Like we’ve seen before, nothing holds back racing drivers at the Goodwood Revival. Not even the thought of crashing into a £30million (~$40 million) Ferrari.
Due to its unpredictable nature, racing isn’t for the faint of heart, especially as it requires concentration, focus and risky maneuvers in order to pass the opponent in front – even if he’s driving a car worth more than some countries’ GDP.
In such a race the trick is to totally neglect that “minor” detail, although easing up the throttle might help as well. Like this particular E-Type Jaguar driver might do from now on when trying to overtake a £30million Ferrari 250 GTO.
Never mind the fact that the Jaguar carried a whole lot of speed through that corner, risking to go wide; the man driving the 250 GTO followed his own idea of a racing line with complete disregard to fellow (and faster) competitors. Fortunately, the whole situation sorted itself out so that everything worked out just fine in the end.
Except it actually didn’t.
The 250 GTO crashed a bit later, after it collided with a 1964 AC Cobra during the RAC TT Celebration race. Both cars emerged noticeably damaged.
As a FIY, the Ferrari is a 250 GTO Series II, of which only three were originally made. Four, including the 4399GT chassis caught on video, were later retrofitted with the 250 LM body sketched by Scaglietti.