39.08! McMurtry fan car breaks Goodwood Hill RECORD! | Festival of Speed 2022

Thew's a new Goodwood Hill RECORD. After 23 years Nick Heidfeld's Timed Shootout record in the McLaren MP4/13 has been broken. F1 and IndyCar star Max Chilton's new 39.08 second run in the incredible McMurtry Speirling fan car has knocked over two seconds off that time.

It's also taken the Outright Hill record from the Volkswagen ID.R. Romain Dumas' time of 39.9 seconds was smashed earlier in the day in practice, and a further 0.1 seconds in the Timed Shootout.

Is this the best Goodwood run you've ever seen?

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[meltdown]

This is absolutely bonkers. Takes off like a Top Fuel Dragster, corners like an F1 car and looks like a squished batmobile. I love it!

[pc_screen]

This is by far the best possible advertisement for the company. They went from being basically unknown a couple days back to now everyone wanting a ride on their car

[cutMeSomeSlackJack]

I genuinely have never seen anything as fast as that looked on that track. I thought I'd got playback in 2x mode! Very impressive and won't forget that for a while!

[brisance]

Trust the steward's reaction when the car launched off the start. He's seen plenty of fast cars but this is on a whole other level.

[sampayne]

The tiny size of the car really emphasises the speed. If f1 cars got smaller again they would look amazing too

[kirans]

I saw this live today and have never seen anything move so fast, the way everyone in the crowd reacted too you just knew you were watching something really special

[pwrkeyring]

I saw it in person yesterday and lemme tell you, the video does not do it justice to just how fast this machine is irl. It literally blitzed the entire circuit and everything else. Awesome machinery

[mmwosu]

The gasps, applause and gleeful laughter from the crowd as this tiny batmobile whooshes by tells the entire story

[NamelessGlasses]

The dust coming off the fan really gives off the impression that it's contstantly breaking the sound barrier. Sounds like it too!

[soundbelch]

That start official's reaction when the car moves off says it all. That fast and that quiet. Remarkable piece of kit.

[rileyforrer]

This literally looks like the 60s batmobile, like when they sped up the tape to make it look jet-car-fast. His thing is unreal. Absolutely fantastic

[munkeypants]

I was stood right by the track, next to the Main Bridge by the Future Lab area, when this took place. It went past so quickly I honestly didn’t see it. In fact it sounded like one of the Red Arrows had flown by us! Such an astonishing run by Max Chilton after he had just 1hr sleep the night before. This car is pushing the limits of not just performance but driver capability

[mohammadzaman]

Oh man I hope McMurtry will be racing at Pike's Peak, seeing this run for almost 8 minutes would be absolutely epic

[macaron]

The cheering at 0:22 really sells it all. Its extremely rare for any car at Goodwood to get that kind of reaction.

[revelare_xvii]

I genuinely thought that nothing could beat the VW ID.R, this is something else.

[AleksandarGospic]

Have no words, absolutely ridiculous and breathtaking! But to drive it that fast on such a narrow track is as impressive as the car itself, unbelievable drive by Max Chilton!

[Noobyjackz]

The engineering behind that car is extraordinary!!
Must be a proud moment to set a new record at goodwood.
10 years from now electric vehicle's are going to be mind-blowingly fast the way those fans create that downforce even at a standstill is extreme!!
Congratulations 🎉

[Aadilf]

Just saw this live. Nothing wow'd the crowd more than this as it flew past. Absolutely astonishing performance.

[Wonkabar]

Sounds like a Tron (1982) Light Cycle 👍

[blackknight]

Watched this do a 7.97 1/4 mile and that was when it was still in this Goodwood gearing setup, so it hit it's 150mph limiter after 5 seconds. Bonkers car, even if of limited use in everyday or even on the track.