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02 July 2010 | Posted in News
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.
Audi Tradition will again be present: Nick Mason, the legendary Pink Floyd rock group's drummer, is driving an Auto Union Silver Arrow again, while Britain's Allan McNish, a double Le Mans winner, will be at the wheel of an Audi R15 TDI - a sports-prototype which finished 1-2-3 in the Le Mans 24 Hours last month.
It's the fourth time that Nick Mason will climb into one of the legendary Auto Union Silver Arrows and thunder up the hill at Goodwood. People are already respectfully calling him "Auto Union's last works driver"!
Pink Floyd's drummer is a motorsport enthusiast and owns an exclusive collection of racing cars. This time he is driving a 1939 Auto Union Type D with twin superchargers, a car that Audi Tradition rebuilt a few years ago.
As Mason says contentedly: "It's a great feeling to drive at Goodwood every year but all the more so in an Auto Union racing car."
McNish, who finished third at Le Mans this year, will be reacquainted with his R15 TDI on Saturday. Co-driver Tom Kristensen, the Great Dane who has won Le Mans eight times, will also be present at the invitation of Lord March.
Meanwhile former Audi Sport "factory" driver Marco Werner, a three-time Le Mans winner himself, will be seen in the 1992-season Audi V8 quattro DTM.
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