How’s this for a spectacle? Two championship-winning Ferraris – separated by four decades – in convoy on the Goodwood hill. What’s more, each driven by the man who drove it to its respective championship win. #OnlyAtGoodwood? Quite possibly…
John Surtees’ 1964 158 looks delightfully delicate and spindly next to Kimi Raikkonen’s F2007 tech-fest as they make their way up the hill together in this fantastic edit from our live broadcast today. We’ll say no more – except ‘enjoy’!
(And a big Goodwood ‘thank you’ to Kimi and John, and our friends at Shell and Ferrari who helped to make this moment happen.)
VIDEO
Includes interview with Raikkonen:
(Source: goodwood.com)
Kimi Raikkonen at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
VIDEO: The Ferrari Formula One driver made his debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014. He talks about how he got into motorsport, his love of motocross and why he’s attracted to rallying. Click to watch.
Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 F1 World Champion, made his first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday June 29th.
The Finn, who is generally renowned as a difficult interviewee, talks openly about his formative years in motorsport and what motivates him away from the high pressure world of F1.
Räikkönen drove his title-winning Ferrari F2007 car up the 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb and was mobbed by fans wherever he went.
His appearance was a coup for the Festival of Speed – most Formula One champions of the more recent era, with the notable exception of Michael Schumacher, have attended the event.
The F2007 helped Räikkönen to his first, so far only, F1 title and gave Ferrari its first Constructor’s title since Schumacher helped it win both in 2004. In it, the Finn won six races on the way to the title.
John Surtees and Räikkönen drove their championship-winning cars up the hill, Honda and Ferrari respectively. Surtees was celebrating 50 years since his title, which came after multiple championships on motorcycles. To this day, he remains the only man to have won world championships on two and four wheels.
Räikkönen said: “It was great to have the chance to join John in celebrating his incredible career. This is my first time at Goodwood and it’s been amazing to see so many motoring fans come together to share their passion for cars with one another.”
(Source: telegraph.co.uk)
Meeting of Legends at Goodwood
Today at Goodwood Festival of Speed was one to remember with Scuderia Ferrari and Shell very much centre stage. During the first two days of the event, the Maranello marque was represented by test driver Pedro de la Rosa at the wheel of the 2010 F10, while today, it fielded two world champions at pretty much the same time.
In the early afternoon, 1964 World Champion John Surtees settled into the Formula 1 car he drove 50 years ago to win the world title. Current Scuderia Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen then got in the car that took him to the championship crown, after which, starting a minute apart they set off for a demonstration run up the famous Goodwood hill.
Before and after their run Raikkonen and Surtees chatted about the huge crowd that had turned up for the festival and also discussed the differences and similarities of their respective cars, the 1964 158 and the 2007 F2007. They both shared having Shell as a partner supplying fuel and lubricants, a fundamental asset for Scuderia Ferrari for most of its Formula 1 history. This was Kimi’s first time at the Festival of Speed. “I think this is an incredible event, with thousands of very knowledgeable spectators turning up. Only in England is there such a passion for motorsport and it’s the only place that could organise something like this.” John Surtees, Shell’s guest of honour at the Festival of Speed, in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of his world title on four wheels, echoed the Finn’s sentiments. “Meetings such as these are the lifeblood of motor sport as much as the races. It was exciting to sit once again in my 1964 car and go up the Goodwood hill through two rows of crowds. This day will stay etched on my memory for a very long time.”
(Source: ferrari.com)
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE 