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Dumfries-born Allan McNish drove an Audi R15 TDI sportscar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend (3 July). It was the same diesel-engined car that the Scotsman had swept to third place in the Le Mans 24 Hours last month (12-13 June) with co-drivers Dindo Capello (Italy) and Tom Kristensen (Denmark).
World's largest historic motorsport event Audi's latest sports-prototype, Auto Union twin-supercharger Type D and Audi V8 quattro DTM taking part The stage is set: from July 2 to 4, the Earl of March invites lovers of historic motorsport to join him for the annual highlight in the calendar, the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Once again 150,000 visitors are expected to make their way to the Earl's Goodwood estate in Sussex to witness outstanding motorsport vehicles throughout the ages.
When Graham, one of my partners, produced a 6 foot high Allan for their UK in store promotion, I never thought he would turn up and party at Le Mans with the Daily Sportscar guys, never mind be signed by all drivers from the 2010 Le Mans grid and this year there were some real stars including; 14 Le Mans 24 Hours Winners, One former F1 World Champion (and Champcar Champion), 25 ex F1 drivers, 11 Rolex 24 Winners, 12 Spa 24 Hour Winners, 11 Nurburgring 24 Hours Winners, 14 Sebring 12 Hour Winners, 10 Petit Le Mans Winners, Two DTM Champions, Two A1 GP Champions and a three time World Touring Car Champion.
It took a week to get back to full fitness, full strength, full feeling after Le Mans. The emotional fatigue, the pressure, everything else about that race week is quite intense. Like I said in the previous Newsletter, we then went to the Audi plants in Ingolstadt and Neckersulm to celebrate the magnificent 1-2-3 at Le Mans with the workforce.
Allan's Post Le Mans Audio Blog (6.3mb)
Allan's Post Le Mans Audio Blog
Allan's Pre Goodwood Blog (2674kb)
Allan's Pre Goodwood Blog
Allan's Post Race Audio Blog (5872kb)
Allan's Post Race Audio Blog
