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Sunshine but no cigars at Goodwood 82nd Members’ Meeting

Sunday 13th April 2025

Olly had an action-packed weekend at Goodwood for the 82nd Members’ Meeting. Sharing with Andrew Smith in a 1965 Ford GT40, the duo qualified P10 for the Gurney Cup. Andrew Smith got the car up to 4th place in the early laps only for a nasty accident when another GT40 lost a wheel, which eventually caused the race to be red-flagged. Driver changes happened during the red flag period, and the cars were re-gridded for a 20-minute sprint. Olly got too much wheel spin leaving the line and dropped back a number of positions, before recovering to P7 at the flag on the tail of Alex Brundle and James Cottingham (also in GT40s).

Driving a 1962 E Type FHC, Olly qualified P7 only to be sent to the back of the grid due to a non-performance enhancing technical infringement. Starting last with a 10-second penalty in a 20-minute race was always going to be a tall order, but Olly managed to recover to finish P9 at the red flag (when another E Type crashed into the chicane). The one lap count back placed Olly P10, but he did set fastest lap as some consolation.

A memorable moment was Olly being reunited with the Ecurie Ecosse BMW Z4 GT3 which Olly raced to victory in the 2013 Silverstone 500 race at Silverstone. The 82MM was the first gathering of “historic” GT3 machines and Olly drove the BlackBull liveried ex-Barwell Motorsport run machine in 2 x 15-minute track demonstrations, much to the delight of onlookers. In August, Olly will race the car in the GT3 Legends race at the Silverstone Festival.

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