The 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
And the action, just 100 metres or so away on the hillclimb, matched it superlatively, giving what might well be 200,000 visitors to this year’s Festival something to smile about, admire, or just go “Cor, look at THAT!”
While many of the spectators were there to see the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel – the latter behind the wheel of both his F1 car and the latest high-performance Infiniti – do their smoky, tyre-burning stuff, there was much for the more considered visitor.