Goodwood FOS - Pictures from the Windows 7 Supercar Run

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011 and a new sponsor for the supercar run in the form of Microsoft and in particular Windows 7.

There was a great selection of cars out as usual, but unfortunately as seems to be the norm at Goodwood press photographers are restricted to three photography positions, 2 of which are pretty poor, and a third that suffers from massive problems with sunlight.

I will keep adding to this post as I work through the pics.

Spyker Aileron



BAC Mono



Nissan 370Z GT Edition



Derek Bell driving the new Continental GT



Bowler driver was on it all day



Not exactly new, but still a great car Bristol Fighter



Ferrari California



Caparo T1 - again not new but sounds superb



Covin C6W - very strange



Jason Plato in the Corvette ZR1



Hulme Can Am from New Zealand



Ferrari FF - great looking car (well in my opinion)



Chris Goodwin correcting a slide in the Mclaren MP4 12C



Safety Car for this year seems to have grown bits from the SL Black Series



Morgan Supersports



Noble M600 - love the colour scheme



Mercedes SLS



Finally for this batch the one your all waiting for - GT3 RS 4.0



Hope you like the pics.

Regards

Tim

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Second batch now uploading, in the meantime probably one of my favourite pics from the 2011 FOS



Regards

Tim

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Ok, heres the rest.

Mike Cross is always up for a slide



Seems everyone wants a video of their run this year



Nice Alpina B3 Convertible



Lovely 8c Spider



Alpina B3 Coupe, is blue the new white ?



Ariel Atom V8



No bull, its an Aventador



Veyron Grand Sport in the afternoon sum



Camaro Convertible



Lotus Evora - nice colour



Ginetta F400



Porsche GT2 RS with camera



2011 Nissan GTR



Facelifted Jaguar XKR



Koenigsegg Agera



Lexus LFA Nurburgring



Chef James Martin pressing on in the Maserati Stradale



Bodyroll on the Maserati Cabriolet



Phwwwooooaaarrrr !!!!



BMW M3 GTS



New Pagani Huayra



Juha Kankkunen in the Bentley Supersports record breaker



Lamborghini Performante



Serious camera equipment on the R8



Leons CTR3 - often seen at VMAX usually at around 200mph



Hennessy Venom GT



Aston Martin Virage



I know, I'm right it is stunning !



Regards

Tim

[lost in espace]

Amazing day, I managed to blag a pass and got in at 6.40, wandering around the event on my own was a wierd feeling before the "general public" got in. Got a spot outside the house opposite the big screen at 9am and stayed on the spot and watched the cars until 1pm, the Telegraph stool for £3 was a great buy! If you are coming tomorrow bring a chair, sun tan cream, cool box and lots of drinks. The Jonny Walker tower was fab and the strawberries and pepper lovely followed by a dram.

I was chuffed to see the 787B and Sir Stirling in his Porsche again after Le Mans. I gave up a bit at 2pm and went home, the crowds were a bit much and I thought the rally stage might be packed and also it went off to lunch at 1.30. The Arrows were amazing. I am undecided between a new FFRR and a Twisted Defender though, must work harder!

Utterly fantastic day, the crowd appreciated all the drivers and riders great atmosphere and fun had by all. Ken Block and Chris Meek are legends.

My only critism is about the number of people with big lenses barging to the front, and people with iphones shoving them past your head to record the footage. One guy recorded about 10 minutes on his phone next to my lughole, who is going to look at it? My attitude is that somebody will have taken a better photo from a better spot as ably demonstrated in this thread, so why not look at those. I find the whole lower end photography thing a bit weird in some ways, why go to watch the whole thing on your lcd screen as you record it?

[TvrJohn]

Great pictures thanks for sharing

[revvedup]

Who's going today ?

[thatone1967]

revvedup said:

Who's going today ?

Me!!!!!!!

[paulw123]

lost in espace said:

My only critism is about the number of people with big lenses barging to the front, and people with iphones shoving them past your head to record the footage. One guy recorded about 10 minutes on his phone next to my lughole, who is going to look at it? My attitude is that somebody will have taken a better photo from a better spot as ably demonstrated in this thread, so why not look at those. I find the whole lower end photography thing a bit weird in some ways, why go to watch the whole thing on your lcd screen as you record it?

Couldnt agree more

[Webber3]

lost in espace said:

...and people with iphones shoving them past your head to record the footage.

You get this everywhere now. You think you've got a good spot to view something and then 5 people in front put their arms up to record the whole thing, blocking your view completely. Selfish and pointless.

[Ems33]

Great pics Tim thanks for sharing.

[Jagmanv12]

Webber3 said:

lost in espace said:

...and people with iphones shoving them past your head to record the footage.

You get this everywhere now. You think you've got a good spot to view something and then 5 people in front put their arms up to record the whole thing, blocking your view completely. Selfish and pointless.

I agree.
You line up a shot using a proper camera and then when the car comes past numerous hands appear with phones in the way. They should keep their phones close to their face out of other peoples' view as the length of their arm won't make any difference to the picture.

[delta037]

I agree with Tim's comments about proper photography spots and feel that the organisers should address that for next year. The hospitality pavilions have got better vantage points and that tower at the top must give some brilliant views. Don't get me started on Camera phones.