Four historic Mercedes-Benz racing cars to tackle the hillclimb, plus a special AMG show of force.
Mercedes-Benz will showcase its legendary motorsports heritage as well as its latest models at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 28-July 1). The theme for this year’s Festival of Speed at Goodwood House, the home of Lord March, is ‘Young Guns – Born to Win’. Mercedes-Benz cars and drivers have been winning since the dawn of the motoring age, and they have brought many young guns to prominence through the years, most recently Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.
A rich heritage in motorsports is evident in the four historic racing cars that have been nominated to tackle the famous Goodwood Hillclimb – and the people recruited to drive them. Mercedes-Benz Classic is celebrating 60 years of the legendary W194 300 SL, above,which was a highly successful competition car two years before the 300SL Gullwing road model appeared. It’s also the 75th anniversary of the 1937 W125 Tripoli Grand Prix car, below,which went on to further successes that season.
One of the Mercedes-Benz ‘fin-tail’ saloons from the early 1960s, the 1963 220 SE (W111), below, will also tackle the course. The competition quartet is completed by the 1997 CLK-GTR, designed for FIA GT racing, lead photo.
The driver line-up is expected to include Klaus ‘King’ Ludwig, a triple winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours as well as multiple championships in Germany; Jochen Mass, a vastly experienced Formula 1 driver and 1989 Le Mans winner with Sauber-Mercedes; Bernd Schneider, the 1997 FIA GT champion and a master in German sports car racing; and Paul Stewart, a celebrated Formula 3 driver before going on to form his own Grand Prix team with father Sir Jackie Stewart.
The transfer of technology from racing to sporting road cars is spotlighted by the five-model AMG display at Goodwood. Four AMG coupes and convertibles – the SLS AMG Roadster, C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series, CLS 63 AMG and SLK 55 AMG – will line up alongside the latest addition to the AMG portfolio, the ML 63 AMG.
For more information about the latest models from Mercedes-Benz, please visit, http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/index
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