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Goodwood Festival of Speed: Friday pictures and report

We've spent all day following the action at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with evo drivers taking to the track alongside racing superstars

Read Richard Meaden's blog on driving the amazing Jaguar XJ13

See the pictures from Saturday at the Festival

And read our report on the Morgan 3 Wheeler, which made its debut at Goodwood.

It's long since become a regular fixture in the motorsports calendar, but the Goodwood Festival of Speed is still able to spring a few surprises on the tens of thousands of fans who flock here every year for their fix of racing action.

And, to judge from Friday, 2011 is no exception. This year's theme is 'Racing Revolutions', meaning that some of the most radical cars to ever wear a pair of door numbers have been brought together to run up the driveway of Lord March's Sussex estate. Many have been to Goodwood before over the years, but it's still impossible not to rate an event that can place the Chaparral 'Sucker Car' - the 1970 CanAm racer that uses a separate engine to create massive downforce - right next to the still-dirty Aston Martin Zagato race car that competed in last week's event. 

As always, variety is the essence of Goodwood, with everything from pre-war Grand Prix racers to modern F1 cars via group B rally machinery, decades of touring cars, squillion-dollar classic racers and - to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500 - a collection of US racers unparalleled on this side of the Atlantic. Plus, of course, the latest and greatest supercars, whose manufacturers increasingly see Goodwood as being the best place to sell their wares. 

evo's Roger Green, Chris Harris and Richard Meaden were all in action, driving a wide variety of cars, and we'll bring you their reports soon. But in the meantime, check out of picture gallery of Friday's action. 

 

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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Aston One-77 goes top of our lottery wish list



2. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Noble M600 was one of the quickest supercars on the Hill



3. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Bristol fights on



4. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

A Mini Countryman we like the look of...



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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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5. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

BMW showed off the new M5, alongside its great, great grandfather



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Jaguar's central display feature - an E-Type made from pipes - weights 120 tons



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Fresh from winning a McLaren MP4-12C group test...



8. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Ferrari FF looked great



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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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Fix it Again, Tony!



10. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Has there ever been a better looking race car? 



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Atom blasts past Goodwood House



12. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Morgan 3 Wheeler was one of the stars of the show



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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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You would, wouldn't you?



14. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Nobody does interiors like Pagani



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The stunning Pagani Huayra made its UK debut at Goodwood



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When did you last see a line up like this?



Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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Bowler looked impressively quick up the hill



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Sumo GT-R was one of the crowd pleasers



19. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

Never has fag advertising looked so alluring



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Rear tyres never get to grow old at the Festival of Speed



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Richard Meaden drives Jaguar XJ12 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
 
 
21. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

All F1 history is here...



22. Richard Meaden drives Jaguar XJ12 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed