‘High Airbox’ Formula One cars to star at Goodwood

Some of the most outlandish Grand Prix cars ever to drive the world’s motor racing circuits will be commemorated at Goodwood’s 73rd Members’ Meeting in 2015.

The event will play host to a cavalcade of the ‘high airbox’ type of Formula One car, which featured tall air intakes that fed vast quantities of cool air to their mid-mounted engines.

More than 25 examples of this type of racing car, built from 1971 until early 1976, will be on display at the event.

Among their number will be a pair of Ferraris formerly driven by Niki Lauda – a 312B3, which the Austrian drove to his first grand prix victory in 1974, and a 312T which Lauda campaigned the next year, on his way to taking the drivers’ title.

Also present will be a trio of Lotuses – two 72s in the famous black-and-gold livery, as driven by Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson, as well as a Lotus 76 that the latter driver took to its only Grand Prix finish in 1974.

Marches, McLarens, Tyrrells and Shadows will make up the numbers, as well some extremely rare cars from the period – the world’s only Amon AF101, for example, not to mention a Trojan T103-1 and a Token RJ02.

Tickets are now available to members of all Goodwood clubs and those on the waiting list for the Goodwood Road Racing Club. A limited number of tickets will go on sale to the general public on November 6. For further information, visit the Goodwood website.

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