekend
Travis Pastrana
Photography by Michal Pospisil, Nick Dungan, Dominic James and Jordan Butters.
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