I was JUST thinking the same thing. Absolutely flawless shifting. I was wondering if it had some kind of special trans or something. Dude is good.

@@Drektek Very responsive engine and short gear ratios in general should make it rather easy for an experienced driver.

Oh but, he was not pushing it! Ferrari's are built to race and win!

Automobiles MUST be driven in a safe and legal manner. However, since Goodwood is a racing venue, you are permitted to travel slightly faster. Plus, since these are well-qualified and experienced drivers, NOT Internet counch-laden Wankers, they do so in a safe manner.

Amen!

People who do this with their beautiful cars ARE the ones that can afford them! Absolutely awesome video!

I was thinking the same that the cars are worth millions but then I thought so are modern exotic cars. The value is more in its rarity than its monetary value.

They probably never told the driver how much the owner paid for it😱

Exactly right Mark. It is equipped with a "quick change" rear end. The rear gears can be swapped out in a matter of minutes. The driver attends the testing phase, and relays info to the crew, who decide on the best ratio for the track. Then re-test to confirm. Im guessing the 4:11 to 4:56 range for this short course. Perhaps as low as 5:10's. Longer courses would use higher gears like a 3:73 or 3:30's.

I disagree. It seems to run out of revs before running out of straight.

Only slightly.

@Enzo 1965 IIRC the owner stated it was quick change.

​@Enzo 1965 Racing cars back then were, as far as I know, fitted with a quick change rear end, or some other similar means. It certainly would take untold ages to change gears in the gearbox, especially if you're trying to qualify the car for a race back then, time is your biggest enemy. Also, what if the team mechanics ended up fitting the wrong gear ratios, or even worse forgot to put in some important bits in a hurry to put the driver back on the road again. The only time the mechanics might have a look into the gearboxes would be when there were gear shifting problems in the practice/qualifying sessions.

Nope, build in The Netherlands by Roelofs Engineering.

Proof? A prestigious event like Goodwood would get ripped for allowing a fake to be entered.

Actually, Roelof's prepares authentic, original classic race cars for vintage racing. Built in Maranello, race-prepped in The Netherlands.

I filmed this GTO a couple of times at Zandvoort. And I want to talk to one of the mechanics from Roelofs Engineering at Zandvoort for more information about this GTO and the build. However checking the license plate it's a 1963 250 GT. And there was a little story in a Dutch car magazine here: amt.nl.s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2015/04/attachment-001_2006_1_36_reportage.pdf. So I was wondering myself how could a "recreation" or whatever it is be taking part in a Goodwood event?

Yes, for example they prepared the 250 GT SWB that Tom Kristensen drove to victory last year at Goodwood Revival.

galoon agreed!! ❤️

Isn’t that why there are videos like these lying around?

There's always going to be *some* petrol, especially for the posh people racing oldtimers at Goodwood.

Kind of reminds me of my great-grandfather who said "I feel sorry for the generations far in the future who will never hear the glorious sounds of my traction engine when there is no more coal to be had". I have a more positive view of the future, where people who enjoy motorsport will invent new, better ways to drive stupidly fast.

@@johnbidwell2393 I agree with you--in motorsport, they always discover new ways of going faster, no doubt about that. But there's something romantic and deeply stirring about the sound of a powerful internal combustion engine unleashed. To me, that's even more important than going faster (a little bit more important, anyway). It's why songs were written about the Pontiac GTO, the AC Cobra, and the Corvette Sting Ray, but probably no similar song will ever be written about a Tesla 😉. Cheers!

LOLOL!!!!! Indeed

I'd point the finger at the Ginetta G10 driver. With 350bhp in just 900 kg, he should have trounced the Ferrari.

Because we don't get to see who wins?

No, the thumbs down must be from those owners who think these cars should be kept in some top-secret garage, where all they do is sit until the someone appraises it in a much higher amount...

Yes but no rich garage , no car to race nowdays .

Looks like third gear, sounds awesome alright

A racing owner of a GTO 250, said the reason he did not worry about racing it was because the only important part of the car was the serial number! Bravo, to him!

Chris Horner putting him in a prius would be too merciful, banish him in a G-wiz instead.

Probably would be happy there. They need to be banished into an Ariel Atom seasons be damned! lol

or a smart car, or even better a damn bicycle.

Too cruel a punishment.

@@arisgod2749 I'm a cyclist. They should be banished to monocycle for the rest of their lives

He is stabbing at the wheel even in a straight line, wrong car for the job and wrong driver. Bl**dy awful.

He'd be dead. Perfusion starts to decrease as your heart goes faster, because the chambers don't have enough time to fill up normally. This is why blood pressure drops so severely when heart rates climb. Though, racing drivers pretty much always have heart rates at the top end of the tolerable scale during a drive; 150 is not uncommon at all.

No , someone say him do u wanna drive ferrari in 10 days ? Wow oke i want ! When he se car is old he think its cost maybe 3000€, he still dont know this car is 66.666.666 milion xD

D.E.B. B Jesus Christ, I’m pretty sure they meant it as a joke. Pre-medical student with something to prove?

I remember marshalling at the Revival when they had all 11 of the remaining Lightweights out of the 12 that were built. That was destroyed by Roy Salvadori. He would have been killed when it hit an earth bank at Sebring (?) but he was saved when he was catapulted out of the back window.

@@stephenbrown4211 Roy Salvadori had that accident at Le Mans. Spun on oil thrown by the blown engine of Bruce McLaren's Aston Martin, I think