Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012: Historic racers

One of the big appeals of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is that you get to see racing cars that often spend the rest of their lives sitting in a museum or tucked up in someone’s heated garage. But better still, everyone of them gets blasted up the hill as fast as possible and against the clock – there’s no better way to experience these gems than in the white-heat of competition.

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1937 Mercedes-Benz W125

Arguably one of the most terrifying Grand Prix cars of all time, the W125 was powered by a 5.6-litre supercharged in-line eight cylinder unit that pumped out 600bhp. It won five out of eight official Grand Prixs in 1937 but it took drivers with nerves of steel such as Dick Seaman to drive it: legend has it that the W125 was so powerful it would wheelspin in top gear.
1937 Mercedes-Benz W125

Arguably one of the most terrifying Grand Prix cars of all time, the W125 was powered by a 5.6-litre supercharged in-line eight cylinder unit that pumped out 600bhp. It won five out of eight official Grand Prixs in 1937 but it took drivers with nerves of steel such as Dick Seaman to drive it: legend has it that the W125 was so powerful it would wheelspin in top gear.

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