MASTERS of their CRAFT

Le Mans winners

Richard Attwood, Derek Bell, Jackie Oliver, Tom Kristensen, Jochen Mass and Emanuele Pirro – with 22 victories at La Sarthe between them – always rise to the big occasion. Attwood, now 77, has notched six wins at Goodwood where he was a rising star in the 1960s, thus lies second in the Revival standings.

Joaquin Folchrusinol and fellow FIA Historic F1 champion Christian Glaesel trade slicks and wings for original Ford GT40S and other exotica. The Spaniard exercises his ex-bruce Mclaren Jaguar E-type, Maserati 250F and Lotus 16 with vigour while the German sometimes pilots his Alfa Romeo P3 or Jaguar D-type.

Snarling AC Cobras always entertain. American Michael Gans and Andy Wolfe (FIA Masters F1 champ in 2016 in a Tyrrell 011) scored a breakthrough RAC TT Celebration victory at Goodwood in one last year. Both are also quick in Lolas, a lithe T290 and thuggish T70s respectively. Rob Hall is another snake charmer who co-drives shrill 12-cylinder Matras with Andy Willis too.

Nick Padmore (another FIA Masters F1 champion) may own Goodwood’s outright historic lap record in perpetuity in a Lola T70 now a closer eye is being kept on speeds. In the ’50s sportscar sets, Sam Hancock has starred in svelte Ferrari Dino, throbbing Lister-jaguar and brutal Cunningham.

Miles Griffiths and

Jon Milicevic are single-seater craftsmen, while Rod Jolley and his tricycling Cooper T45/51 wow onlookers. Tony Wood’s Tec-mec – Monaco winner in 2016 – is way quicker now than its ’59 US GP appearance suggested. Andrew Hibberd’s Fjunior/1000cc F3 successes have left Goodwood rivals panting, and FJ rival Stuart Roach’s ill luck finally turned last year.

Four decades after his British Hillclmb title, David Franklin’s talent shines on in Ferraris. And it’s wonderful that triple US F5000 champion and sportscar ace Brian Redman, at 80, enjoys blasts in Aston Martins and Porsches.

British audiences love an underdog, thus get behind Mini hero Nick Swift’s giant-killing antics. Patrick Blakeney-edwards earns similar roars of approval in his twitchy Frazer-nash ‘Owlet’.