Officially, the history books had Nick Heidfeld as the true record courtesy of his famous 1999 race with the McLaren MP4 / 13 F1 machine that buzzed at 41.6 seconds.
However, unofficially, Romain Dumas had been the fastest driver on the famous 1.1-mile route aboard the Pikes Peak-winning Volkswagen ID.R; he finally made an effort of 39.9 seconds.
However, Dumas ’career in ID.R, which was tailored specifically for Goodwood, was set in Saturday’s qualifying session and not in the climax of Sunday’s officially recognized round of shooting.
Independently, Chilton has surpassed the two benchmarks thanks to a remarkable and definitive load of 39.08 seconds to the amazing McMurtry, which instantly deploys 2000 kg of aerodynamic force of a fan.
After attending the Festival of Speed summer event since he was four, Chilton said, “I never thought this would happen.
“If someone had said, ‘One day you will win over all the people who have ever climbed that hill,'” I would not have believed you. It is a real honor.
“I didn’t sleep last night. I slept an hour because I was very stressed. The pressure makes the diamonds, as they say!”
The McMurty, compared by many to a miniature Batmobile, is based on the small footprint of a 1960s grand prix, which gave Chilton plenty of room to throw himself between the barns.
The electric machine of a single place and of closed cabin inclines the balance to less than 1000 kg to have a relation power-weight of 1000 CV by ton.
Max Chilton, McMurtry Speirling
Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images
This allowed him to sprint to 60 mph in 1.5 s – covering the first 100 m of Goodwood’s rugged course in 3.51 s – and continued to accelerate to a maximum of 149 mph in his Sunday race.
Chilton, who had shared driving tasks with Hillclimb British Championship points leader Alex Summer to attend a wedding on Saturday, clocked 39.14 seconds in the standings.
Chilton, who called the Festival of Speed ”the largest garden party in the world,” was congratulated and embraced at the top of the root by the Duke of Richmond and both Dumas and Heidfeld.
The impressive McMurty, the last car to run in the timed shooting, mastered the procedures, as the next fastest machine was the Porsche 718 GT4 ePerformance, as driver Richard Lietz clocked 45,502 seconds to finish as the runner-up.
The historic ace of a single-seater Ben Mitchell completed the podium aboard former Formula 2 driver March 782, driven by BMW, Marc Surer.
Former shooter Justin Law returned to his Jaguar XJR-12D “Bud Light” to take fourth place, after crashing in 2021 when the low-wing rear wing hanging behind the rear body caught a stick.
Travis Pastrana, who drove a Subaru rally car earlier in the weekend, came in fifth in the custom Subaru GL Family Huckster, with 860 hp and a dizzying variety of air fresheners.
Dumas took sixth place with the 2000bhp fourth-generation Ford Supervan, while Heidfeld’s race with the new Mahindra Gen3 Formula E car was cut short by a technical problem.
The shooting took place after the usual balcony ceremony, culminating in 2022 with the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Nigel Mansell’s F1 world championship title.
Mansell drove his famous “Red 5” Williams FW14B and Ferrari 640 machines down the mountain throughout the event.
Nigel Mansell, Williams FW14B
Photo by: Williams